St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-03


Maher's hand and was cheered to the
ecno for so doing. Jimmy Carroll fol-
lowed his principals example, and
ChOynski and Creggians, who assisted
Carroll in FitZsimmons' corner, imme-
dlately began the preparations for the
battle.
Madden was as pale as death during
the preparation for the fight. The
usual parley i'll the center of the ring
took in one of the greatest pugilstic
parties ever seen, and the good fellow
ship that marked the opening chat clio
tied very favorable comment. Both
men were stripped to the waist. FitZ-
simmons wore a scarlet breech-cloth,
with black fighting shoes and black
stockings. Official weights announced
IT'S. 1t was magnificent gather
ing around the ring. There
were sporting men from England. Ire
land, and from every corner of the
United States. Up to this morning the
carnival festivities attracted great
deal of attention. Today, however, has
been entirely devoted to the prize fight
ers. There have been crowds around
the st. Charles hotel and the pool
rooms. Betting has been free. Every
rumor has been passed about
with lightning-hke rapidity. Every
pugllist has had following. Promi-
nent ones like Slavin and Mitchell have
bad mob at their heels. The climax
came when FitZsimmons showed up
this morning. He had
An Army Behind Him.
His fine cOnniUiOn was apparent to all
who saw him. and he was in glorious
spirits. He laughed, joked and chatted,
but refrained from any mention of the
fight. Several people attempted to tell
him about Maher, but he refused to
listen, saying that he would see for
himself when he got into the ring.
FltZSimmOnS is over six feet tall, and
when he trained for Dempsey, getting
down to 154 pounds, he was so thin that
be seemed liable to break into pieces at
any moment. This time, however, with
out any weight limit, he has trained up
instead of down, and has grown as stout
ined to be. His broad shoulders and
his long arms and long, thin legs had
actually graceful lines to them. The
face, too, was round md rosy, and alto
gether the New Zealander looked
stronger and better than ever before.
After he walked and talked through the
crowd in the morning his friends cb
tanned renewed confidence, and many
bets were placed on him at even money.
In the Paris mutuals the majority of
tickets issued bore the name of Fitz.
Soon after his arrival Fitz went to the
house of a friend, and there spent most
of the day i'll rest, timing himself so as
to get to the arena shortly before the
fight
Makers Day.
In accordance with the original pro-
gramme signed by Billy Madden and the
other members of Maher's cabinet, the
1rishman was kept far from the mad
dened crowd. Dave Holland was his
constant attendant, He7arose leisureiy,
took 4 short walk, breakfaSted ahout1o
O'Clock, cuddled up in sunny corner
of his bedroom and rested for about six
hours. At o'clock he ate dinuer ami
took no more nourishment until the
fight.
Maher was in great form. Although
not as tall as Fitzsimmons. he looked
much stronger and full of vim and
stamina. He has black hair, low
brow, firm broad jaws, square chin and
a.short brown moustaclie above q pleas
ant mouth and fine set of teeth. His
ter, were of true heavyweight proper
tons, and driving power was imposed all
over them. His arms, although long,
were heavily muscled and big and broad
of bone, the kind that could be depend
ed upon for hard work. From the way
the IrShman spoke and acted he was
very confident, although not i'll happy
mood. There is good deal OF vicious
ness in his disposition, and it cropped
out continually.
He thought that Slavin and Mitchell
and all of the big pugilists were anxious
to have him whipped, despite their
sweet words to the contrary; but
he said he would win anyhow.
He seemed eager for the hour of
the fight and his talk denoted
that he intended to make short W DIRK of
the New Zedlander if he could. He re-
fused several kind invitations TO sup
after the show, intimating that he in
tended to keep to himself. but he had
private arrangement with Holland to
the fight started at 9 O'Clock. Holland
was imbued with all of Makers conf
dence, and got away from him long
enough before the fight to place $1,000
upon the result, being in favor OF
Maher.
One Cause of Gloom.
There was one thing that cast gloom
upon the Irish champion, and it was
good deal in the nature of superstition.
He objected strenuously to fighting On
Ash Wednesday and had used every
effort to secure some other date, but
without success. The fact weighed on
him little and his chagrin was deep
ened because he had forgotten to go 10
church in the morning. The supersti-
ton increased his viciousness and BODIED
ill for his rival if the fierce giant could
get his battering-rams near the middle
weights body.
The Olympic club house is three
miles below Canal street, In that
neighborhood hundreds of women and
children were collected and shouted at
the passing vehicles. 1t was Fitzsim-
mons crowd throughout. Every men
ton of the middleweight champions
name was received with cheers, and
men stood on the corners shaking money
in their hand and Offering to bet on the
chance of winning; not only were the
men interested, but women and chill
dren as well.
There were several entrances to the
club, and there was tremendous crush
at each of them. A great force of po-
licemen and ticket takers were on hand,
however, and they handled the thou
sands who applied for admission with
rapidity and ease. Inside the arena at
1850 nearly every seat was taken. and
the crowd was not only the greatest that
has ever been seen at a fight in New
Orleaus, but it was likewise the most
representative.