The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-25
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Peter Maher, the Irish Champion, is
Of for New Orleans.
SCHAEFER WILL GO TO PARIS.
Jimmy Lynch and Walter HaIligan Meet
Tonight i'm -Harvard's Boat
Crew at Work = Maine's New Mile
Track-Current Sporting Gossip.

Peter Maher, the Irish Champion, who
is to meet Bob Fitzsimmons before the
Olympic Club March 2, started for the
Crescent City yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by Billy Madden, his manager, and
Jack Fallon. the Brooklyn Strong Boy"
The evening of March I'd, the last day of
the great Mardi Gras festival, will see
these two great gladiators, the pride of
the antipodes and the aspirant for Sulli-
vans laurel, in the roped arena, their
hands encased in 5-ounce mittens and
battling for the best end Of the $4,000
purse and the glory" that goes with it.
The question uppermost in the minds of
those who keep run OF such matters Is
"will Maher come back from New
Orleans a winner !o IL is question
which no man can answer, and any opinion
is but a guess at most. OF the two men
Maher has by far the most at stake. IL he
defeats Long Bob his next opponent will
in all probability be John l.. Sullivan. If
he is defeated there is nothing left for him
TO do but TO return to his home in the
Emerald Isle, disgraced by the fact that
although heavyweight and would-be
world-beater he has been defeated by "a
middle weight.
With Eitzsimmons it is only question
of the big end of the $4,000 purse. II he is
defeated by the Irish champion he is still
middle-weight champion. He can lose
nothing by defeat as he will have the
very plausible excuse that he was up
against man in u heavier class.
As TO the physical condition Of the men,
when they, with their seconds, form the
Maltese cross in the centre of the ring,
FitZsimmons will have slight advantage
in height and reach and will be within
about seven pounds of Maher in weight.
That he is the cleverer Of the two there is
ln fnr Ntahn
credited with any cleyerness until Billy
Madden took hold of him, and il stands
TO reason that in the few short months
that he has been in this country he could
not acquire as much cleverness rs the
vanquisher Of Jack Dempsey has
acquired in years of experience in the
ring. 1t looks, therefore. as IL Maher
would have TO depend OH his extra weight
aud superior hitting power TO pull him
through. Bob is his superior on his feet,
and nobody yet knows whether the Irish
champion can stand a long battle or not
All his victories haveSeen IN short order.
With his superior agility his advantage
in height. reach and cleverness, the task
before FitZsimmons is not so uneven rs 10
might seem at first thought.
0Jacob Schaefer will go TO Europe about
The lst of April, or about ten days after
his match here with Ives. He has also ac,
cepted the challenge Of Slosson TO play the
latter series OF three games. 500 points
each night, and each game to be separate,
the championship not TO be involved.
These games will be played in New
York during the week preceding Schae-
fer's departure for Europe.
Schapfer has been offered $50 per day
and expenses i'm Paris TO give exhibitions
NJ vHr1ous c1fpy, ana VIII, m HdufrfOn 70
that. endcavor To get on matches with
NignauX, Plot and other French experts
who may be willing 90 play him.
Jimmy Lynch OF New York and Walter
Halligan Of Brooklyn will fight ten
rounds In Brooklyn tonight. Unusual
interest is manifested ia this event as 1t