El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-11
MAY BIZ POSTPONED
A DrizzIing Rain Has Set In
Sir Thomas Upton And
Richard Croker At
the Ringside.


Palmer, of England, and Terry Nc
Govern, Of America, fight twenty-five
rounds for the bantam-weight cham
pionship of the world this afternoon at
the Westchester Athletic club at
Tuckahook, N. Y.
No battle since the Fitzsimmons-
Jeffries contest has occasioned so much
interest as this ''go." For the last
six weeks they have been training g
hard.
Poor condition will play no part In
the LOSERS excuse. Both men weighed
in this morning at the Vanderbilt
hotel, and made the required weight
of 116 pounds. The contrast between
the styles of their fighting is sharply
defined. McGovern is q fighter pure
and simple. He wades in at the sound
of the bell, cutting loose with vicious
swings and endeavors to break down his
opponents guard. He will take two
blows to land one. McGovern is al
ways coming and the air in his vicini-
ty is full of dangerous hooks, swings
and punches.
Palmer is one of the cleverest boxers
of his class. He is quick on his feet,
and dances in and out of danger with
seeming impunity. The Britisher is
an experienced ring general and is the
owner of the left hand which is liable
to do business at any stage of the
game.
Opinions differ widely as to who will
be returned as the winner. Sharkey,
Corbest, and Sullivan believe that Nc
Govern will be the victor, while Mccoy,
Fitzsimmons. and Jake Kilrain prefer
Palmer. The betting is lively with
the American as favorite.
Sporting men from all over the coun-
try arrived in town yesterday. Chicago,
Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati. Pitts
burg, Boston and Buffalo has been we'll
represented. Almost without excep-
tion they pick McGovern to win.
Sir Thomas Upton and Richard
Croker will be at the ringside.
The Westchester Athletic Club is an
open air affair with q seating capacity
of over 10000. The advance sale of
seats insures alarge crowd. Picture ma
chimes have been placed near the'ring
and moving pictures will be taken of
the battle. Some time between and
this afternoon George Siler as referee
will call the little fellows togeth sr and
the battle for the worlds bantam
weight championship will be begin,
A Drizzling rain set Ia at 10 O'Clock
this morning and threatens to continue
all day .As it has been arranged to pull
off the fight in the iroofess sarena, the
rainmay make it's postponement neces-
sary.
The manager has announced that If
the rain caused postponement. the
fight will be pulled off tomorrow.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Kid Mccoy is
out with a def, challenging Robert
Fitzsimmons to a fight for the middle
weight championship of the world.
The Kid says he will fight for a Is and
25 per cent. division, or the winner to
take all.
The Hoosier would like the contest
to come off the day before the Jeffries-
Sharkey battle on October %, at the
Coney Island Athletic club.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE Palmer
MoGovern fight has been postponed
until 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The management waited until 1 o'clock
today before making the announce
ment, hoping that it would clear up.
AS the drizzle continued after that
hour the fight was called off for twenty
four hours.