The evening times., 1896-02-11
But the Arm of the Law May
Break Him Up.
DAN DWYER ON THE FIGHT
Thinks Maher Is Sure winner
Points to His FigbE With Steve
ConroyyE yEritesHope
fully From the Seat OF War-Some
Funny Letters stnair Gets

| present outlook Will be Kept guessing TN
Til st. Valentines uay has:conrc and gone
| Dan is admittedly great nan in his line,
but there are others" ana the authorities
| State So positively ti.at there viii he no
| fight that il is 4 case of flip q coin and
| take your choice.
| There is one weak Point Ia Stuarts
declarations. He Is not giving the car
| nival Just as tonic for his nervous sys-
| tenn nor is Ec !iaciy 10 open an eiermusy-
| nary institution for pugilists temporarily out
Of Il oh. He's out for the long green. and
| the only way lie can get the I,Gg green
| is To first get the rcopie who nave it
and lave the Willingness 10 part with IL,
and the only way lie can get the people
Is to give satisfa ctory evidence OF his
| ability to do that which he has proniised.
No one is misled by his declaration that
the big fight will br pulled OF, even IL the
principals have to get together In "A room.
1t Is pretty generally understood by this
time that the kinciJ people are stand
ing for all the expenses. Including The purse
and guarantee. And regaricd seriously as
"a Speculation, they can very well afford to.
Ii the bout goes five or six rounds. and
nothing happens to the machinery of the
knetoscope. they will be In position to
make barrel or money. Bat that cuts no
ice with prospective spectators OF the fight.
People who viii be Compelled TO make an
expensive and tiresomc journey OF four or
five days should receive some substantial
guarantee that the mills are coming Off
But so far the only assurance they have re-
ccived Is Stuart's vague declaration that
the fight will take place and that the
laws of no country will be violated. II he
knows place where the fights can occur
without danger OF legal Intervention, why
does he maintain such mysterious and ex
aspcrating silence? About the size of ii is
Maher and FitLsimmons will come together
for the ben fit OF the kinctoscope and in the
presence OF the newspaper push and few
lucky sports, but the main crowd will have
no choice 10 get near the ring side. AS for
the other fights, there doesn't seem to be
any likelihood OF them coming off.
Dan" Stuart has received the following
communications. the first of which is in the
style OF George Francis Train:
Stick. Psyche approves. Worlds sym
pathy your command. Putrcscent fabric OF
decayed Institutions draw inspiration from
sport which relegatcs stilleto in nan-nan
encounters to rear, and ordaiDs God-given
weapons FOR use in arbitranients in law
courts. Go on. Cosmos approves Vale stu
art, Fitzsinnmons, Maher, et NJ. T."
Another letter came from barber at Tue
son, Ariz.. who says: III you say so. will
bring my outfit on and shave yourself and
fighters for nothing il can sse fights. Put
'ad' in papers that have been made official
barber for carnival
There Is probably no one more able to
give n clear concise opinion on the prob
able outcome of the Maher-Fitzsimmons
battle than Dan Dwycr, Jctn LDSuilivaD's s.
Old sparring partner Dan kindly wrote
ont the following review of the chances OF
the two men for The Times: 81
who do / think wilizwin lihe heavy
weight bout in Dan StHart'- carnival?
Well, like Peter Narer i relieve re is
Fitzsimmons' master. When Mahcr fought
FitZ almost four years ago he was a big,
husky chap, but virtually a greenhorn
in this country and a grecnhorn as
sparrer and unfamiIiar with ring tactics
as compared with Fi;zSirnmOns.
He did not take advantage Of the orpcr-
unity he ha d after the first round. He had
Fiiz almost out in that round. YOU Will re-
member. FiiZsimmons is not so good man
as when lie got Il lucky decision over Peter
in that bout four years ago. on the other
hand. Maher has improved wonderfully.
He can win, barring an accident. 4 lucky
pinch or n knockout is an accident, such as
Fi'ZSimmons sneakcd on Halls jaw in New
Orleans.
This talk about Maher not having sard
Is all rot. Nor does he lose his head. His
easy victory over O'Donnell proved that
When he had O'Donnell grogEv and almost
out he clinched the victory by finishing him
with left instead Of a right swing.
Steve naturally was looking for Il right.
hard cross-if he was Sufficiently recovered
fIom The damage Peter previously inflicted.
But Peter cIiEchcd the victory. taking no
hanccS. but let go with Il left-hand swing,
which is safer Than swinging the right.
That show she lOcD't lose his head.
There are certain circumstances con-
nccied with his defeat by Goddard, and If
the public aud the ring pat rons were as ia
miliar with these circumstances as yours
truly, they would have different opinion
OF that match DAN DW1ER,
Late Sparring Partner John L. Sullivan"
Under date OF Las Cruces, n. NJ. Feb
ruary 1, James COnroy. manager OF Johnny
Murphy, who is to fight Jimmy Barry,
writes as follows:
This is "A quiet, sleepy sort of place.
with a high, dry climate, which at first
is very hard on the wind, but after IA
week OF so the climate seems glorious
Peter Maher was sick with boiIs for over
ten days, and Monday last went out for
light work. This morning he did about
fourteen miles over rough, sandy roads ana
hilly country, and was rubbed down with
alcohol. In the afternoon he boxed five
rounds with Hall, then boxed Marshall,
and punched the bag about thirty minutes.
II is now over three years since he fought
FitZ Mt New Orleans, and the difference
is remarkable. Then he was in his own
way. Now he is a good two-handed fighter.
shifty on his feet, clever at ducking anu
getting away. In boxing with Hall Peter
lands oftener and better. He is as strong
as a bull and quick and lively on his
feet as cricket. At present Peter weighs
about 1913 pounds, and will enter the ring
at about 172 pounds.
II Isaw Fitz' at work for a short while on !
Saturday. He will not allow anyone near .
him, and formerly charged twenty-five cents |;
to see him punch the bag. AT present he |
has no one save Julian and his wife and ;
lion with him. He takes the lion with him !
when he goes to the hills for road work.
"You know 1 have been a strong 'Fitz'
man. but after seeing the cleverness or |
Maher, which surprised me. and the good !
condition he is getting into. l believe /
.Fitz' is in for n defeat. as Maher is the
most underrated big man at present that /
ever knew.
THE fight will take place about two mites |
from Ell Paso, on what is known as NO |
Mans Land 1t is disputed territory, and
claimed by Texas and New Mexico and
few others. The people pay no taxes. ana
there you are. A circus tent owned by
Mcmahon will cover the seats which are
being erected at present.
.'For that matter. any one bat desires r. 4,
fight can do so in any part Of this Terri d