The evening times., 1895-10-01
MORNING. EVENING TNE5' SPORTS EXCEL
SAY THEY FOUGHT FAIRLY
Mcmillan and German Vow the
Fight Was Straight.
Woods, GOrman's Friend and Chief
Second, Declares Everything
Wns on the Square.

There Is a world of talk to-day about
the McMillan-Gormanf fight last night, and
a thousand different notions us to the hon
esty of the affair are heard.
Some of the pugilisic fraternity declare
that the fight was an unadulterated fake,
such as has rarely, if ever, been seen here
before. Others say that it was on the
level. and that if il had gone on Mcmillan
would have won in due time.
The manner in which the match was
brought about seems To have created the
impression before the men got into the
ring that IL was not to bc on merit. Nc
MILAN AMI German first agreed to fight
for go per cent. OF the gate money. the
winner 10 take 40 and the loser 20 per cent
Later il is claimed, Billy and Paddy
got together and fixed UP an agreement
by which each man was to take half OF
the so per cent, and the fact that Billy
Woods seems to have done the negotiating
for both men from the beginning made
it appear to some that they were in sim
ply for a show, not a fight.
Both Mcmillan and German deny that
there was any job fixed between them.
They say that they trained honestly and
fought the best they could as long as the
bout went on, The Eureka Club people
and good many outsiders however,
say that from the time the men put up their
hands it was apparent they We're not in
the ring to give the spectators run for
theirmo and Eddie Heath, who refereed
the bout, declares it was the sorriest ex-
cuse for fight that the club has yet had
tn stand. notwith standing Tim Hurst's
declaration that his decision WAS a rot
ten" one.
The thing that made the bout look scalyto
Heath and many others seems to have
occurred i'll the second round. German hit
Mcmillan a stunning jolt that. IL followed
as a fighter who was sincerely at his work
would have followed it, would have re-
suited in the Washington man going out
then and there.
But Paddy in the most flagrant manner
allowed Billy to escape. Gorman. in ex-
planning this, SAYS he knows he had Nc
MILAN at his mercy at that particulaE
moment. but that he was simply too weak
10 follow up his advantage.
In this, Billy Woods, who was Paddy's
chief adviser. bears him out Woods says
that when the match was made he be-
lieved German could win, but that he is
now convinced that he Is not the man he
was few years ago, and that he could
not have beaten Mcmillan at any time
other than the time cited.
Billy says German has simply had his day.
$50 far as fixing a fake is concerned"
said Woods, Il have been in the fighting
business Tor good many years ana nave
had never anything to do with fake, and
l am too old to begin now. German was
beaten and Mcmillan should have had a
decision. What do people want In
boxing match, anyhow? Do they think
men ought to take axes and go at each
other? These men put up good and
honest fight. so far as ii went, and the no
contest decision was a strange one. thought
TO be called no contest decision. That's
what it meant"
The fighters and their friends gathered
at the Eureka headquarters bout O'Clock
this morning 10 see what the club officials
intended to do for them In n money way.
1t is claimed that something like 81 800
was taken for tickets.
Pat Racdy is still looking for n match.
but there seems to be- nothing in sight for
him.
Frank ErDa and Jack Skelly are to meet
at the Manhattan Club on Friday night
This is the second bout between these two
light ones, and Skelly hopes tn even things
up. The pair are TO go fifteen rounds.
All of the London athletes who are now
here will be on Eand TO see Arthur Valen-
tine and Charley McKeevcr settle their
arguments tomorrow night. They are all
roofing for their countryman.