The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22

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supplemented by few whacks on the
gong stopped them.
Gentlemen" yelled the short and
rat Julian, bullying himself out in
frantic manner to make his voice reach,
"mr. Fltzsimmons has now worked his
way up to the top and Is now the cham
plon OF the world. He ia now resdy at
any time and place to defend his title
against any man In the world" The
declaration was greeted with loud yells
OF approval from the crowd, and FItz-
simmons bowed and grinned his usual
cspacious grin and then hurried away to
dress himself. Maher was unconscious
hfteen seconds. It was fully minute
after ne had been carried to his corner
before he regained enfire consciousness.
he ives not disposed to talk much. "He
got me good and hard and that was oil
that there was to It," he said. "I heard
the referee counting and heard the men
in my corner calling me TO rise, but
could not rise. When I knew anything
at all 1t was in my corner and they
were rubbing my face with water"
fltzstmmons was very modest con-
sidering the brilliant victory he had
won. II could hove put him out the
trst punch" he said, "but did not reach
him hard enough. There never was a
minute since the match was made that
l have anticipated any other result than
this. WAS sure OF him at all stages of
the game. He was afraid the minute he
put up his hands, and knew it. It WAS
just like the fret fight had with him
in New Orleans. 1 could have licked
him long before had 1 tried, and vet
people are saying to this day that he
had me nearly out. just got in on him.
with my right and caught him squarely
on the side OF the jaw. 1 knew 1t WAS
all over when I landed on him. Is WAS
dead easy from the start"
About 325 spectators Witnessed the
hight, which was held in an ideal SPOT,
Ii Ia all but inaccessible from the Mex
lean side and cannot be reached except
by coming up or down the stream for a
long distance. Once the banks were
reached the troops could FIRE from the
olifa upon those who might be beneath.
Two hundred Mexican troops were al
Eagle Pass ready to move upon advice
from the governor Of Coahuilat, in which
State the fight took place, but 1t would
have taken them two days forced march.
Ing to reach the spot of the fight.
Ihe general opinion among the sport
Ing men who Witnessed the fight Ia that
1t was most brilliant achievement for
Fitzsimmons. Possibly Maher might
not have been In perfect condition, but
he would not have been go easily de-
faated had he not been badly outclassed
In point Of skill. The general feeling
Is thas Fitzsimmons Is fully capable of
giving Corbett or any othor man on
earth 3 desperately hard fight at any
time. No weights were announced at
The ring side, but Fltzsimmons weighed
about 165 and MRher about $780, The
crowd disappeared from Langtry almost
as quickly as 1t had come, and it was in
the neighborhood Of not over two and
half hours all told. The wessbound
regular train for Ri Paso WAS held until
O'Clock, and when 1t went 1t carried
with 1t the puglists and spec tators, and
the great fight was over and done.
Maher's Tribute to Fitz.
New YORK, Fob. 2l.-Peter Mahor
to-day sent the following dispatch to
the World:
"LANaTRY, Tex, Feb. al am, of
course, disappointed. He Is clever
fighter and don't know exactly where
was hit; seems to me 1t was on the
jaw. The back of my head has lump
on 1t and that's the place where it struck
the floor. thought had him licked
from the start, and SO far as my condi.
ton Is concerned have nothing to com.
plain OF and would like to get fight
with somebody else. am not par iou-
lar who of the heavy weights.
(Signed) PETER MAHER"
Mexico VIII Not ExtradIte Them.
CRY OF MEXICO. Feb. 2l.-High Of
fcisls Of the department of foreign re-
lations say regarding to-dsy's prize
fight, that nothing can be done to punish
the people concerned as they merely
violsted what was practically only DO.
lice regulation. succeeding in making q
dash into Mexican territory, avoiding
Governor Ahumade and his rursls who
were over fifty miles away. Had Cow
ernor Ahumads caught them the Of
fense would have only been q misde-
meanor and nothing more. The osse Ia
mot an extrsditable one as 1t comes I'M
der no clause of the treaty. President
Diaz has taken the ground oil along that
the Mexican laws did not cover prize
fighting and his endeavor was merely to
prevent the fight out Of consideration
for the United States.
Corbett Challenges the Victor.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Corbett had o big
house ct the Haymsrket to- night and
he was wildly cheered when he read the
following telegram:
"H. l. Beech, Associated Press oorres-
pendent. Lang,ry, Tex:
81 am in the office OF The Associated
Press. Tell Fitzsimmon to come TO
Chicago as soon as he possibly can and
l will make match with him for any
amount to fight him in any place on
earth. Arrangements can be made in
The Associated Press office, Western
Union building. 1 leave here to morrow
night and return the first OF March.
Tell Fltzsimmona to name the day he
will be here between March / and 6,