Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-21
A SHORT, SHARP BATTLE.
Listed Very Little More Than
Minute.
RIGHT HANDLER ON THE JAW.
The Pugiiisi- amt Their Manager. Too
clever Tor the Texas Hangers aud
other Officers of tho Law.

Ell PAso, Feb. 2l.-Flt z,lmm M
KNOCKED Mahcr out fret round with
right hand lick on tho Jaw nj 1905 pm.
The blow by which FliE.lmmons
Knocked Mahsr out was a right handler
on the Jaw. The fight lasted only =
tribe more than minute.
LAsoTkY.-Fit zsimmons 10 cham.
pisn Of the world In the heavy weight
csu. II took little more than n
minutes fight for him to knock
GU, Peter Maher aud win the
title. The fight was sharp while It
listed. Both mon were confident,
FiEilmmous 90 much 40 that he
seemed a little careless. Peter seemed
tribe nervous. Filz took the Az
grtssiyo from the call Of time
and forced Muher towards his
tMahsr's) corner. Then Mahot
made stand. led, foil short aud
olinched. Maher led twice after he
hal beon broken away by the referee,
landing lightly on the chest. Fliziim.
mons smilou as no ovadsd that blow.
Two cllncucs illlowe thea F,tzsim.
mons lti with his loft, landing lightly.
He quickly followed with u short
arm swing WITH bic right landing
lqlaroly on MAh.i's lott jaw point. The
lti,hnsn iell IA. on his back, his
head hitting the floor with n thud. His
eyes rolled glAssily and the fight was
over. There were four clinohOs anu
10 more than hall dozsn exchanges.
FIRsT AND ONLY RoUsD.
First round-Fi,z lsI with his loft.
i.ul backed towards his corner.
Fiiz landed with his right and
ollnch followed. M.hcr struck Fitz
with HE right hand while
lhsy wefu cllno gu and Referee Siler
warned hun n no did 30 again he
wSu d give the fight to Fltzslmmons.
After n bteakaway Peter landed his
lett on Fitzsimmons's neck. ClOto
innghIing followed and Maher sue
ceedcd In landing his left on Fla.
simuona's upper hip, Ftzilmm0us
landed with his lett anu right.
A cllnoh followed, Maher iointed aud
FitE,immous led with his right but It
isll short. A mix.up followed, In
watch Maher landed both right aud lei.
on either Side u F,,ziimmOnS's head.
Mshsr led with his left and another
clinch followed.
FiII seemed bit bothered and broke
ground on MAher's lead. Mahor fol-
lowed him up and led With his left,
when FIFE side.stepped, and, swinging
his right, landed iull on the point o
Mahor's chin. MAher measured his
length on tho door, his head
striking agGins, the canvas with
great force. He valnly attempted
10 arise, but could not do more than
raise his head. His seconds called on
him 10 get up but no failed 10 respond
aud sank back 10 the canvas.
Maher vainly tried to rise. The fatal
tenth second was counted. Maher was
declared out and Fllz was announced
tho victor, after n minute anu thirty
i've seconds rather lively fighting.
FiIzS admirers oheered him to the
echo and Maher's seconds carried the
defeated Ifishman 10 his corner. 1t
was several minutes before he real
lied what had happened, and
Filzslmmous walked over TO his
corner and shook him by the hand.
Filz,immons also shook hands with
Quinn and the seconds In Peters cor.
neL Barring hllght bleeding at the
no'e, occasioned by "a loithand Jab Of
Maher's, the Australian showed no
marks Off jury aud appeared fresh aS
nj the opening.
maher showed no signs OF punish
ment except slight break OF the skin
Just above the point OF the left chin
where Fltz's master-strohe had landed.
LANorRY, Tex, Feb. 2l.-rrain ar.
hVed $3.50 Central time in five cars
NN"'hhihg Dig crown were ~ once
switched on to the siding. Fitzilm'
mons and MAher were Instructed au
hour before arrival here to DO ready to
enter the ring at a momenpa notice
A'sr LAngtry was reached. Both were
snpped, rubbed and prepared for the
ngaI Twenty -iix rangers under the
command Of General Mabry were
u'awn up and prepared to prevent The
nsht In TexAs. The weather Ia cold
snu AdrlzzIing rain 10 falling.
cohBElT WILL CHALLENGE THE
WINNER.
'hlcAGo.-James J. Corbott will
VAA''elRe the winner. He frat heard
tun news On hia Fafnrn frnu, a drIya