Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-03
MAHER NEVER In IT.

Consensus Of Opinion of the Experts Who
Witnessed tho Fight-London's Interest
in the Meeting-what the Best Wit
nesses of the Battle Think Of tho Out
come.
After the fight the leading sporting men
present, fighters, newspaper men, sports and
others, gathered in the rooms of the Olympic
and discussed the fight and the merits of the
men. Charley Mitchell and Slavin were to-
gether.
Said Mitchell, with emphasis. when asked
his opinion: 'Maher ought to be ashamed
to own himself an Irishman, and Irishmen
ought to be ashamed that he is one of them.
He is the most cowardly fighter, to my
mind, that ever stepped into the ring.
Fitzsimmons, on the other hand, is won-
derfully clever fighter, and surprise"
81 agree with that opinion" chimed in
Slavin, who was standing near. II knew
Maher would not win because Madden was
behind him. Fitzsimmons is very clever
and very shifty, and handled himself splen-
didly from start to finish. I am more than
pleased at the result because Madden was
behind him. Maher is man who was built
up and advertised on the achievements Of
other people"
Both Mitchell and Slavin agreed in saying
that the fight, in its conduct, was the finest
that they ever witnessed in this or any other
country.
Jim Hall, Fitzsimmons' old enemy, sat in
front seat and watched the fight with Par
son Davies When it was over he said: "It
was very good contest, indeed"
Maher Not Able to Stand Punishment.
Referee Duffy was equally laconic. "T
think Maher lost because he is fighter
that cannot stand punishment, was the
opihion he expressed of the contest
Billy Myer, the "Streator Cyclone " said
it was a good fight, and he believed Maher
was fair fighter. In his opinion, however,
it was Fitzsimmons' fight after the first
round.
Lou Houseman, of Chicago, who saw all
the great fights of a generation, considered
the contest similar to match between a
selling platter and stake horse. He did
not think Fitzsimmons should have been hit
at ALL
Tom Allen, the e1-champion heavy
weight, had this to say: "Maher was never
very slow, when compared with Fitz, while
the Australian is q wonderfully clever man,
and especially in avoiding punishment.
believe that Maher was bothered from the
first round"
Sporting Life Representative Galliher, of
London, thought the fight was the best reg
ulated tournament he had ever attended.
He sent bulletins of the fight to London,
and got word from England that Fleet
street was packed with people eager for
news. He thinks Fitzsimmons showed sur
prising ability in getting away from Maher,
and said that the Australian won honestly
because he was the better man of the two.
Fitz Tickled Nearly to Death.
Fitzsimmons, as soon as the battle was
over, danced around the ring with delight.
The crowd pressed around him and nearly
shook his hands of. He was unmarked,
and as clipper as bird. When he sue
ceeded in tearing himself away from his
friends he pushed his
way through the crowd and went
to his room, where, without as
sistance he quickly donned his street
clothes. He was in the best of humor, but
had nothing to say except that he was salts
fed and believed beforehand that he would
win. He did not remain any length of time
at the club, but, with his party, entered a
carriage and drove up town, promising to
call in the morning for the big end of what
he fought for-the purse.
After the fight the gloom in Maher's
quarters was thick enough to cut with
Knife. Maher remained in the ring some
time after the battle was over, while his
seconds washed the blood from his face.
His corner, after the fight, resembled a
pen. When he reached his room
be put on his clothes and stuffed moist
into his mouth to stanch |
The flow of blood. Madden, Holland,
Tuthill and others were with him, and
thev were all very much cast down over the |
result. When the Associated Press re-
porter was admitted into the room Madden |
said: 'Fitzsimmons punched him in one |
place all the time. The blood was flowing |
rom Maher's mouth and was choking him.
In the eleventh round" continued Madden, |
II saw he had no chance to win and told |
him he had better quit 1t was no use to go |
IN. If the fight had continued Maher |
would have been put out completely, and |
here was no need for that
Plenty of lima to Get Ready.
sour man was not in as good condition as
,e ought to have been, but of course that is |
10 excuse now. We had plenty of time to |
ret ready, and ought not to complain"
concluded Madden. "The fight was per-
'ectly fair. We have no complaint to make, |
'or it was satisfactorily contested, and