Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-02
IN AND OUT DOOR SPORTS.
Interest in the Fight Tonight

Interest in the Fight Tonight
The Fitzsimmons- Maher ightin New Orleans
IL beginning to assume a somewhat sectional
| aspect. All the northern sports are backing
Maher, while the southern contingents are
plunging on Fitzsimmons. At the pool rooms
yesterday it was even money and take your
| choice. Late in the evening it was given out
that Tony Sage had sent telegram from Dub
lin to a prominent firm Of local sports, author
izing them to place "a. 600 ON Maher. Even
this sensational piece of news did not dampen
| the ardor of Fitzsimmons hackers and he con-
| tinued to hold his own in the betting, although
the Paris mutuals show slight preponderance
in Mahers favor.
There has probably never been a fight in the
| history of the ring where less was known of
the condition and fighting capacity Of at least
one OF the contestants. Maher is practically
an unknown quantity. He has weight in his
favor, say those who are regarded as experts
i'll fstic matters, but that is ALL The current
OF opinion Is that his mettle has ever been tried
as it will be tonight. large class who consti-
| tute the purely professional fraternity evince
the same interest in the coming contest. In
| stead of How do you do?" the prevailing
| salutation In New Orleans is, "Who do you
think will win-Fitzsimmons or MaherY'
Among the New Orleans mems opinion every
body seems to favor the Australian.
Maher Slavin and Mitchell, who with Bob
Fitzsimmons, the champion middleweIght of
the world, will constitute the quartet of great
celebrities appearing tonight at the Olympic
Club arena, reached New Orleans Monday
morning. Maher is looking big and strong and
not at all fatigued by his journey. He says he
Will scale 176 pounds in the ring. Charley
Mitchell has managed in his few weeks of train
ing to work off some of his surplus flesh and
will make it lively for big Felix Vaquein, who,
since his training experience with Fitzsimmons
is becoming looked upon as somewhat danger
GUS Slavin is as solid as a rock in appearance,
with herculean lead, shoulders and neck,
massive all the way to the ground He said he
Is not IN training, but never takes on much
flesh and is therefore not far over weight. He
is about 1875 pounds now.
Ryan has tonsilitis and is still under treat
ment Of his physician.
The National Base Ball League.
At $50 o'clock last night the base ball con-
vention in New York proceeded to business
Committee reports was the first thing up.
That of the national agreement committee was
submitted and the clause restricting drafting
of players to the season between October / and
February was adopted. For this the league
agrees to pay 81 900. for each player taken
from class or the clubs in the eastern and
western associations. The league and the
latter associations pay $500 for players for
such OF the minor league as wish to come into
the agreement. The fee which each club is to
class A and S75 in class b. Smeltz Of the
Western League teiegraphe1 Mr.. Williams that
the difficulty which had kept Toledo out of the
league had been settled. Discussion bearing
upon the New York clubs claim to Richardson
waxed SO warm that il was thought advisable
to adjourn and take it up today. This was ac-
cordingly done.
The delegates present we're: New York, j. W.
Spalding, John Il. Day and E. Talcott Phila-
eiphia, John j. Rogers and Al. Reach; Brook
Ign, +. A. Abel and C. II. Byrne; Washington
George Wagner and +. s. Elliott; Baltimore,
Harry Vonderhorst; Boston, A. II. Soden, j. J.
Billings and William Conant; Pittsburg W. II.
Temple and 'Af' Scandrett; Cincinnati, John
I. Brush; Cleveland, George Howe, Frank de
Rol inson and Davis Hawley; st. Louis, Chris.
Won Der Abe and George Munson; Chicago,
James Hart; Louisville. President Stuckey,
Jack Chapman and Zach. Phelps. N. E. Young
Of Washington, president of the National
League; James Williams, president Of the West
ern League, and G. w. White of the proposed
Eastern League were also in attendance.