St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-14
TRAINING FOR THE FRAY.
Great Interest in the Hail-Fitz-
simmons Contest.

simmons Contest.
New ORLEANS, La, Feb. 13.-Never
in the history OF the country have so
many pugilistS been preparing for the
fray. The absorbing topic of converse
lion is the coming fights and their out
come. The general opinion of men who
have seen the men at work, who can
make accurate deductions, and who are
not preJudced. is that the fights will re-
suit as follows: Mcmillan to whip
Kinds; Ryan to master Dawson: God
dard to win easily over Smith; Lewis to
win the wrestling match with ROeber,
and DAILY to trot second with Gibbons.
The question which is pulling the
patrons of the sport is the picking Of
the winner of the Hall-FltZsimmonS
match. Aside from favoritism, the
question is probably the most difficult Of
Its kind offered for a solution. That the
men are evenly matched is beyond a
doubt. Both are tall, shifty, strong,
powerful hitters, and have pluck and
endurance. They have both fought
men who stood high in their profession.
These facts, coupled with the size of
increased speed to their blows, quick
ness to their generalship. Experts
say it will be a grand fight and the
contest of the age. Fitzsimmons is
quoted as saying that for the first four
rounds the contest Will be marvel. He
does not now, nor has he ever, under
estimated Halls ability, but, neverthe-
less, he holds that Hall Will not win.
EitZSimmOuS is training as he never
trained before. The Importance of the
contract he has on hand is fully appre-
ciated, and if preparation will win the
battle, FitZSimmonS intends to make it
do so. AdYices from Halls. headQuar-
tiers are to the same effect, and if the
men be in the excellent condition hoped
for the fight cannot fail to prove scien-
tific and interesting. Hall has the rep
utation Of never letting his opponent
rest. If he adopts this plan the specta-
tors will be afforded treat.
The South, and especially New Or
leans, is for Fitzsimmons, and in the
event Of his defeat New Orleans will 60
broke.
Some sharp news came out of the
Olympic club officials visit to Joe God
! dard and George Dawson at Biloxi.
Goddard said that after defeating Smith
he would post $4,000 for match for
any dlIlOuuL Will GlIllGI tOIUSl vi UuCh-
son. and give either thirty days in
which to accept. The Olympics. will
add a huge purse to the stakes for either
pair. The winner of the Dawson-Ryan
fight will be matched against the WIN
ner of the boston" Smith Tom Will
Jams fight; and should Smith defeat
Goddard he will be matched against
Joe Choynski. Bud Renaud has
a $4,000 commission to bet on Fitz-
simmons against Hall at evens,
but so far has placed none.
! These are the b0okmakerS' estimate of
the odds that will prevail when the bet
ting begins on the four March fights
and the wrestling match: Ryan, 8 to 10;
Dawson. even money; Lewis. to 5;
Roeber, 6 to 5; Goddard, to 2; Smith,
to |: DAILY, 9 10 10; Gibbons. even
money; Fitzsimmons, 9 to 10; Hall, even
money.
The new Boulevard club has made an
other fight for Feb. IS. The men are
Jack Everhardt and Joe Oliver, and they
VIII meet at welter-welghts for 81, O0C
purse.
Fltzsimmons' feet are troubling him
| and he has been compelled to reduce his
road work. He took too much pedes-
! trianism early, and both feet have
peeled and blistered badly.