The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-15
FlrzsrMMoNs is DlsGusrED.
But he Will Wait Till Monday TO Fight
Peter Maher.

il Paso, Tex, Feb. 14.-Instead Of
being in the whirl OF excitement to-
day over the great prize-fght I1l Paso
was quieter than at any time during
the last two days. Stuart's headquar-
ters was about the dcadest place iu
town and was practically deserted dur
ing the greater part of the day
There was sorcly disappointed
crowd Of sports hanging aroud ting
street corners and several of them. moi
fortified for the financial strain of d
long stay i'm EI Paso, were forced to
take the back track for home. These.
however, were few in number, and the
majority are hanging on with implicif
faith in Stuarts ability 10 pull off the
fight as he has agreed to do. There is
40 question that the fight will take
place, but whether IT. viii be on Mon
day or not is an open question.
If Maher'S eyes do not recover with
sufficient rapidity 10 enable him to get
into the ring, ON next Monday Fitzsim-
mons may decline to wait amy longer
Fitzsimmous is a sorelv disappointed
man over the turn things are taking
He rode over into I'll PasO this after
noon on his wheel and although Maher
went TO Las Cruces this morning the
Texas Rangers ut once struck Fitzsim-
mons trail to prevent him from en-
gaging in fist fight with a man forty
odd miles away. The constant logging
of his every movement by the Rangers
has added another feature to the dis
gust which Fitzsimmons entertains of
The general situation. There is no
- L.. Es.-I,4
provided he does not run up against d
jail, and particularly a Mexican Jail.
DR. White who has been attending
Maher said after his patient had de-
parted for Las Cruces that he had
grave fears as to Maher's ability to be
i'm the ring on Monday.
All last night and far into the great
er part of the morning the training
quarters Of Fitz@immons i'm Juarez
were surrounded by a Gordon Of
mounted Mexican guards. Thomas F.
O'ROurke. the backer of Joe Walcott
viii have his man weigh-in tomorrow
and claim the forfeit Of Dan Stuart if
the fight between his man and Bright
Eyes is not brought off, The fight is
scheduled for tomorrow and O'ROurke
viii insist upon having his $3.50 if no
chance is given for the men to get into
the ring. There is no likelihood that
this fight will take place Tt cannot
he pulled off without giving the author
tiles Il tip as to where Stuart intends to
bring off the big battle and he viii
take no chances on having that fight
stopped. The situation has worked
down to a simple proposition Of having
the fight before the llinetoscope. 1t IS
practically Stuart's only chance to
win out and the only hope that the
kinetoscope people have for the recoy-
cry of the S17 900 they have already put
into the scheme.
An effort will certainly be made to get
the men into the ring as soon as Maher
is in any condition TO fight The loca-
tion of the fight is still 3he same deep
impenetrable secret. Nobody knows a
thing about ii and only one thing is
certaiu-it will not be in Texas. 1t
may he four miles from FL Paso and it
NAV be q hundred Nobody save
Stuart knows the direction or the dis
tance.
MAHER'S~ EYES ARE BETTER
= IN Paso. Texas, Feb. 14-Late this
evening Quinn the backer of Naher tel
ephoned from Las Cruces that Peters
eyes were twenty-five per cent better
and that he would surely be able to be
i'm the ring Monday. In the meantime
concessions have been secured for big
bun fight in Juarcz Sunday