The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-14
SPORTING coNMENr.
The Big Prize Fight TO Come on This
Morning = MeIieans May be outma-
ntuyred-MarshaII,s Opinion.

The Big Prize Fight TO Come on This
Morning = Mexieans May he 0utnia-
nsurrsd- MarshaIi's Opinion.
This morning the Maher-FitzsIm-
mons battle is scheduled to come of
near FL Paso. Texas, probably over in
old Mexico. 1t Is not believed the Mex
lean authorities VIII be able to stop
the fight. 1t is claimed that a fast train
run from Ell Paso could reach points
over the Mexican line so remote from
any camp of the Mexican rtoops that the
ring could be pitched and the fight
brought on In a leisureiy manner hours
before marching soldiers could reach
the spot. The Southern Pacific railway
rms close to the Rio Grande for fifty
miles TO the southeast. There are dog
ems OF points at which a traInload OF
people might be unloaded and conducts
ed across temporary bridge to Next
can soil.
Some people who have canvassed the
situation are wondering whether the
Mexican troops would be permitted to
cross to the American side aud follow
the fight party by rail. There Is no
other railway running within miles OF
the points along the river below Ell Paso,
and unless the fight managers let
the Mexicans into the secret by early
preparations, such as the building OF n
ring, platform and the erecting OF seats,
It can be seen that they have chance
10 get across the border and fight with
out being disturbed. No I'VE or six
companies OF soldiers can guard that
fifty miles Of river. At the best, how
ever. such a programme would be a
gamblers' chance and there would be
great risk. As soon as either Maher or
Fitzsimmons leaves training quarters
and starts for Ell Paso there Will be the
warmest kind OF activity on both sides
OF the river.
Here Is the way Jerry Marshall sizes
up the prospect in his battle with
Dixon: "Once before was matched
with the present featherweight cham
pIon, and It was no fault OF mine or my
hacker the match fell through. This
Is the chance OF my life and I mean to
make the most OF II. George Dixon
will be the first man OF my weight-l22
pounds-to meet me since / came to
America There Is no doubt In my mind
I will be declared the winner after q
hard contest. The climate here suits me
and I have conditioned myself to feel,
as they soy IN Australia, pounds better
than ever did before l have no fear
OF the result, and my friends can rest
assured they will get good run for
their money"
The most serious difficulty Stuart had
20 contend with in selecting a battle
ground for the big fight was the trans
portation and putting Into position Of
the apparatus which the kaleidoscope
Company will use TO photograph the
fighters, II Is q valuable piece OF me-
cfRHisE1, and clumsy and heavy, too
cumbersome to be handled easily or In
a hurry. Stuart finally made necessary
arrangements, however. and the ma
chine ls In readiness to do the bnttIe
ground, charged for 200 minutes work.
considerably more than the pugllists
are likely to have.
The bulletin printed elsewhere de-
scribIng Maher as being almost blinded
by the prairie sand and unable to fight
to-day, reads very much like n fish
story. In fact, Il appears to ben blind
Intended TO throw the authorities of
the scent II would not he surprising
to hear OF the fight coming on to-day
after all.
The rapIdIty with which two Wheel
ing papers have changed front on tho
base ball situation IN really amusing.
When the IntelliEencer truthfully give
the situation n week or two ngo and
predicted that BuckchhcrEHr would not
be connected with the club. and that
Mr.. Wright WINS the probable owner
these two journals frothcd nj the
mouth, flguratIvely speaking, and were
unable to figure out m iotn Of truth
in what the TntellIRenccr had Enid.
Now watch them crawl all over them.
selves IN an EFFORT 10 get on 'tothCr
atHn ~ tha faUNa