Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-31
GOSSIP Or THE PRIZE RING.
Martin Julian on a Pilgrimage to
New York.
THE LATEST NEwsiN fIsllc CIRCLES
s'uremenf Of tho chnmpion.-- II oober
i'-'ack Ev"rhard'- New Mana.
'sr-ataher Not = GUTTER.


Bob FitzSimmons and Martin Julian
have Smoked the pipe OF peace ana Julian
viii continue to offclate as the manaaer
OF tho Australian. IL seemed mutual
friends mterceded and smoothed out the
rough places and now all 10 Joy and
peace IN tho Fitzsimmons camp Rob
VIII go into active training ncxt week.
u Is understood that he has notified Char.
lie White to come to FL PAso and handle
MIN. White trained Fitzsimmons for the
battle which did not take place. After
the Hot Springs hasco he returned TO
his home in New York City. Fitzslm-
mons has absolute confidence In the New
Yorker and hence will do all IN his power
TO secure the services of his old trainer.
A trainer who Is not on the level, or who
can be reached by the friends OF tie rival
aspirant for pugilistic honors, or the Job
bers who are always looking for the best
OF II, 10 not n good man To have about
the training quarters of pugllist prepar-
ing for ring hight Fitzsimmons has no
confidence IN Jimmy Carroll and has is
sued orders denying admittnnce TO that
worthy or his associates. Carroll has
been resident Of the city OF Mexico Tor
two years or more and. II IL said. has
mas.
Martin Julian is expected In Houston
tonight. en- route from III Paso TO New
York. whittier -e goes to visit his fam
lily and straishten out certain business
entanglements lie will return 10 the
South In u week or ten days. The forfeit
money placed In the hands OF Phil Dwyer
by Dan A. Stuart and Joe Vendls has not
been pulled down. In fact. Phil Dwyer
refused to surrender tho money TO It's
owners until Nanny Friend, the New
York lawyer, wlthdraws his attachment
suit. Friend, for several years, was tho
attorney and hacker of FllzSimmona.
They quarreled and Fitssimmons says he
gave the limb OF the law his congo, To
/ get square. Friend attached the stake and
forfeit money I'm the hands OF PHI Dwy-
! err, giving as an excuse that the Aus
trnlian owed him largo sum for LEGAL
! services. Five thousand OF the StRko
money was advanced by John Keenan,.
who protested great friendship for Eta
/ simmons In September last Friend at
/ tached the money, and now II IL nsst rtcd
| that Keennn was In reality II friend OF
| COtbott. Dan Stuart and JoN Ncndig have
/ 5000 each tied mp In this pot, and IL mny
/ 10 forever" before Friend Will give them
down their specie and currency. NANNY
Friend IL, In tho Language VI tho ira
ternIiy, "a hot member" aud he VIII never
/ permit Manny's interests 60 suffer. Martin
1 Julian will doubtless bring back bndgct
/ OF Interesting nows after he has inter-
/ viewed tho lawyers, the lighters. tho
[ sporting writer's and 'de push IN New
York city.
Peter Maher was given a benefit a
MADISON Square Garden last night Eigh
thousand persons paid 81 n piece 10 sc
look at tho famous fighter ana th'
lesser lights who appeared In limited
round contests. Maher and Bnly woodi
Of Denver spared, but Peter was *
much tho superior OF the Denver narN
hitter that the go was tame. Jim Hal
was expected to be present and uiVia'
honors with Peter. Ills failure to mlteri
allze disappointed the crowd. as Hall is
cvcIonic fighter end Peter would hav'
been given an opportunity TO demonstrate
the Improvement he has made M the lah
two years pittcd against TINS very shliu
| Australian. Mnher aud his manager VII
| come South next week. II " now denic'
| that Jimmy Carroll has been cnghsed .
train the Dublin lad. John J. quinn HhouiI
! engage MuldOon to train his protege. bhll
sinidoon Is The prince OF American tram
| erE ne trained sullivan for his hEht WIZ
! lake f[llrain and transformed a pIoaltN
and besotted hulking giant int9 th ,,, No,
mat ever stepped into the fiste ring
There are trainers nnd tralnefb, ,la % y
belongs TO the latter class ana unfre u
few OF the kind
fs Mahcr n qultter? Pat sheedy say
yss. and that 1t IL II mistake TO say thn'
"thore never was A coward WheF9 W.
shamrock grows" Arthur II. Lumley, tn
veteran sporting writer and authority OF
All ring Yublects topics and men. eays no
Iumley is rarely ever blinded by preJu
dice. although he has been the most mor
ciless aud perristent critic Of James j
Corbett, and during tho campaign whici
began in June and closed In October. daii!
no declared that the Californian did no
want to fight. would not nght ana c9 ",
not fight II he wanted 100. Lu l.,is
stakes his reputation on the ptop l',,, i.,
mar Mnher IS not gutter and WIN ~
IN a great fight at III Paso on Vseeiln
Day. Kid Layigne. and there " no w
putting ms Eem,enein ,sb MT opinion ina
Naher is not gutter and mas ners
showed yellow streak IN ms rV 9a,,pi,.,,,,
tinn. Joe choynsh. ana tns .,.,a,. Nun nm
seif comes to the rescue OF Man n -
lives il out cold that tho big lIishn,al
eaa ishcaTt," and plenty OF heAI SO
henrt in the vocabulary OF the iins Wv 4
ICES Is nerve and staying qual w ,,,,r,d,
naked English. The consensus o. Vpi', ~,
IL thnt peter is not q gutter. tnut NJ ~, ",
s,av until he whips Fitzsimfnons g, ~
,hraahed IN the ring on fepI uAis 'hrii,ssr
Ma guarantees hard fonsn. anu S''''
" contested ring engaBeh'n''
tto,,ston sports and Houston ei''zeh
Ohio ara not sports, are arrangiug 10 al
tend Inc glove contests at III Fero
Eesr7ary. Thirty or forty have aireaal
s,gnifled their Intention OF gong. Nv
sneelal cars viii be engaged ana ,h
present programme Is to leave houS'V !
~ the night OF February 10, arriving =
~ ~ paao Mt $40 the following DAY, y \
line 10 witness the go between ~
,Sa iess conspicuous exponent o. w -, !,
c,,it,ire' Captain james Lawior an N, ,ri,.c
asiii ioin this company, anu " ~, ,,o
~ hn "a lively combination, They ~ ~ NJ
VI iritzsltnfnons men by any hns ,.',.,,
MANY stiff-necked and 1nnssuany y, nie
Mns,,sst Indyiduals hayo deeideu 70 p's
Peter as a winner
The New York world furnishes The FOL
towing measurements OF Maher, given 20 =,
the frs, time. placed side by side wiz
II - ....,.apta az lltzslmul1flR tOl