The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-02
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Everything in Readiness for the Fitz-
simmons-Maher Fight.
BURKE DEFEATED BY NEeDHAM.
Sport at the Metropoie Club Tonight
Will Jimmy Murray Win at New Bed
ford ?-IsAse Ball Magnates In Session
Interesting Yachting Topics.

circulated rumors that Peter Maher, the
pugilist, had been hurriedly smuggled
away from his quarters at the Montauk
House, East Hampton, l.. l., by his mana
ger, "Billy' Madden, appear to be with
out the slightest foundation. His drunk
en- debauch last Tuesday and his savage
attack on his trainer "Jack" Fallon,
seem TO be entirely manufactured.
On inquiry yesterday Mt the Montauk
House, nothing was known of the oc-
currence until it was read in the papers.
Furthermore, two well known Sag Har-
Dor residents, interested in Maher, were
In entire Ignorance OF the Irish cham
pion's intemperate and murderous out
burst, nor did anyone who was likely to
have known possess any knowledge OF
1t.
The whole story seem to be an entire
fabrication, possibly with a view to OBJ
tanning more favorable odds in Maher's
night with fitZsimmons tonight.
Maher, Madden and Fallon are avoiding
the New Orleans people, but from ali re-
ports there 10 every reason to believe that
the Irish lad il in the best condition.
titzsimmons Is also thoroughly fit and
will enter the ring at about 175 pounds.
Everything Is in readiness for tonight's
contest, and IL is not probable there Will
be any failure here. Both men are in ex-
cellent condition and the purse is too
large to give up without fight. The men
are being kept quietly out OF sight and
their admirers will have little opportun-
ity OF seeing them until they enter the
ring.
The city is full OF sporting men. AL
though New Orleans is turned upside
down by the merrment of the carnival,
there is fully as much excitement over
the fight as over the pageants at the the
IOnlCal A
for Fitzsimmons brought the audience to
their feet and they cheered for several
minutes.
All the trains coming in bring large
delegations of sporting men, twelve hum
dred coming from Chicago and the West
alone. A special train came in with
big crowd. "Jim" Hall, "Parson Dav-
les, Chilly" Myer, "Phil" Dwyer, James
Wakely. Jim" Corbett, "Gus" Tuthill,
'.rom" Allen, "Patn Fallon, Johnny"
"Charlie" Mitchell and Frank Slavin are
among the most prominent seen on the
streets to. Mitchell is looking fat
and jolly. He says he has been working
hard to get into trim for his bout with a
local unknown.
Mitchell had never seen Fitzsimmons, he
said, and could not say much about the
fight, but he thought Maher should win.
Siavin, who will also put on the gloves
with an unknown, is backing the Austria
liam. He insists that Fitzsimmons will
win easily il the contest lasts over a dozen
rounds. Maher was doubtless a good
man, he added, but he had never met
FitZsimmons' equal.
Jim Hall declared that his country
man wasn't In it," Maher should lick
him in six rounds, for his advantage in
weight would make big difference.
"Parson" Davies would not talk much
about the fight. He said both men were
good and that the result would be a VIC
tory any man could boast of.
Jack Burke the Texas champion light
weight took Tommy Regan's place against
Danny Needham, last night, for the ~. 600
purse offered by the Metropolitan Club. of
which $4,000 went 20 the winner and $500
To the loser. OF course everybody ex-
pected that Needham had "a lead pipe
cinch, but for all that Burke made good,
clever, game fight for ten rounds and kept
Needham. guessing Then came the
guetus. blow on the point of the jaw,
together with n swing on the side Of the
head, and Burke was dead to the world
for trifle over ten seconds. Burke
showed that he was made of the right
stuff when he consented to take Ryan's
place against such "a man as Needham,
"off the reel as you might say, for al
though he had been training Regan he had |
not got himself into any such form as he |
would had he intended To go into finish |
fight. He showed that he had more heart |
than did the man he was training, for |
there are very-few who believe that any |
thing was the matter with Regan except |
n streak of yellow dog: in other words. |
that he quit dead cold" as he did on a |
previous occasion.
In the battle last night Needham
weighed l2 pounds and Burke l3S
pounds.
While the sports at New Orleans are
betting their money and watching Peter
and Bob cross counter and upper cut the
gentlemen In this city of sporting proclivi-
ties will gather around the roped arena in
tile gymnasium Of the Metropole club to
watch some of the local disciples of Figg
exchange compliments There will not
he the hard slugging that the sports " in
New Orleans will enjoy, but there will be
some good clever work aud hot exchanges
at times. There are six numbers on to-
nights program and every one of them
will be well worth seeing.
BY this time tomorrow 100 or more of
the fraternity of this city aud State will
be journeying New Bediordway 70 see for
themselves whether Jimmy Murray OF
this city or Billy Frazier of Somervile is
Ihcsbetter man. Those who 20 from these
plantations will bet their money that
Murray can beat the eX-minister while
The Boston contingent will be on the other
side. Murray has trained faithfully for
The fight and IL he does not win il viii not
be his fault. His age is against him. but
not more 50 than in Fraziers case, and of
the fair ,Jlmmy's chances for winning ap-
pear 10 be the better of the two. IL il the
wish OF every sporting man in Providence
hat he may come out of the arena win
lcr.
To-day tho base ball magnates are in
in New York To consider mat
crs OF importance TO themselves and pa
.rons of the game. Last night the new
rational agreement was accepted. which
the major league from robbing
he minor leagues Of players. IL was
lgreed that the major league should have
he privilege OF drafting players between
Oct. | and Feb. I, and shall nay 81 900 10
he club in class \ from which the player
: taken and 800 TO the club in class h. |
'lubs in class will pay $50 for protec-
ion under the agreement, and clubs i'm
lass B will pay One-half chat amount.
President White of the Eastern League
vas present aud spoke very hopefully of
hat organization. \ meeting of the
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