The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-02
THE COMING CoNTEsY.
Heavyweigbts viii Meet ut the Olympic
Maher-F itzsimm mons.

Heavyweights VIII Meet at the Olympic
Maher-Fitzsimmons.
New ORLEANS, March 2-Fitzsim
mons is still under Jimmy Carrolfs cart
in training quarters at Bay st. Louis and
will not come over to the city until
morning. He now tips the beam at lie
| pounds. Seven miles work on the
country roads and boxing with Choy
inslSi and Alex Greggains, who are his
| guests, took off five pounds, but still LETT
the big New Zealander strong and well.
He is in good spirits and eats and sleeps
well. Fitzsimmons has been training
up instead of down. He has been al
lowed a great variety of food and drink
| greater than is allowed in ordinary
training. He is in better condition thai
ever before. His skin is clear, his mus.
Giles plant and powerful, and he is quick
as lightning i'll getting away or in get
ting any part of his body out of the way.
His only ailment is a sore finger, the re.
suit of knocking out an ambitious Negro
| giant who courted his fate.
Jim Hall reached the city and pre-
dicted Makers victory, not only on &C.
count of
The Irishman's CIeverness.
and strength, but because of the twenty.
one pounds difference in weight. His
attention was called to the fact that
Fitzsimmons would weigh as much as
Maher and would not have pound of
superhuous flesh
well he trained down to 154 and was
| strong, and now trains TO 10 and is
strong. He is freak. That's all there
is about it," replied Hall.
There are many who think the same
and the freak is almost the favorite in
betting.
Maher Is still an unknown quantity as
to prowess. Not even the courteous
officers of the Olympic, who wanted to
receive him in style, knew the time of
his coming. Billy Madden entrusted the
secret welcome to a few benchmen, and
when Maher came in there were few
ON the lookout. He was taken to the
rear of the city and is now becoming ac-
customed to the change. Madden for
some reason is keeping his man under
cover and allowing no one to see him.
Doubtless the plan is intended
To Worry Fitzsimmons
in the same way Dempsey was denied
the sight of Fitzsimmons until the latter
looked over him in the ring.
The postponement of the Metropolitan
fight and the thirst of many of the car
nival visitors for sport will serve to
crowd the Olympic on the night of the
Maher- FitZsimmons fight.
Half the fighters in the country, from
Slavin to Tommy Danforth are here,
newspaper correspondents are as thick
as bees and almost every profession
has delegations. General Nelson A.
Miles represents the army, the diamond
and the bench and bar have many I'M
obtrusive members studying the date on
the Olympic tickets. The arena seats
5000 people and there will be no vacant
seats. With all that the Olympic will
make no great profit, as the expense will
amount to fully 100000 The rivalry of
the Metropolitan forced the Olympic to
secure
Slavin and Mitchell
in addition to the big purse for Maher
|
to keep their prices down to Metropolis
tan prices. With postponement on one
: side and enormous outlay on the other,
,, New Orleans will come out just about
even on the two affairs
There has been quiet but persistent
influence at work to have Joe Choyinski
| become the unknown to meet Slavin.
Slavin arrived and from the way he
: spoke he does not intend to meet any as
: pirant for championship honors without
two weeks training and larger purse
He said that under those conditions he
would be glad to meet Corbett and feels
J confident he
Could Knock Him Out
: in six rounds With Choyinsii out OF
, the way and Vaquelin reserved fol-
Mitchell it is likely that Slavin's un
: known will be giant cotton screw
{ amateur, weighing considerably ovel
200 pounds and who hits like IA pile
driver if anybody waits for the blows.
Mitchell came in quietly, as did Maher
a and admitted that he has been training
, for Vaquelin. He was fata and his hand,
q were sore, and he was hardly in fix t.
: bruise or be bruised, so he went to Bay
a ST. Louis, reduced his weight by work
4 and Tom Allen doctored his hands unit
o they are in better shape than they hav,
) been for months. However, Mitchell
4 went out to welcome Slavin, and hi
A presence is as well known as his predic
tiOn of Maher's victory S1avin thiol,