Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-01-07
SPORTING LETTER
Our Hume" Wazes Indignant at
 Soma Pugilistic QuitterS.
The Rise and Fall of Baseball Pres
 ident John B. Day.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Peter Maher is
 of the opi aion that there is still one or
 two good fights left in him, but he will
 have the most difficult task of his life to
 perform when he trys to convince the
 Coney Island Club or the New York
 pubic that he h is any license to live
 Maher was just thick enough to make
 the remark Tn Warren Lewis saloon that
 he could have stayed n front of God
 dard a couple of rounds more, but then
 what was the use, as Goddard had him
 whipped. tt was clean acknowledge
 ment that he was not knocked out, but
 that be lay there like a cur and allowed
 himself to be counted out, when he was
 merely knocked down. A man who
 would be guilty of such cowardly work as this ought to be tarred and feathered and drummed out of the country. Peter evidently has tender and effectio nate regard for money, but as much as he loves 1t, he does not care to take what he considers an unnecessary risk ir spelling his cOuntenance, When he can earn 5l,000 m a fraction over two rounds
 q does not see why he should be greedy and ake any further punishment, with the vague hope of getting S6,500 in case he licked the other fellow. The Irish lad was philosophical. He was sure winner of the short end and that was good enough for him. Peter remember bered the old saying, He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
 That used to be the caper, but it don't go now" No matter how many good honest hard working ITishmen backed Maher for the sake of the old soil, it makes no difference to Peter, as they all got thrown down. together, even 10 Dave Holland, who bet pretty near everything he had down to his socks, that Maher would win. Holland was his packer and not only brought him over from the old country for thls fight, but paid all bis training expenses. Stll Maher DOW has the audacIty to say that there is a
 couple of good fights left ID him and tbat he could have fought a couple of more rounds with Goddard. Some men
 have little shame in them but Maher has none whatever. He thinks to "lay down" for a short end of a purse is ex- tremely cute and very funny.
 It is very evident that Baxter. Eng lands crack featherweight, either Is not anxious to fight Johnny Griffin or else he IS desirious of profitiug by the expe- rience Of Peter Maher. When he agreed to fight for the 5000 purse offered by the Coney Island Club and the S2J0 were sent to him for expenses. 1t was thought that the matter was all settled. The ''grab all" idea, however, seems to have taken possession of his brain and he sends back word that he will not fight unless the losers end Is S1, 900 and he gets S5O0fOr expenses. Judge Newton was very angery when he received the wOId and immediately declared the fight off, saying we are not running our club in the interest of losers. A good game man is one of the kind that wants the winner to take all, but that is not the idea of the Coney Island Athletic Club. They do not believe in shutting the loser off with a shilling, as that would be neither right or just. The loser is certainly entitled to a little over hls training expenses, but when pugilist makes feature of the amount the loser is to receive, it makes the club giving the purse feel very weary. Under the circumstances a first-class fight can scarcely be looked for, as the moment man gets punched little bit and he feels his chances of winning are dubious he takes the first opportunity offered to Hay down" and thus avoid further pun ishment. The larger amount given to the loser, the hummer the fight IS going to be. It Is tha greatest mistake a club can possibly make to allow too much for the losing end. If man wants to see first class fighting be wants ts look at contest where the winner takes all. He will then see a fight well worth going men are anything like evenly matched in science and strength.
 The kid glove fight last week to fin ish between G.a-sey and Mccarthy showed the New York sports very con- the difference between biz and sma gloves Both boys were at weight and fought at a fraction under 1O5 pounds. The fingers acre cut off of thelr kids gloves, leaving much stronger brace and DrtoectiOn for their knuck les than if they were bare. Every blow struck by either man landed with thud and when it landed the man struck knew he was hit. The blows fell like haIl and something had to give away. It was 8n even thing during the first round, but in the second Me Carthy landed a good clean right hand ed upper cut on Glassey's jaw, which hOored him til after he was counted out. It was desperate fight while 1t lasted. The boys were as quick as a streak of and the manner ID which they showered their blows upon one another was sckening to behold. Glassey closed round and had his left well decorated by the call of time. McCarthY was the stronger of the two and after twenty Of cyclone fighting in the sec ond round Glassey was knocked insen- sible. His fall on the concrete floor did not do him any good. Both boys were very badly punished. Glassey is the lad who broke McGinnis jaw in two places about three years ago in kid glove fight to a finish. McGinnis was present at this fight and he and his friends lost considerable money betting on Glas- sey.
 The bidding for the McAulilfe- Burge fight has commenced between the COney Island Athletic club and the Crescent club of New Orleans. Burge got fright ened when the figures reached S20,O00 and he could not sign too quick. Not so, however, with McAuhtfe, who played two cards to even greater advantage than the wary Fitzsimmons. Jack trumped up some little imaginary grievence against the Coney Island Ath- letio club and expressed a strong pre- ference to fight in New Orleans, To cap the game along, McAuliffe's packers were III favor of having the fight take
 place Tn the north, so the bidding be-
 tween the two clubs was of most spirited
 character. McAGllffe kept out of Judge
 NewtOn's sight, but frequently met Cap
 tain Williams. When the Crescent's