The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-22
ONLY ONE BRIEF ROUND /!


circled from the recent attack of "alkali
eye" and seemed staring like stage make
up without the deceptive footlight glare
The big fight for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world was at last "a re.
Alty.
Fitz led with his left and Maher backed
towards his corner. Fitz landed with his
right and olinch followed. Maher struck
Fitzsimmons with his right hand while
they were clinched, and Referee Siler
warned him that if he did SO again he
would give the fight to Fitzsimmons. |
After n breakaway Peter landed his left
on Fitzsimmons' neck. Close infighting /
followed, and Maher succeeded in landing /
his left on Fits upper lip, drawing blood. /
Then Fitz landed with left and right A !
clinch followed, Maher feinted and Fitz
led with his right, but fell short A mix
up followed in which Maher landed both
right and left on either side of Fitzsim-
mons head. Maher led with his left and
another clineh followed. Fitz seemed
bit bothered, and broke ground on Maher's
leads. Maher followed him up and led
with his left, when Fitz side stepped and
swinging his right landed full on the
point Of Maher's left chin. Maher meas
ured his length on the floor, his head strik
ing the canvass with great force He
vainly attempted to arise, but could do no
more than raise his head. His seconds
called on him to get up, but he failed to
respond, and sank back to the canvass.
The fatal tenth second was counted,
Maher was declared out and Fitzsimmons
announced the victor.
AS Maher fell to the floor Fitzsimmons
stepped back, his eyes sparkling and
smile playing around his mouth. He
I liz IL.
/ seconds and then walked over to his cor
ner and sat down. Julian, Mccoy and
Everhart crowded around him, urging
him to get up and fight.
Look out for him, Fitz," yelled Julian;
/ 'gook out for him"
stand up, for heavens sake" pleaded
Eyerhart, 'he may come at you"
Get away from me, get away from me,
/ tell you," snarled Fitzsimmons Its
| all over; he's out, and by the time he had
finished speaking Maher's championship
was thing of the past.
The winner sat for few minutes in his
corner looking across at Maher, and then
! jumping briskly to his feet he walked
rapidly across the ring and offered his
gloved hand to Maher. Peuer reached for
it, but Fitz drew it back with laugh,
and getting Julian TO unite the string at
the wrists he walked back to Maher and
offered his bare hand, with the remark:
"Well, Peter"
Maher reached for the extended hand and
shook it heartily without rising from his
seat or raising his head to look at his con-
queror. Julian then announced that FitZ-
simmons was ready at any time and
place to defend his title of champion
against any man in the world" and the
declaration was greeted with loud yells of
approval,
Maher was unconscious fifteen seconds,
and it was fully minute after he had
I been carried to his corner before he re-
gained consciousness.
He got me good and hard, and that
was all that there was to it, he said. II
heard the referee counting and heard the
men in my corner calling me to rise, but
l could not rise. When l knew anything
al all was in my corner and they We're
rubbing my face with water"
Fitzsimmons was very modest regard
ing his victory. 81 could have put him out
the first punch" he said; but did not
reach him hard enough. There never was
/, "a minute since the match was made that
have anticipated any other result than
this. knew it was all over when l landed
on him 1t was dead easy from the start -
quieter and better behaved lot of
visitors to a prize fight never gathered
. General Mabry and twentv-six of his
. Taxas rangers with heavy laden cartridge
beIts horse nistols and Winchester rifles
acconnanied the train The rangers and
+be Adiutant General witnessed the fight
and enjoyed it. But those who had the
5 best view of the mill were the villagers
i u f>no,, P InoI,ino for IL for n 1yeeL or more
: 1Tha,, Tvare 1arcbad I'm the cIiffs ON the
I. TaSss sids ~ the river and ba5 n h,rd,s
a,,o Sie,y of the ARENA benaatb aud tbev
oioonod ~ +bo LnocIout az Io,,drr, as 49,
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Il Tho l,oreraI on;pion au,or,, tho snort;ro a
non T,,bn 1ritnessed the fight was that Il
=, nos a most briIIiant and nnouaIif,ad yic.
, -, fnr Tit1simmons Maber NAV noi
' baye boep I'm ne GOOD condition. as tbe Ans.
- tnalion brt be co,ld not have heen ont
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