St. Paul daily globe., 1893-03-06
Mitchell and Squire Abingdon
Putting Their Coin on
Gentle JeemS.
They Say Fitz Will Fall Be-
fore the Man Who Whipped
Ppitehard.
FitZsimmons Training Hard
and Expresses Great Con-
fidence Of Winning.
Mitchell Expresses Pleasure
at Having Made a Match
With COrbett.

NEW ORLEANS. March 5.-Charlie
Mitchell, Squire Abingdon. his
backer. and E. W. Bayley. the squire S
private secretary, arrived here this
morning from st. Louis. The visitors
at once repaired to the ST. Charles hotel,
where they were given spacious accom-
mOdations. After freShing themselves
up bit, they received the visiting COM
mittee from the Crescent City Athletic
club and accepted the hospitality of
that organization by becoming its guests
during their stay in the city. Both
Mitchell and Squire Abingdon talked
freely of the coming fight between
Hall and FitZsimmons, and both pro-
nounced themselves strongly in favor of
Hall. In a desultory conversation tn e
squire lamented the fact that there
were no more good fighters left in Eng
land.
"This country" he said, "offers such
| large inducements for fighters that Eng
land and Australia have become
Depleted Of Boxers.
Aside from Mitchell, Ted Pritchard
was the best man at his weight in the
old country, and | really expected him
to whip Hall. Jim is fighter, though,
and poor Ted stood little chance to
win from him. He IS good, stiff
puncher, ducedly clever with his head
and hands, and as shifty a man on his
| feet as ever saw in a ring. OF course,
do not know much about FitZsimmons
except what 1 read in the papers, but
he's got to be more than extraordinarily
good to beat Hall. L shall back Hall
heavily to win the fight"
In speaking of possible match be-
tween Stanton NJ. Abbott, of England.
and Champion Jack McAuliffe, the
squire said that Abbott would be very
foolish to look for the match, as he
would not stand a ghost of a chance in
the ring with McAuliffe, who was clev-
erer, stronger and better fighter every
way than the Englishman. Mitchell
was in great spirits over his match with
COrbett.
"The American public thought l was
blufTing," he said, when | came over
here seeking the match, but | was de-
termined to meet COrbett and fight him,
if there was any fight in him.
The Only Hitch
in the proceedings now is the selection
of place for the fight. | have conceded
everything to him in making the match,
and | am perfectly willing he should
select the battle ground. | would much
prefer, though, to fight in a city where
/ would be sure of fair play and with no
fear of police interference. AS to the
Hall-FitZsimmonS fight l can see only
one in it. Hall ought to win on per-
fOrmance, but he will have to fight hard
and possibly long to whip Ftzsimmons.
A man that can whip Ted Pritchard in
four rounds ought surely.to best FitZ-
simmons in fifteen at least, and | will
have good bet on jim"
During the afternoon Mitchell, Baird,
Bayley and a number of newspaper
men accepted the invitation from the
Crescent City club to visit its new arena
on Canal street, wiiich will be opened
to the public for the first time next Sat
urday night, when Mike DAILY, of Ban
cor, and Austin Gibbons, of Paterson,
N.sJ., will fight for a purse OF $500.
The visitors were greatly pleased with
the ample accommodations made for
their comfort and convenience. The
immense arena is not yet quite finished.
but will be completed in plenty of time
| for the inaugural battle. Fitzsimmons
is still at Bay st. Louis, and will train
up to Tuesday, when
He VIII Rest Up
and arrive in the city Tuesday night or
on the morning of the fight. A visit to
Bay st. Louis this afternoon found the
Australian hard at work punching the
bag. He had just returned from ten
mile spin, and showed no signs of
being winded by his eXertions.
After punching the bag for half
an hour he dOnned the gloves and
boxed fifteen rounds with Frank Bos-
worth, Ahis sparring partner. FitZ is in
perfect condition, and appears stronger
than ever. He weighed today in the
neighborhood of 1853 pounds, and said
he did not intend to take off any weight
He will enter the ring as strong as
ming his fight. The Hall party is ex-
pected here tomorrow morning. Hall
and his trainer and intimate friends
will be met by a committee from the
Crescent City club, and will be the
guests of that institution until the night
of the fight. Word by wire has been
received of many people being on hand
for the fight, and it is thought at least
$4,000 strangers will be here for the
fight.