Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-09-14

er of London thoroughly in less than
one round in the arena of the West
chester club near Tuckahoe last even
ing. With the victory went the title of
bantam champion of the world, al
though both contestants were actually
in the feather-wei class. The Eng
lishman, although forcing the pace at
the outset, was never really in it.
McGovern simply battered his oppon-
ent into partial insensibility. The
time was exactly . minutes and 80 sec
onds. At the end of that time Palmer
was lying helpless, though half con-
scious, on the floor of the ring
Through an unlocked for accident on
the part of the official timer
the lads We're separated by the gong
when they had been fighting one min
ute. Each went to his corner, but the
error was rectified in less than u sec
onds and the boys resumed hostilities
in the center of the ring Immediately.
al the command of Referee George ST.
Ter.
From the outset McGovern seemed
to have his man we'll in hand, but his
most sanguine admirers never imagined
Terry would win in such short order
1t was case of a hurricane fighter
p1tted against a clever boxer and the
fighter won. McGovern is a veritable
fighting machine and went at his ad-
versary with bulldog determination
and lightning rapidity. His arms were
never at rest for a moment and he beat
down Palmer's guard with sledge-
hammer blows.
The purse for which the lads contest
ed was $4,000, $500 of which went to
the winner and the rest to the loser
In addition both are guaranteed an in
terest in the privileges accruing from
the kaleidoscope pictures of the fight A
more representative crowd of sporting
men never watched a glove contest
Every boxer of note from the top
notchers in the neavy- weight division
TO the paper weights in the amateur
ranks was on hand. There were
hundreds of sporting men from all over
the United States and large number
of the race-track contingent was also
in evidence.
When the boys entered the ring
McGovern was strong favorite in the
betting, several large wagers being
made at odds of 100 to go Later on
these odds increased to 100 to 20, at
which price all the British money in
sight was picked up. McGovern
weighed 11612 pounds and Palmer 115b
at Monday morning. 1t was UNI
derstood that these weights were to be
had Tuesday morning, but it was mu-
tually agreed that the men should go
into the ring at catch weights.
Palmer was the first to enter the
ring, accompanied by Manager Bettin-
son, Sam Blackjack, Jim Ball and Jeff
Thorne, all of England. McGovern
was accompanied by his manager, Sam
Harris, Al. McMurray, Charles May
hood, Tim Kearns and Joe Fairburn.
Very little time was lost In the prelim-
mary arrangements and when Referee
Siler called on them both jumped to
the center of the ring. Palmer led off
with his left, but fell short. Terry
landed his left lightly on the head.
Palmer, seemingly confident of sue
cess, forced matters again, lead
ing with his left with force
but McGovern stepped back quickly
and Palmer fell to his knees. When he
arose they got to work at close quar-
tiers, Terry landing his right twice on
the jaw and then bringing it down on
the stomach, at the same time keeping
his head inside Palmer's swings.
Palmer landed good left on Terry's
mouth, but the Brooklyn lad only
shook his head and kept both hands
working on the head and body. When
they had been fighting just one min
ute, Timekeeper Pollock accidentally
rang the gong al a moment when Nc
Govern was evidently getting the bet
ter OF his opponent. The principals
broke quickly and went to their cor
ners. The referee saw the mistake
had been made through pure accident
and called the boys together again,
they resuming hostiIities after a lapse
OF II seconds. Then McGovern placed
his left and right on the head, but
Palmer countered on the face Palmer
assumed a crouching attitude and
i seemed to hold McGoyern with his left
hand but Terry quick as flash
hooked his left on the head Palmer
dropped to the floor. He got up within
four seconds. He was groggy and Nc
Govern forced him to the ropes, swing
ing both hands. The Brooklyn lad
was over anxious to finish his man,
and Palmer, though groggy ducked
beautifully. McGoyern was all over
him without pausing for an
instant working both hands
on the body and neck.
Palmer again got in crouching atti-
tude to clinch and as they broke Nc
Govern threw his right to the chin and
Palmer fell to the floor in a half con
scious condition. He made attempts
TO get up, but they were Intellectual.
Referee Siler then counted the seconds
slowly and distinctly and when he ut
tered the word ten Palmer's seconds