The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-05
The New Zealauder Proves TOO Much
For the Iriskman and Wins
the Fight.
Naher is Not knocked Out but Yields
ii superior Science and
Generalship.


III ohN "'oNt 49,
New Zelander who is the middle-weight
champion of the world, me t tonight be-
fore the Olympic club of this city for a
purse of $4,000. of which the loser gets
$1,000. The Olympic had an arena
Of which seated nearly 5000 people. BY
the addition of the galleries the ulitiza-
ton of corners aud economy of space in
every possible way, the capacity was in
creased to 5000. and it was fully tested
tonight. 1t was a magnificent gathering.
There were sporting men from England
Ireland and from every corner of the
United States. New Orleans supplied
its leading merchants and professional
men, and that its sports were there goes
without SAYING. Up to this morning the
carnival festivities attracted a great deal
Of attention. Today has been entirely de-
voted to the prize lighters. Fitzsimmons
is over six feet tall. and when he trained
for Dempsey, getting down to l54
hounds. he was 50 thin he seemed liable
to break into piet's at any moment.
This time. however. without any weight
limit he has trained up instead OF down
and has grown as stout as a man Of Fits
build can be imagined to be. His broad
shoulders and chest are massed with
muscles and his long arms and thin legs
have actually graceful lines to them.
His face, too. is round and rosy, and. al
together. the New Iealander looks
stronger and better than ever before.
He weighed between los and lI2 pounds
AT different portions of his last work
and tonight was very near lac.
In accordance with the original pro-
gram signed by Billy Madden and other
members Of Makers cabinet, the Irish
man was kept far from the maddened
crowd. Dave Holland Was his constant
attendant. He arose leisurely, took
II short walk. breakfasted about
10 o'clock, cuddled up in a sunny corner
Of his bedroom and rested for about six
hours. Vt / o'clock he ate dinner and
took no more nourishmcnt until the
tight. Maher was in great form. Al
though not so tall as Fitzsimmons he
looked much stronger and full of vim
and stamlna He has black hair. low
brow, firm. broad jaws. square chin and
Il short. brown mustache above a pleas
ant mouth and d fine set of teeth. His
chest and shoulders. especially the lat
Ter, were OF true heavyweight proper
lions and driving power was imposed all
over them. His arms. although long.
were heavily muscled and big and broad
of bone. a kind that could be depended
upon for hard work. From the way the
lrishman spoke and acted he was very
confident, although not in a happy
mood. There is a good deal of vic
%iousness in his disposition and it
cropped out continually. lie thought
that Slavin and Mitchell and all Of the
big pugilists were anxious to have him
whipped despite their sweet words to the
but he said he would win any
how. There was one thing that cast a
gloom upon the Irish champion and it
was a good deal in the nature of super
s~tition. lie objected strongly to tight
ing on Ash Wednesday and had used
every effort to secure some other date.
but without success. The fact weighed
on him IA little and his chagrin was
crepened because he had forgotten to go
to church in the morning. The super
stition increased his viciousncss and
hoded i'll for his rival il the fierce giant
could get his batteriDg rams near the
middlewcight's body. It was arranged
during the day that Billy Madden
and Gus Tuthill would be behind Maher
with Jack F'allon and Dave Holland as
~sistants. The preliminary bouts were
arranged to take place at . o'clock but
the crowd commenced gathering as
early as 6 o'clock. Carriages. cabs. cars
and every conceivable conveyance were
filed with people and rolled toward the
club house in a steady stream. The
place was brilliantly illuminated. The
several kinds of light made darkness i'm
possible. The mammoth arena wal a sea
Of heads and the sight before the fight
was almost as exceptional and exciting
MS til, fight itself.
Prof. John Duffy was elected as ref
cree. Captain Billy Barrett was. as us.
nal, in charge Of the arena. Edward
Curtis made his first appearance as mas
cheered. Arthur Upham and Charley
Mitchell were announced to box three
rounds: Frank Slavin and Felix Vague
lin three rounds and Slavin and Charley
Mitchell three rounds. All boxed well
anu were hcditiy oppihuuO"' ~
last set-to Mitchell's tricks were neatly
counteracted by Slavin's cunning. The
first round ended in q vigorous punching
match. In the second round those
kings Of the tistic art made
things rather lively. The second
ended in a hot rally in the middle Of the
ring and the audience went wild over
the clever set-to. In the last both men
appeared a little cautious and the way
they raped each others faces and stom'
achs seemed to almost paralyze the as
semblage, and Mitchell did look a bit
vexed when Referee Duffy separated
them and sent them away. This closed
the preilminaries and everybody
stretched before settling themselves fol
the card Of the evening. Timers for the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. contest were George
Clark Of Chicago for Fitz and +. j. Don
ohue for Maher and +. M. Frank for the
club. Both men were in superb condi
ton. Maher entered the ring first at +.
o'clock. Gus Tuthill, Billy Madden, and
Jack Fallon were his seconds. Fitzsim