The evening world., 1892-01-19
SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES.
Is Peter Maher Travelling on a
Bluff" Reputation ?
Preparing for the Forty-seventh
Re! ment Games In Brooklyn.

Talk is about the cheapest thing in the
market, and the management OF Peter Maher,
the Irish pugilist, has been drawing upon the
stock rather generously Of late. Billy Madden
brought Peter Maher over here from Ireland
several months ago and gave people to under
stand that the Irishman would astonish them
with his prowess The public has be0n ar
tonished all right enough, but not by Mr..
Mahcr's pro wess. His flstic ability, 10 far as
the public has been able TO judge, isn't In 1t
with Mr.. Maddens lingusl tactics. While
Maher has been allowed to go on in sparring
bouts with men not In his class there has
been Il lot Of jabbcr about matching him
against some o; the tip-toppers, which, II is
now suspected, was INDUCED in for advertis-
ing purposes. Maher had chance at Joe
Choynski. but the match wasn't made. Ap-
parently Madden Is either afraid to let his
man have go at a good fighter or else he Is
satisfied to continue exhibiting him before
the public on his " newspaper" reputation.
Whether Maher Is a first grade man or not
IL n question. He has shown som" ability,
but Madden has not given him a fair chance,
ard 1t does not look as II he intended to. When
Madden was cornered on Friday by Capt.
Williams he agreed to let Maher fight ice
Choynski II Tony Sage said "yes." Tony said :
" / am willing II Madden is Madden did not
come out boldly and say ~ am not willing"
but Is believed by Arthur LuInley and Capt
Williams to have cabled sage to refuse a
match with ChOynski. Tony promptly took
back what he had said.
Madden knows that his cake would be
dough II Choynski should happen to beat his
could whip cnoynskl. lie knows that Maner
really has very little remit alton: thpt he is
not an undereatcd man. that the tlp-toppers
will not descend from their supposed lofty
positions In the puglistic world to fight de.
iented Or an unknown man; and he knows
also that 50 long as his man doesn't fight any
body he won't get whipped. lie knows. too.
,na, n, c,, s.to,,, n,orn orao,s ona ,,,'c. ~,
the big fellows without being called, and that
nv SO doing he can get advertising. He is
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prohl"p'c lhau hsh'ihs' ihae Banhe VIII
play out before long. BUNS have ceased to
have any virtue. The only thing that will
sutlsf" the Sport-loving public now Is fight.
Forty.s, yenth REGIMENT. are hard M WORK
nrensrinv Tor ihr 7oint vnmes To he given nj
fhe Fori S-seyenth Regiment Armory ON Feb
a. The eyents are as iollvws:
Seyrnty.tivo Yards dash, handicap three
hundred Yards run handicap quarter mile
run, nanaeap nWo-ihiie run, seratCn one,
iliue VAIN, uonuio'P uni.AnS u"P, n.sp "uu
nnt ,unp, nratn on, ,hms,.ansS vurap' ,.u'
,,opivts t "raueh ur1 noMai, om"S" n snus r,.
,lahuicap ohe anu ohe-h~ii hi'e aaie's
picyG't lace, nanu.P ,,, :, ithaca ,,,,,,os
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Peverelly last night. THE entries are COM
ing In rapidly and many OF the best
athletes or the metropolitan district
are among them. We nave arranged
| II SO that all VINO contemplate
The cyclists can use the armory Tuesday and
THURSDAY evenings, ana the athietes on
Monday, "Wednesday. Friday ana saturday
nights. Every thing ~ being done to make
these games success