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NEEDHAM IS FAVORITEBetting* at New Orleans $100to $90 on the Game St. Paul Boy.Tickets for the Great Welterweight Battle Selling at aPremium.Both Men Reported Fit toFight Monday Night for Gold and Glory.Peter Maher on His Way to the South to Meet Mr. Fitzsimmons.N kw Orleans, Feb. 27.—The sale of Keats for the Ryan-Needhatn contest at the Metropolitan club has been very large, and the management report that very few are left. As the time approaches and crowds of sports are arriving, excitement over this match is manifest, and naturally thousands of dollars will change hands 011 the result.Betting is still in favor of Needham atahout $100 to $'.*0. The last finishing touches are being administered to both men. They have been below weight for some time and now have only to take a moderate amount of exercise to be in tiie best of condition.DANNY NKKDllAMMil*** Conn dley. who has been looking :» I r'Need lam. says his man i in is *.o ni condition “as ever in his life,” and. said he, “we will come very near getting that silk purse of $13,000. Anyhow we will be right in it, and Danny is ready and anxious to begin operations. If we don't get the bundle, there will be some of the greatest scrapping you ever saw, and Ityan will have to put up more tight than ever in his life before. New Orleans weather seems to agree with Danny and 1 think he is better than ever in his life before.”9TOMMY BY Ay.Ryan is just as confident of victory as his plucky antagonist, and his condition is worthy of the great work and endurance he has been subjected to, as he stands today a magnificent specimen of a perfect man. “1 am a little surprised,” said Tommy, when informed that tlie betting was in favor of Needham. “I stopped this fellow once before, and 1 see no reason why 1 could not do it again. It is true our last ‘so’ was a long one and 1 was forced to stop him, but I have learned a good many things since then. I am older in the business, and our profession is like any other as regards the maxim ‘Live and learn.’ 1 won’t disappoint my friends and admirers, and they need have no fear on that score.”FITZSIMMONS IX FORM.The Kangaroo Pronounced Rightlor His Mill.New Orleans, Feb. 27.—A number of admirers of Maher have changed their opinions after getting a look at Fitzsimmons and the way he punches the bag. Among his visitors today were II. S. Seeley ami Al. Pierce, of Worcester, Mass. Both thought well of Maher, but after their trip to Bay St. Louis, concluded that Fitzsimmons was the better man of the two and will put their money on the latter. Fitzsimmons has given up most of his hard work and will confine himself to walking until Monday, when he will limber up for the last time prior to the fight. He left Bay St. Louis today for New Orleans. He is in the best possible condition, and expects to enter the ring at 170 pounds. It is expected that Chovnski will face Frank Slavin, and Felix Vaqualin will meet Mitchell in their four-round bouts previous to the big light between Maher- and Fitz-simmous.Fit and Confident.Atlanta. Feb. 27.—Peter Maher came into Atlanta last night with Billy Madden and J. W. Fallon. They refusedto see any visitors. They sav they want to slip quietly into New Orleans, and seem to be sincere in their desire to escape notoriety. Maher is said to be in jirlme condition aud confident.
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Saint Paul Daily Globe
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sun, Feb 28, 1892
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