The evening times., 1895-12-10
AMONG THE BOXERS.

Fitzsimmons has refused TO sign the
articles for Il fight with Mahcr, object
ing both to the date selected and the
purse or $4,000. This puts an Interesting
light on the situation. The articles
were agreed upon by Mr.. Stuart and
Mahcr's representative in twenty MN
utes, and Maher affixed his name 10 them
the next day. Everything was beautiful
until Fitz declared himself.
II is not thought that he Will agree 10
the purse, no matter how much talking,
and no one can hardly blame him, be
cause he is now in practically the same
position as was Corbctt during the re-
cent cyclone. FitZ SAYS nothing short
of 100000 will do for him.
Mahcr will not agree to the date being
made earlier. FiiZ would like to do bat
tie In about Il month, instead OF two months
Mahcr must give himself time 10 get into
proper condition. and probably will stick
TO February A, or some time later.
II now looks as if the talk about Il Ryan
Waicojt fight was Very Curbett FitZsimmons
in its quality. The latest from Ryan is that
he won't fight The day after the Llvigne-
Wal,Ott fight Tom O'Rourke said. In re-
gard 10 Ryan's acceptance" Ryan issimply
bluffing. He couldn't be pulled intn ring
with Joe by Il locomotive. He said AT the
ringsidc that he would meet Joe because
all those people. Now he sends word that
lie won't fight except at 40 pounds and
must have two months. That shows that
he's only bluffing. He knuws / have to
go abroad in January to give Dixon time
10 train for his fight with Willie Smith
at the National sporting Club the latter
part OF February"
o'Rourkc further procIaims that Ryan is
"bluffipg'' when he says the weight will
have Ia be IA pounds. He declares that
Ryan can easily fight at 1I2. IT - 'Hourke
does not know better than this he is
not keeping informed. Nearly evcrybo,Iv-
Interested in fighters lnows that Ryan has
been talking FOR months about having 10
go into the middlcwciehi class because
of his steadily incrcas ing weight. RYAN
out OF training weighs well on Ia 100
now. Nevertheless O'Rourke says lie will
concele The weight question, but that the
fight will have To come off In five weeks.
Ryan. however, is reported 10 have given
it out cold that he won't meet the
hard colorcd man.
The Harlem Coffee Con,cr." IL may be
OF interest To- know, is at the present time
being iionizcd by Parisians, and from re-
ports sent he owns pretty nearly every
thing lie lays his hands upon. The sudden
change of base from England to France
may easily be explained. for it was the out
come of his inglurious defeat at Dan Cree
don's bands. Craig lost his prestige with
the English cockncys after that, and he
was compelled L. seek new fields In
France he is champion lighter at all
weights. sizes. shapes, rules and any old
thing. He can wei afford tu own the town.
for fighters in France are like snakes on the
Emerald Isle. II is said that he nightly
struts the boards of Il Partisan playhouse,
deryiBg anybody and creating Il mast pro-
found impression. Wait until s,dne stray
scrappcr strikes the gay town. But no one
can blame the Cooler. He is a mighty
slick fellow.
In letter from A. Hcrfcrd. the manage
and matchmaker of the Baltimore Eureka
Club, it is learned that Frank Farley. of
Philadelphia, and Joe Elliot have been
matched for preliminary bout to The
Smith Marshall fight, which viii lie pulled
off on December 21. Hcrford is about TO
match Jack Ward and Jimmy Anihony for
a twcD,y-fivc-round contest. 10 AXE place
III the early part OF January. He Will put
Howard Wilson, of this city. on in a Ire-
liminary the same night, with some good
man in his class.
Jim Hall.-the Australian pugiiist. who
has been Mahcr's sDarring partner, is in
Cleveland. Speaking of the Maher- Fitz-
simmons fight he said: Il have been hox-
ing with Maher for some weeks. and feel
certain Fitz W ill defeat him. feel just as
certain that i can beat Fitz, as did once
before. In our second fight, when lad
him at my mercy, / grew careless and
he got in chance blow, putting me
OUT
Frank Slavin and Charlie Mitchell. the
pugilists, will sail from London for South
Africa on December 81.
Articles of agreement between Peter
Sbaughnessy, of Honey Brook. ard Thomas