The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-03
aIlEEY WINS ON A FOUL,
.,,...,A flt,simm ons Had the Best
Of the Fight.
..otr.Mlr GIVEN IN THE EIGHTH.
10. carried Unconscious from
- a,sg-Enorrnous Crowd
sresent-The Fight

~ ~ history OF pugllism on tn
Nsn ~ ever attracted public atten
reio IA INA battle between the heavy
~ voh.rt Fitzsmmons and Thoma'
m. 1900 and 10000 people occu
,hs available space In the bis
y. . - pavilion and watched the con
tecns. every one regarded as prac
VI vn. .,,,ne the championship of tn,
scrld. Nov zeaIander, who had
~ 'r.eesaon u victories IN tne oh'tec
49,. sor the last Ave or six years en-
~. w ,ss rins tonight with almost every
Wv ~ advantage in his favor lie
spp.. '.,nt upon his experience and
reau Nj. height and reach and every
I.n' ,uality that enteis into the maii'
s'a'. ~ successful prize fighter. Against
,be sailor lad, who was unknown
=" r,onths ago. but who rose TO rams
.r,,y when he came periiously near
.n.r, in the dust the colors Of Cali
.,r,,'s idol. James j. Corbett. Against
y. ,clance and experience and superior
s.,., and reach of Fitzsimmons was
xs.rav vita his youth and strength.
"..h,v one of the greatest examples OF
py.,u,ar development that the prize ring
- ,rodueed, a man rot accredited with
4. .e,ence of a Fit2simmons or COR
~ nit who had proved that he would
-, rchopplng block" for no one. ana
IA vas known 10 possess remarkable
.,.,gth and endurance and to fear moth
=, mat ever stepped into n prize ring.
pth men had trained hard and well for
.,y.r., weeks before tho contest and
,,,teuarly during the last few days. ana
sx had expressed the utmost confidence
Z kh ability to gain a 3ictory and Tho
SM nurse which the National Athletic
IN offered the victor.
lthough the contest was limited to ten
w1nds there was hardly a spectator in
N PAVILION tonight who did not expect
d Ne one or the other of the lighters
b down 70 defeat before the fnll limit
Athc ngh. had been reached. The men
themselves evidently expected the slr1c.
rfsxmmons and his trainers we've con-
Msnl that Sharkey would be put out in
tvm one to five rounds, and Sharkoy eX-
ynssed every confidence that he would
esitat Fft.smmons within seven rounds.
he betting public naturally leaned to-
ISs N Fatysmn,nns, f,yo,' 49,, - w
,ltw ~ to /. in some few cases going 40
Nh y I to ], but Just before the fight
srled ne prevailing odds were about
Az 6rlrcs and many hcts we,o nrya o.
b even money and accepted that En-.
1.m a "ouid put his man out within
'0u''s'
n v..ior,, ,,,t, H.,
~. ''.'ie most ela-
"~e p'epafatiohs TOT the night, and II is
pNSsble that similar contest was novcr
vlAessed by as many peon,o Tha ,nau
baour foot r,ng ,o.,
IN. .e,,, up Us '"caten III the center
ne pavilion. the largest building of ifs
Nd n San Francisco and o,,or ,ro
A,sn,,oaa 49,. anu over 100 boxes.
N ., 'o'" SiN 10 ten persons
'''''''u me ring and beyond the
aenes. on four sides OF the bnildfnr
~. ~ aau lows OF chairs. Every
s.. "" ou''uihS WAS occupied and
NeAnds OF men stood lin hack n, tho
m 81 chairs.
DE unioue fe,,rro 90 A..
net that for Tho az. '"e ., n'sn. "as
MT Of pugllism the r,or,aon,nn
thb ,hreu, orar ,, ,.""ase"ieHti vi
nvnral hundred were In attendance
nanI some of them gray haired ma
Nri, whose enthusiasm on the s,,bio,,,
knss Q. conven,lonal,tv ''"u '"e
we hundred police and as many mora
'sal officers We're in attendance and n
nard ushers. all in evening dress es.
nSM The spectators to their scars i.ony
IN, I'M ne fighters appeared in the ring
y, .'' ~, mass as Of humanity was banked III
". W. sss end I'D Of !, The pavilion to the other.
y III the fight, and notw thstanding the
wang occ Sr,"re Inc actual event of the
sfeatest good nature nrs,,,i,, ,nins DIV
~ and there Was nor p,,eV thn every.
EyssIi rr,.lr,,nrbance
~ event, and '9 II y u events preceded the
r. "' '"drkey appeared In the
Mof the most no,,c,a,,, ann,
,ans vas in regard TO heIeht er ,hs Mo IN
hciths lnchane nye feet eleven and three
NJ one.fo ones ana sharkey Ave feet e,rht
stet about ~ i'unes' Each of the men
nninmons wera poNhds' The seconds for
Jack sl.eIenn," ,.nilan, Dan
ve Allen. Aus,rsu,,ear FOR Sharkey.
ls,s u EEarp the famous Ar,zor, s,,
M ,s m me border. was cb m,sny a gun
p'ernoon.
\ vas ful,v -,
sssd began 10 n o'DeA before the great
" vast amount NJ go. a'' IMPRESSION on
Tie pav,lion .,.. s"eant seats Outside
NNm, which comn,.,' a crowd estimated
wv a, o," 70 commenced to assemble as
y NATIONAL club ,on,. - es,imated that