The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-06
HICKEY AN EASY MARX.
F%itzsimmons Toyed With
Him at Newark
Last Night.
METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
To Be Held at the N. ]. A. c.
Grounds-Wheeling and Bowl
ing Notes.

The much talked of bout between Fitz-
simmons and Hickey, the Irish champion.
at the New Jersey Amusement Conn
pany's show at .Caiedonian Park. New
ark, last night was simply q farce
Hickey was no match for the clever
Australian. Fitzsimmons could have
settled the aspirations Of the Irishman at
any stage of the contest.
AS it was Hiekey's seconds threw up
thu sponge after "FItz" had toyed with
him for two rounds and twenty-eight
seconds.
Fitzsimons will have NO such q snap
before Steve O,Donnell. the Australasia,
who will meet him In a contest nm DER
the same clubs auspices next month.
An agreement was signed by both men
last night. and both men last night, and
Fred Burns made the announcemeut 10
the crowd. The result WAS a fnrore OF
talk and speculation.
Tre crowd was very large. aud proba-
bly, was the banne attendance OF any
boxing show every held In NewarE
The boxing contests were fair. I'd.
Donohue oficiated in four OF the I'VE
bouts as referee. His decisions gave
general satisfaction.
Jack" Handler a Harry Lazy, both
of Newark, met at q catch weights In
the initial bout and pounded each other
for ten rounds. During the frat half of
the fight Levy had the best OF the argu-
ment. but in the last half Handler got
his second wind'' and easily outpointed
his o~pponent At the end OF the ninth
round Levy was almost "out." The
referee decided on Handler a. Inc winner.
The decision was q popular enc
Paddy German of England aud Arthur
Walker of Australia. the weller weights.
met In what was scheduled to be y Elk
round bout.
Walker was the aggresscr and Inn
mediatsly planted his left on Gormans
body. The latter retallated with q light
handler over the heart. They mixed 1t
up frequently at close quarters. but no
harm was DONE. Both men fought very
awkwardly. In the second round WAL
ker landed with his right on
head. but after that both men puncneo
the air. TO the loudly expressed disgust OF
the spectators. After an OF
blows In the third round German landed
heavily on Walkers chin, knocking hin
down. German took his time in rising
and was Immediately pushed over again.
He fell down n third time, nj IL was SO
obviously his desire to quit that the ret-
cree stopped the bout and gave the oecl-
sion Co German.
.Con" Riordon of San Francisco and
"Val' Flood of Australia. the heavy
weights, followed in a four round bout.
When they shaped Riordon appeared to
have the advantage In height n reacn.
The men went at it In hammer and tonSs
style. Flood was very aggressive ana
sailed right into the Californian. banging
him right and Left. This angered. Rior-
don, aud he went at Flood liz ademon.
hitting hard on the body and neck.
Flood came back at his man and tnsy
cIinched and fell. When they got up
Flood forced the Californian into a cor
ner and punched him as he pleased.
Riordon was vigorously Kissed.
There was mere wrestling than spar
ring in the second round. The third
round was tame, and In the fourth FLOOD
made a rush and knocked Rtordon
through the ropes. going through him
self The referee said that one was as bad
as the other and declared the contest q
draw. Both fighters were Missed when
they left the ring.
The star event was the last on the pro-
Rramme. Hickey was seconded by
Brooklyn" Jimmy Carroll. Joe Wooley
aud Walter Greenfield OF Newark and
Sim Robinson of this city.
The men. after shaking hands, spared
off for a minute. Fitz thrust his head
forward dangerously close to Hickey and
the latter made q terrific lunge. Fits
head came back quicker than Hickey's
fist could travel. The champion touched
Hickey Up lightly with his left as a
return aud then resumed his old tantaliz
ing tanties. Hickey's efforts to land were
vain. FitZ was like q will o, the wisp,H
he was there and he wasn't. He allowed
Hickey to make one vicious lunge close
to his body. which, however, aid not
land, and then crossed with his right,
landing on Hickey's jaw. 1t was . ter
rifle punch, and the Irishman uttered an
explanation that wouldn't LOOK well IN
print. After the blow ne was plainly
groggy.
Fftz could have won then, but he
danced around his opponent until the
round closed.
Hickey, throughout the second round.
sought 10 protect ais jaw as mucn az pos
siblc. but Bob only succeeded in his pur-
pose Of making a mug OF his oppon'
ent.
Round three was brief. Fitz went in tc
do his man, and had him groggy and on
the ropes in quicker time than 1t takes tc
read 1t. Five or six blows was all tina
were struck when Hickey's seconds