Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
MAHER'S EYE NO BETTER
No Fight Today and Little Chance
Later.
MOST Of THE SPORTS ARE DlsGuSrtD
s,unrt stiu insists that lie Cnn and
viii bring the Event on
when the Men Arc
Ready.

Ell PASo. Tex, Feb. 1G.-There will b
no fight tomorrow, that much Is certain, n
matter what comes latter in the week
Peters eyes are still improving. but he vii
be In no condition to enter the ring toner
row. Julian will no doubt claim the forfeit
but he declined to express any opinion a
to what he would do. Buck Connolly cam
in from the Maher camp at Las Cruce
today to attend the conference arranged be
tween Julian and himself. His train wa
late. however, and Julian. In common will
every one, was at the bull fight In Juarez
Later in the day Connolly met him ant
asked him to agree to a postponement I'll
Friday. Julian would agree to nothing
Connolly then asked him to come over Il
Ell Paao and hold a conference tonight
Julian had friends invited to dinner anC
would be late. He. therefore, reluctantly de
clined Connolly's kind invitation to confer
Some more talk ensued, but no agreement
was reached. Julian promised to come owe,
to Ell Paso at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
and said that he would then decide upon his
plan of action. He then demanded tina
Maher be brought In from Las Cruces and
that he submit to another examination.
He is somewhat fearful that Makers eyes
may be getting better more rapidly than
reported by his friends, and that he will
work in several days conditioning between
now and Friday. Connolly objected strongly
to bringing Maher to the city, but finally
said he would do so IL 1t was absolutely
necessary.
MAHER CANNOT FIGHT.
"Maher simply cannot fight Monday" said
Connolly. His eyes are better. but he is
not able to endure q strong light, let alone
the glare of the sun. l told Julian that It
would be Of no use for him to claim a forfeit.
for II he attempted 1t l would have Peter at
the ringslde and prevent him from getting
the money. He cannot get any forfeit II
Maher appears at the ringside. The articles
say that forfeit can only be claimed II one
Of the men fails to appear. They do not say
that a man must fight in order to prevent the
payment of the forfeit. If I have my man at
the ringside there is no show for Julian to
get any forfeit and 1 tell you he will not
get it.. We will take Maher to the ring,
as he Is, and then refuse to fight. If
Julian insists on claiming the forfeit, he
will have appeared at the ringside and full
filled all conditions for the violation Of which
any forfeit can be claimed. What good is it
going to do Julian to claim anything?"
Connolly said that he would positively re-
fuse to allow Maher to enter the ring in
his present condition or until his eyes are
well.
81 would not let him step into that ring for
$40, 900. He has no earthly show to win as
things are now and all the men all over the
country who have bet money on Maher would
lose. They would blame me, and justly SO.
for the loss Of their money. Maher will not
fight until he has a chance to win, no matter
what 1t costs me personally. l am sure that
he will be able to win by Friday and l want
to win by Friday. What Julian and Fltzsim-
mons Will do l cannot tell"
VERY MUCH DIsGUSTED.
Julian and Fitzsimmons are much dis
gusted over the outlook, and have no hest
fancy in expressing their opinions. They
claim to have been ready at any time dur
ing the past month and that the other side
has not. They have engagements in the
east for the latter part of February. and
ask to keep them. Whatever is the outcome
Of the conference tomorrow there is GER
tain to be a warm time while it lasts.
confidence is still supreme. He Is
doing no talking these days. but simply re-
plies to all questions: Il am ready to pull
off the fight any time. and the sooner the
men get together the better I will be
The managers of the fight are confronted
a new obstacle. The portion OF the
purses subscribed by the citizens Of FL Paso
by limitation tomorrow II the fight
Is not off by that time, some OF the sub
are unpaid and the chances arc
now that they will never be. Nearly all
the prize fighters went over to Juarez this
to attend the bull fights. Four
horses worth about SO each were gored to
death. -Four bulls were tortured and slain
and the arena was covered with blood. The
as usual, howled with delight at
the spectacle Of a horse being ripped open,
but the fighters came back disguised to the
degree. Fitzsimmons. Leeds, Barry.
Eyerhardt and Dixon were there,
and all of them are still trying to figure out
how a people who can tolerate the sickening
sight Of the bull pen can object to prize
lighting with gloves.
TOO HOT FOR THE PUGs.
Fighting is golf to this blooming, b!ctdy
hing" remarked Fitzsimmons In wrath after
ne had seen the third bull butchered,
There are very few sporting men left in
81 Paso now. Al Smith. Jimmy Wakely
md a few others are at Hot Springs. thirty
six miles away. The majority OF the others
have gone home.
All the small fights have been declared
,Y. There never has been strong probability
hat they would be pulled off and Barry and
Dixon stopped work this morning. There
was for a time a chance OF the EverhaIdt-
match being brought about, but the
management refused to take chances on
giving away the secret Of their battle ground
md everybody agrees that one fight Will
De- the limit, as only one can be had. II
vas decided that the big one should stand
md the others went by the board accord
ngly. The management will pay all forfeits
m the smaller fights. $3.50 to each man and
he fighters are at liberty to go home as
oon as they like. /
The Olympic club OF New Orleans has |
Captain Glori, hacker Of Horace Leeds. |
skiing II he will consent to have his man
meet Everhardt in that city. IL the details /,
re satisfactory, the fight will be arranged. |
has been slack in training for |
eyeral days and is now much overweight. \
ilori was for a time disposed to claim for
cit for Leeds, but finally let 1t go. Stuart
aid tonight that the whole matter of the
zig fight now hinges on Julian and Con-
oily and that they must settle between
themselves as to what disposition Will be
nade of the big fight. He is willing TO carry
ut his plans and bring off the fight # the
theirs come to terms.
O'Rourke for Waicott and Kenny for
Bright Eyes" tonight agreed to bring OF
heir match between their men at the Len
OK club. New York, on March s, for the
receipts. The Barry and Murphy match
VII take place at the same place In the
anne month, and probably on the same date.
I negotiations pending with New Orleans
o not materialize. Everhardt and Leeds
'ill fight at Maspeth, l.. l., in March. 1t
'as arranged late tonight that the Dixon
Raachom nc nile ora for Kill.