The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-01
Maher and O'Donncll BILLED tn APP
ton Park Monday Afternoon.
SMITH AND RYAN TUESDAY
AND .JiM.' AND "BOB, NEXT DAY HI
THE LAW DOESN'T INTERFERE.
Gossip Of the sports antf Scenes and
springs-.Fitx" Scored Again.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. s1.-The big
fight is put over until next week. and there
is no chance of Corbett and Fitzsimmons
meeting in the ring before Tuesday at the
very earliest The chances are that any
body arriving here early next Wednesday
morning will see the fight, If 1t comes Off,
There WILL however, be fight on Mon
day afternoon at o'clock, when Maner
and O'Donnell will meet with fve-ounce
gloves in Wilmington Park, two miles from
the center of the town. This match Is
definitely settled. and. unless the State In
terferes in q very forcioie manner. 1T VIII
he fought out according to programme
Smith and Ryan will probably be given a
chance on Tuesday.
The fight committee came 10 a conclusion
this afternoon to have the Maher-O' Don
nell fight ON receipt of word from Little
Rock that It would be impossible to get
Fitzsimmons out of his legal entaglement
and have him in Hot Springs for a fight
this week 1t was then determined 10 pull
off one of the minor contests, and the
Ryan-Smith contest was taken. "Par5on
Davies, Joe vendig and the Smith party
held a conference, but nothing came of it
beyond an agreement that both men should
to enable them to claim the forfeit money
from the club If Brady and Quinn had
not met accidentally Ryan and Smith
would have fought tomorrow. The Par
son" was very hopeful of the fight between
Ryan and Smith. II will have my man
right here" he said. "and IL they give us
half the chance We need We will fight.
Ryan is IN prime condition. and the battle
will be good one. l am informed that
Ryan and Smith will fall together Tuesday
afternoon. My Information is unofficial.
however. and can only hope that it is So"
While the Ryan-Smith conference was
Brady the hacker of ODonnell, and John
j. Quinn. the hacker of Maher, met at the
hotel, and after some talk Brady said:
Il will have O'Donnell here to fight Maher
tonight. Now bring on your man
Quinn was game, and promptly accepted
the defiance. The men informed the fight
committee that they were willing to have
their men come together without delay.
and the committee at once declared itself
against the agreement, and adjourned the
Ryan-Smith plans. 1t was at first deter
mined to have the heavy weights in the
opera house and to pitch ring at the
conclusion of the theatrical performance.
W. l.. Babcock, Mayor Walters, Dan Stu
art and joe Vendig held conference on
the hotel veranda, and after a discussion
IL was decided to put the fight off until
Monday afternoon at o'clock. This was
agreeable to Quinn and Brady, and the
matter was settled in that way. The COM
mittee then announced that no attempt
would bs made TO hold either of the fights
before the Maher-O'Donnell MILL
O'DONNELL is CONFIDENT.
O'Donnell has been brought in from Cor
belts quarters at Spring Lake to be ready
for the fight to come off, and when the
postponement was made he started back to
his training grounds. He looks in the best
of condition. and said that he never felt
better in his life. He expressed full conf
dence in his ability to whip Maher, and re-
marked, as he left the hotel: II will win
it, sure. / am in good shape, and, accidents
barred 1 don't see how 1 can lose"
Maher has been training at Hughes's Gar
dens, about a half-niile north of Whiting
ton Park, and within fifteen minutes ride
of the town. He remained quietly in his
quarters all day. except during the morning
when he went down to the park to wait for
Corbett's defiance from the ring.
O'Donnelfs confidence i'm his ability is by
no means shared by Quinn, the backer OF
Maher. He said tonight: Peter is in shape
to fight for his life right now, and 1 know
he will whip O'Donnell, and without going
the twenty-five rounds, either. 1 have no
fear as to the outcome of the fight" When
asked about his willingness to fight Maher
against Corbett. Mr.. Quinn sat up with a
sudden jerk that sent his chair backward
several inches. "Of course / am" he said
That's what Peter was doing at the park
this morning. Just waiting for Corbett 10
make his little speech there. He was going
to say that he would fight Corbett on
Wednesday Of next week for 5000 a side
and for $4,000 if Corbett would wait for
him two weeks. 1 would have backed him
in either proposition and made good side
bet. besides. That's what think about
Peter and Corbett."
Look here" chimed in Mr.. OConnell.
who will probably be one of Maher's Sec
onds on Monday, as he pulled a check from
his pocket. this Is a certified check for
$1,000. and had it right with me this morn
ing to plank plank down ,,.S. as an an evidence Of good
money that says So Why, the whole rea-
son that Corbett did not come out TO the
park this morning was that he and Brady
knew that We were laying for them on:
there. Instead of coming out corbett stays
here in the Arlington Hotel and slips out
the SIDE door ana goes back to Spring Lake.
Delaney was out there for q minute but he
had nothing to say. He came back and the
crowd went back to Corbett's quarters at
once
Maher Is down to ITS pounds and will
fight very close to that weight with O'Don-
nell. who will enter the ring at about the
same weight as Maher. He is much taller
than the Irish champion, but not so COM
pactly built.
JOHN LIS DESIRE
Tonight John l.. sullivan approached Mr.
Quinn and asked for the privilege of be-
ing one of Maher's seconds. "He is going
to win the fight, john" said Sullivan.
''and 1 want to begin going In the ring as
second to some Of the boys. and l want to
commence by getting behind a winner.
Now you fix it for me SO that get behind
Peter" and the ex-champ!on walked away.
Don't let him IN there. QUINN said