Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-09

extent con.iislsa xad fall q dxhf ~5sn
x1e xtse >,snsird for the fo<srlh ro1nd
They rrzt<z1ztr1 ~ the caii iiles giabbs
t<9s. AMI went ~ each s<aer ~ thoszE'h
they i1te1<isd - and ne eiaEsf %
sAort orlsr. kaf they had sczrceiy
vz<u1~a up % their work when k1xzsaIn
nz<1s isn<is,l that dangerous right q hsh
" thr plins CT IT'S ~, and Hall fsli T.
tbs 1:soz iiks sicszi m2n- IL utn \
hard <all. and ths back Il HAIis head
cams III eoLlacf with ahe n<>or With su-h
= ssckeliax taui HAT IL could lie heard
IA fhreaeh the buisting u 90 e-ssa
tnsckouk. asi u <ss sons minutes be-
ksre has seeu1zIs nucce<<ct Ia restoring
hsu u CONSCIOUSNESS. and then he hal
- Or e4ffsr.{ - lis corner.
The -ce1e e4s tbs widest that kss
besn WITNESSED - . slnsus<is for n1any
yaaxn kltxnlmn.ops caught up the
Americas TAG and waved u over ais
heal like "a Indlan. while the erowd
chssre>i ard ysils2t fltzslmnof-s uxs
declared tho v,csos and tho vinnelB
soss happy snliea
Dod Hs1aud voa $1,000; Benretts
pool room u Covington- Ky. ty,to1,
Pat Duffy. on commissions. t3tot
John OfNcsl. 1s.0o; Abs Leasy. $500;
johnson. thu owner u the horss c. w.
Johnson. G.0O0. ard Martin AIiey~ay.
oz.00Q The rapid manner In which
they fought and the great victory fof
Eirzsiumons created great excitsneEt
throughout the city.
History or ths Fight
The history u the negotiations which
lei q this great match. Il gwen IN de-
I'll. vonid nj an ordinary At<ed book.
bat far the purpose II the present TO
port they may be given briefly;
flrzsinamfn- came 20 this country m
unkno&u mar. - Tar "A the American
anaa!s II the prize ring - concerned.
and soa wa t-1tA tam. srd money,
Hal ais.s frosn the antIpasles- observing
The SUCCESS achieved ~ the lanks red
beaded blse xsmifh. desired 20 emulate
his s4cssess and cf<~scd the Pacific
ocran. engaged IN a similar quest. The
records showed that BE bal defeated
Flr<Aanors IN Australia. and he was
ri looz in Questioning his fellow coon-
trytoens title "a the mleldleweight chan
rsorstip 4 the world. He shPsrs'ed
challenges upon hic, aud made e2sry
apparent effo9t - secure tight but 20
al - thesn fitzsimmons. for long
tsue tnrned deaf ear. insisting that
prcsamfng to tight for the midCilese ght
cnari ptonsiip Hal rctorted. with the
a.-erfion that he hsd defeated fiszEin-
fnona IN Australia and could DO !. again
Ahea opportunity offcrsd-
Tie. Minneapolis Fight
Estzsinanons' reply was that the -
cailss, baffle Ia Australia had been a
-fazef ard that the tight MAS on,y for
co.. and AZ they we're both poor. the re-
SUIT ha1 been arranged beforeh ani.
The assertion lost fitzsimmons a great
man fgicrtis and admirers IN this corn-
try. and he fact that he had sold cut tor
such > heggarly SUM was not regarded
a. any mitigation u his fault.
After the titxsimrons Dempsey fight.
the Australian made several efforts to
secufe a match. bat they al resulted in
disappointments and be finally CON
sentel % meet Hall ia large arena
erxted between ST. Paul and Mime
apsris for purse n $4,000. the condi.
tions being that both men should weigh
IL at the I1iddiewe.ghf limit Both men
trained hard Tor this event and many
thousands IL people gathered in the
twin critics % witness IL. but the legal
authorities inferfcrcd and the original
program for The fight Vas fnally al,an.
Csoned. Proposals were made, however,
that the men should meet and settle the
question q superiority ia private FOR
half the sum hung up IN the orginal
purse. t1tzsfmmons eagerly accepted
the proposition. hut The Hall party fesi-
tatcd and finally refused, urging as an
excuse that the light could be brought
OF for the larger sum IN some other part
q the country. Tho fight WAS not
brought OF and the men had their train
ins Tor nothing.
Arranged the Match.
The Olympic club last September
offered an enormous purse Tor tho
match. and As IL Vas generally supposed
that Fifzsimmons had conceded every.
thing asked by Hall. the coming match
was looked upon as q fixture.
The FIGHT Was announced "a a feature
- the carnival. but u Was finally dis.
crgrfed tfa, iLali did rot want = iight
az thar tine he infused 10 fnsaef fitz
simmons "a the date mentioned, urging.
That BIS theatrical engaEcnents were ~
unorc Importance o. him than anything
ESQ and taat in order 10 secure the figh;
fhr olympic ciub ~ou.d have g. c1anAe.
tle date ers Materially. The Olympic
club. saiairg ihe hght mnre a. a feature
- the carnival than 90 - iudiYidual
rlf~ifs. refused ani fhe meeting between
the two famous bowers Vas indefinitely
postponed. Finally the Crescent City
Athletic club conceived the idea hat a
match between fitxefmmens and Hall
woud - an attraction Tor which they
craii Yer = purse equal - a moderate
fortune When thia was lrarned both
iLr Crescent City club add fhe Couey
islaud club engaged In a very lively
CON petition f,r the contest.
fht match sas made for the srgeat
pure ic ~ o'Tered AMI the bargain vac
rnailF ecee.i with che Crescent City
Afhtc tiuh fsr a purse ~ $1,000
Never before hail such a large amount
tter -fasffi ere the issue II single
Grst = rnrse Z *lnoso and stake ~
siffs 4 .i.ia niff'e tire enormous sum
q fAttt oeren.lert "a the result.