The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-29

HAL took trip to Tombstone by way
~ ~, ,fltzs right being the V. Ditto
such dempsey. Crecdon, upham and
NH, 100 numerous TO mention.
,,.iil match between Fitz and Maher
MN witness their second meeting. Their
nist hattle nj New Orleans, which ter
minated by Mahcr's second throwing
UP the sponge at the end of the twelfth
round, alter Maher had Fits groggy and
ainlost sehseiess in the first, is by no
means criterion from which to draw a
ing.
Maher had advanced rapidly as a sci.
e, 'lst: de hits cleaner and shifts about
'ne ring with more agility than he did
Mhen fitz gained decision over him
three years ago. He is terrific punchcr,
nut the sane can he said of titz The
Nangaroo's mastery of fcinting, his puz-
ling shifts and rapid changes of front
excel the. ring tactics of Peter in this
respect. Fita, however, can not afford
70 stand without breaking ground and
hatile with Maher at short range Thus
Waller viii br the aggressor at the oLi-
set OF the contest--judgng, of course.
ny the nervous and vigorous energy aud
lcve Tor the Napolconic sort of tactics
that has marked most of his conflicts
strength and youth he surely has In his
favor, while if'tz excels in sagacity and
ring mastery.
Peter. if he wakes offensive, must have
ia care for his lurking, serpent-like an
tagonlst whose fcinting is carried to
that extent that he comforts aud writhrs
his body, which he can do with rmpunity
by reason of his enormous reach and
long, loose jointcd body. Fits recovery
from these contorted feints and MS sud
den, unexpected charge on the enemy,
may he likencd to whip in the hands
OF a skilled driver that straightens in a
twinkle. and discharges itself with bru-
tai sting and curve fitzSmmons how
ever, is not so good man in point of
muscle and health MS when he met Dcmp-
scy and Hall and Mahcr for the frs,
time, and if the lrishman finds an open
ing at critical moment the Australian
will be badly stung
The general sympathy of the sporting
public is with Nlaher. who is n modest.
whole-souled fellow, happily free from
the oratorical accomplishments that most
fighters possess. He is always ready to
fight for reasonable money, and the ideal
pugilist as viewed from the public point
of view is the gladiator, not the would-be
gentleman, conversation tablet and phone.
graph.
Maher has supreme confidence in his
ability to make Fitz play second fiddle
in Dan Stuart's anvil chorus of two,
and he would have signed any kind of
articles in order to get on match
Fitzsimmons' friends argue that Bob
can whip Maher because he hcsted him
once. Fitz affects to believe that Peter
Is picking for him palatablc dish from
Genesis to hook ana from soda to the
cations" as poor Mike Kelly put
1t. He told Maurice Barrymore, the
actor. n few months ago that during the
Fitz-Mnher fight the irshmnn said:
Come ahead. Bob and knock mo ont"
De -. IA 49,.
The writer sat at the rngside and close
to Makers corner and talked with both
men and their seconds before and after
the fight aud not word was said about
the Irshman's anxiety TO be knocked
out.
BILLY Brady says Corbett can act"
he thought so, Why said Brady, he
wears II $3.50 dress suit, lined with silk,
pants, vest and all. That's more than
amy Of these society editors like Drew
paid for a dress suit You bet your life
lie can act.
Billy Madden's ex-uminary, Frank
Erne, has fallen victim to the prevail
ing plague among ighters--St Nitus'
dance of the tongue. Erne's mouth is
now engaged in mastic0tng the reputa-
ton of George Dixon, the champion
feathcrweiGht, The clatter of his tongue
is stcrching the din of Magnate Free
mans NAV. and hlotting ont the roar
that arises from the anarchstic tints of
Howard linckett's necktios, and hluiling
the tumult of Gotham from the Hoffman
house to the Battery Ernc says Dixon
is afraid VI him lie may thank his
lucky stars that he didn't get decision
against him when he met Dixon at the
Manhattan club Il few weeks ago.
fEnpnp,v (l'Ilnnrln will attention
to this Buffalo bellows unless some club
VIII guarantee purse. aud Erne isn't
enough of drawing card to pull any such
money as O'Rourke and Dixon are after.
Dick Burgess challenge was one of
the surprises of the week in puglistic
way. His challenge TO wclters and
lightweghts regardless, 10 Walcott.
Smith, Ryan and IaviGnc, is being cS-
tensiyely discussed. BurCe dubs himself
the champion lightweight of the world.
When he came to America two ycars
ago with young George Mcdonald tson
of the Mcdonald who seconded John
Hecnon against Tom King. he met Jack
McAuliffe in New York, and after
givc-and-takc aud several tame felnts
with the part Of speech. the Englshman
returned to London. He certainly had
the better Of the argument with Me
Auliffo, who, after sizing up the English
nHu' nuiiN l'np"' Wns''I 'oh'iuu'u UNIV
Dicks room was preferable 10 his com
panv. Burgc offered TO fight McAulifTc
nj 40 pounds, hut Jack insisted on 1913
pounds. though Burgess figures were
more to Jacks advantage, Dick re-
turned TO England and announced that
McAnlffe had forfeited the lightweight
championship 20 him--a fb on the face
Of II, for they were talking over the
lightweight limit.
METHODS OF BASEBALL.
For 1896 the motto of the New York
Posehnl club will he Aggressive. syste-