The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-21

| superiority Dixon and the
Other Little Men Who Are sched-
uled to Meet McGovern In the
Ring-Peer OF the Great and Only
John l.. Sullivan, Save in Size.
| CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-Terry McGovern
left Chicago for Columbus, O., to reioin
his theatrical combination With him was
Sam Harris, his manager Just before
leaving McGovern said he did not feel
that he had been In couple Of fights.
This thing of taking on two at time
| appears hard on paper" he said. "but I
am not afraid of work and think 1 could
do the same thing at least once a week :
My sparring partner gives me about as
| hard a fight every, night"
With Patsy Haley and Billy Smith. the
men he whipped Saturday night before
the biggest crowd that ever entered Tat
tersalrs for any event, it was somewhat
| different. Both Of them spent the day
teillng now 1t happened and feeling of
| their jaws in a disconsolate fashion
Haley was hit harder than Smith because
| he happened to be going in for close quar-
| tiers at the time he got the punch Smith
following the tactics that he adopted as
about and did not feel the effects of that
| right swing as much as did Haley. Still
one punch was as good as the other for
! each of them laid low the recipient.
McGovern has improved something like
800 per cent since met him last" Haley
| told his friends yesterday afternoon. He
| is today the demon Of the ring. Fight2
Well, 1 never saw or heard of anything
v1zoA
| Say, there isn't a clever man in the ring
| today that can stand up and exchange
punches with this fellow. He can whip
| all Of those lightweights and about half
| Of the welterweights
John L. in his happiest days was moth
! ing like this chap. Don't go away with
the impression that somebody Is going to
| cop him out with a lucky punch. With
| all of his great slashing away at a man
| he Is careful of his own jaw. And what
| jaw that is! 1t is sticking out there in
willingly all the time, but when you smash
away at 1t he beats you to 1t, for it is not
| where you thought 1t should be-
Il managed to get in on him a couple
| or times and felt my knuckles go through
| the padding Of the gloves into his face
| But these punches never feazed him. He
| doesn't depend on any wild swing with
| the right. If yousnoticed him closely you
| saw he did not pull back. but hit from
| where he happened to be, much in the
! same fashion as Fitzsimmons. There are
snap and speed to his blows that are ir-
/ resistible. AN1
PITIEs FUTURE RIVALS
Poor Dixon. poor Forbes, poor Sprague!
| I pity all Of them when they get into the
| ring with Terry. He's murderer in q
boxing sense Guess he must have weigh
| ed about 124 pounds, and he's getting big
| ger and stronger all the time. Remember
hoo ~v,Ivv
| great care Of himself and is in careful
| hands Think what a future he has. He'll
| be good for ten years of fighting; mark
| what 1 say
Turkey Point" talked of the champion
| IN much the same manner. He thinks
| McGovern will not be able again to make
| anything like 116 pounds at which weight
he is said to have fought Pedlar Palmer.
From Columbus McGoYern and his COM
| bination will go to Indianapolis and then
| he will come here for a couple of weeks
! at local theaters. Before leaving his man
ager said there was nothing definite about
| his being able to meet either Sprague, of
| Streator, or Harry Forbes, of this city,
| despite the Eastern reports that he has
| been matched with them
| Terry is to meet George Dixon for the
| championship in New York about the first
| week in January, and will need at least
| three weeks hard training for that match.
IL.
| The prestige accruing from such a victory
| would mean a fortune to the young
| Brooklyn man.
Talking about training brings to mind
that McGovern was practically unframed
| for the Saturday night fights He CANA
| Friday night from Johnstown, Pa long.
| trying ride at best. The train was nearly
| two hours late, and when the party ar
| rived McGovern had fretted himself into
| nervous state.
| Then came a carriage ride to the stock
| yards, where McGovern was placed under
| arrest to avoid the possibility of any
bodys interfering with the show, there
| having been rumors the night before
| that something of the kind might be at
/ tempted. McGoYern wanted to do some
work to get the travel stains off, but the
| best he could do was a two-nile run about
| the cattle pens. This was followed by a
| severe rundown and that was all the
| work given the little fellow.
| BOYISH PRANK.
| McGovern IS nothing but a bow He
| visited the house of friend on the north
| side just before he took the train yester-
| day. and after a chat of five minutes
! Terry disappeared At the end of ten
minutes a search was made for him.
| There was great alarm when it was found
| he not In the house.
few moments later Harris found him
| out in the alley back Of the house. He
| was surrounded by a half dozen small
| boys of the neighborhood, and they were
| all having the greatest kind of a scuffling
match. Terry was laughing at the top Of
his voice, and the other boys We're having
all sorts of sport pulling and hauling at
| him. His clothes were covered with dust
| but he was having great sport and didn't
mind 1t bit. This incident serves to
| show that McGovern Is little better than
boy, despite the fact that he has travel
! ed a great deal ,eae9
AIcGovern was born in March, 1879, and
| Is, therefore, less than twenty-one years
| old. He is at this: time the owner of two
resorts in Brooklyn, and has a bank ac-
| count of good proportions. He Is married