The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-30

the brief period of two years, but even
this limited experience has fitted him
to cope with any of the top-sawyers of
his class. His manager, Harris, was
set on making the weight lis pounds,
but Palmer, through his representative,
DIR. Ordway, held out for two pounds of
weight, and the lads are to scale at
116 at the ringside. Two wee, meager
pounds seem a trifle to bring into dis
pute in the eyes of the average law
man unfamiliar with the inside affairs
of the stuffed-mitt sport, but in We
London ring rule days feather and
hantamweights brought one lone pound
into the ring as the bone of contention.
while the boxer who held out for the
extra pound of flesh would stay off for
months to gain his point.
Mace always figured that one or two
pounds of weight on the frames of
feathers and bantams often proved the
winning factor, if the science of box
ing was evenly distributed between
them. In taking up arms against Pal
mer, the manager of McGovern show
ed unbounded confidence in the plucky.
serappy Terry, who must divest him
self of those Slaughter house ethics
that are in vogue at the Broadway
club. The rough and ready brushes
that come of fighting into and out of
a clinch will not be tolerated at the
" NStSh0otSl Clup, anu lllb MclJOVern-
Palmer articles specify that the men
must part clean from a clinch and re-
train from huggfng, or elbowing. goug-
ing and other infantile tactics as are
sometimes permitted on this side.
McGovern is pocket edition of Bob
Fitzsimmons. He fights in much the
same style as Fitz. and is willing to
take blow to land one He is one
of the hardest hitters for his size in
the ring to-day, fact which will be
realized when it is known that most
of his victories have been knockouts
He is as game as the gamest known
to pugilistic history He is what we
call a great ring general, sagacious,
knowing and ever on the alert to land
a Knockout blow. He is very aggress-
I've and forces matters whenever pos
sible or deemed prudent under the cir
cumstances.
Englands crack little man, Pedlar
Palmer, and our champion bantam.
Terence McGoyern, are matched. Doe
Ordway, who is the American repre-
sentative of the National Sporting club
OF London, acting for Palmer, and Nc
Governs manager, Sam Harris, met
mere and came to terms. The West
chester club is willing to hang up a
purse of $4,000 for this contest, and
Ordway accepted the offer on the past
of Palmer. Harris. who is about as
shrewd bargainer as ever pulled in"
for Baxter street clothier was willing.
too, provided a better offer was not
forthcoming. and he held out for it sew
eral days. He expected that Billy Bra
dy would offer even a better purse for
the affair to come off at Coney Island.
provided vitascopic pictures of the con-
test could be taken. These pictures
would be great go in England-if
Palmer We're to win. Pedlar's chances
OF so doing are not overly bright. He
will fight McGoyern under what Kid
Mccoy calls Medley rules" and rs
they are commonly Interpreted only
biting and shin-klckng are barred.
These rules suit Terrys style of fight
Ing to an allspice, and just at present
1T is doubtful IL there is an 11S-pound
man alive in the ring to-day that he
can't defeat under them. He is phe-
nomenon, and no mistake. He is rap
idly growing-hes us only 10 years old,
and If the cares of fatherhood Che be-
came the father of fine boy last weelS)
do not worry the flesh off him he will
be, fighting in the 126-pound class by
the time he has q right to vote. Stick
pin in this prediction. Meanwhile he
will clash with Palmer at Tuckahoe
for the Westminster club on Sept. !.
Peter Maher, who is the only simon
pure, name-blown-in- the bottle "legiti-
mate" Irish champion, is in great de-
mand ana can nave MS PICK OF a dozen
nlatcnes. he would ana ne wouldn't
IKE another match with f1tzsimmons,
put ropert IS more anxious 10 eslapIsh
Illinseli as part manager OF Chlcaso
Yauueviile snow imam TO hght narn
propositiohs. MeanWhiie IL IS reported
that Maher and Kennedy, the big Cal
,olaian VINO reGsn'Iy scored ueclslon
osel Hus ,uhi,n' nv NIL colue .oesther
saiis ~ the lali' Iney ousn. 70 lilaks
ial.iins Dou', ana ohe tnat wouiu
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.p, al man tti,,i an T Ny, 70 atpas
snn hs'ie poss'''ii'ies 'iis Cunning sea
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