The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-21
Fitzsimmons and Maher to Me- t
at Last.
BOTH ARE IN FINE TRIM
Nobody as Yet Knows the Place
of Meeting.
BUT THERE ARE MANY RUMoRs
Generally Believed That the Fight viii
Take Place Near Nogales on
the Mexican-Arizona

EI Paso, Tex, Feb. 20.-Peter Maher,
followed to the train by Rangers bear
ing him from Las Cruces, n. NJ, and
accompanied by others on the trip, ar
rived here at noon to-day lie left the
train at the Smelter, three miles out.
Rangers were posted at every point
from the railroad station out to await
him. a carriage was in waiting at the
Smelter and into this Maher, Hall and
Quinn jumped, and with the horses on
a run, reached the city. Hot after the
carriage came two mounted Rangers,
with their horses feclSed with foam.
Maher had evaded them. After reach
ing here Maher remained in hiding
several hours. Then he appeared upon
the streets with his trainers, making
no effort to conceal his movements.
The Irishman looks better than could
be expected for man who had had the
"alkali eye" and whose training has
been interrupted. He has little to say.
'I'll be at the ringside, and I'll make
Fitzsimmons know he has had a
fight" is about the substance Of what
Peter has to say. Everybody is ex-
pecting a short, hurricane battle from
the call of time. Hall, Connolly, Quinn
and probably Phillip Lourie will be in
Maher's corner.
Jack Eyerhardt, William Mccoy,
Jack Stencil and Martin Julian will
probably care for Fitzsimmons. There
are a dozen rumors as to the place of
the meeting. One is that run will be
made to Nogales, on the Mexican-Ari-
zona line, near which point the fight
will take place. The report that is
generally credited is that a special
train will leave tonight on the Calves
ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio rail-
way to run south until the north-bound
train is met, about IT'S miles from El
Paso, when the extra cars will be at
tached to the rear train and brought
back to point near Fort Hancock,
which will be reached about daylight.
Fort Hancock is about fifty miles
south and near enough to the Rio
Grafide river to be within walking dis
tance. The crowd viii cross the river
and the fight will take place on the
Mexican side. Credence is given to this
because it is announced by Secretary
Wheeler, that the trip to the ground
viii cost each person about $12.
Serious complications may arise over
the payment Of the purse. Julian
stated yesterday to George Siler, the
referee, that Fitz would not fight un-
less the cash was up in Siler's hands
before the fight began.
The money is ready in certified
checks, but this does not suit Julian
who wants the cold, hard money up.
l,
checks. Julian to-day repeated his as
sertion, declaring that he must have
the money in Riler's hands. However,
it is likely that when the time comes,
Fitzsimmons will fight for the certified
checks.
Rumors are about tonight that there
will be trouble at the ringside. it is
said that some of the Maher party are
determined that it shall be win, draw
or wrangle."
At o'clock tonight a notice was
posted in Dan. Stuart's Office declaring
that all who desired to witness the
fight should be at Stuart's Office at
945 o'clock.
The puglilists and the crowd, bound
for the fight, left on the east-bound
train over the Southern Pacific, leaving
here at 1905 p. m. The immediate
members Of the Maher and Fitzsim-
mons party are provided with railroad
tickets to Langtry, Tex, and sleeping
car berths to Del Rio, Tex, the second
station east Of Langtry. The train
on which the pugilists left is due at
Langtry at 1882 tomorrow afternoon.
At the depot tickets were sold to
those who wanted to go to the prize
fight to the town of Iangtrv. 400 miles
away. The train will not reach there
until after / o'clock tomorrow, and
there is no telling when the crowd will
get back. The fight viii take place
probably about half past two o'clock.
There is only one place between here
and Langtry where it is possible for
the fight to take place, and as it is
guarded, it is probable that no attempt
will be made to stop there.
FIVE MEN TERRIBLY SCALDED.