The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-22
THE PRIZEFIGHT EXCURSION.
Very Orderly Throughout The Ran
gers saw the Battle Free.

FL Paso, Tex, Feb 21.-The special cars
awaiting the fight spectators at the Ell Paso
depot last night were attached to the regu-
lar train on the Southern Pacific. which
was forty-five minutes late coming into FL
Paso There We're five cars. About $50 per-
sons bought tickets at the station for
Langtry. putting up Sil IS each. The tick
cts 10 the fight were so. and those who
wished could secure sleeping car accommo-
dations for s..
A quieter and better behaved lot of visit
ors TO a priZefight never gathered Fitz-
simmons and his party occupied next TO
the last sleeper In the train of nine cars
Maher and his party We're in the one i'm
mediateiy ahead Of Fitzsimmons The run
TO Langtry is 80 miles. IL was without a
momentous accident. VI Marathon ABOUT
s o'clock in the morning Fitzsimmons es-
pied big black bear chained TO the corner
of an adobe house about 500 feet from the
track FitZsimmons logged over TO the
bear and scraped an acquaintance while
the engine was taking water.
Gen. Mahry and twenty-sx OF his Texas
Rangers. with heavy laden cartridge belts,
horse pistols and Winchester rifles, accom-
panied the train. The rangers and the
adjutant general witnessed the fight, and
enjoyed IL. But those who had the best
view Of the show were the villagers and
persons for miles around. who have been
were perched on the cliffs on the Texas
side Of the river. and had n hird's-eye view
OF the arena beneath. and they cheered a
the knockout more loudly than those close
az the ringside The village OF Tangtry
has one saloon--the Jersey Iily-and about
fifty residents. Del Rio Is sixty-four miles
away \ special train from Del Rio and
Eagle Pass brought ls5 men. which. with
those from FL Paso. were al there were
about the ringside.
No more perfect place for fight without
Interference could be- devised. II is all
bat inaccessible. and from the Mexican
side cannot be reached except by coming
up or down the stream for a long distance.
pnce the banks were reached. the troops
conl8 are from the cliffs upon those who
might be beneath Two hundred Mexican
troops We're a. Eagle Pass. ready 20 move
upon advice from the governor Of Coahui-
IA, IN which state tho fight took Tlece.
hut IL woald have taken two DAYS Of forced
marching 70 reach the sPot - ;he fight.
The weather was threatening. and Just
as the train pulled lntn I.aHefrv the DROPS
began 70 far. \ i.rht rain feu until Just
before she men entered the ring. when 10
practically ceased but came again ia oc-
CaEtp0ai spurts.
The general opinion among the sporting
nea who witnessed the ueht was nat *
was a NOSE brilliant and uuuualified vie
tory for Fit1s,mmons. Mahsr may rot
have heea I1 as Eoot condition as he Aus
trausH but he could rot have been out
fos3Ert ~o quickly. no matter what his con-
1itaru was. hs8 re not been baby ont
classsl - point II Skill The general fceI-
iag was that F'itzSimmo7s Is fully capable
81 giving Corhett or any other man on
earth a desperate har3 dsht az zGy zine.
No weights were sgnouuea3 az tire Y7ng-
side, btsf Fjlzsimmons weighed about IL
and Nsher about lsa
Tha crowd disappeared from I-suEtrv al
most as quickly as it haa come and e vas
n9} ia the reiehhorhood over two an3 ere
half hours an tnfd- The wssshound reeu-
6ar train for - Paso Was held uu-fl E
o-clock. ana wits lt went ghe puSiists and
nearly every person wh0 had come down
e. see TIRE SIGHT TIE special frAt- from
Fagfe Pass started en tts horne aa~i vay AZ
ire same time. aaa the great sab, was
over ard done.