The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-13

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NEW YORK, Sept. 12-Terry McGov-
ern, of Brooklyn, whipped Pedlar Palmer,
of London. thoroughly In less than one
round in the arena of the Westchester
club, near Tuckahoes N. Y, this after
noon. With the victory went the title
of bantam champion of the world. al
though both contestants were actually in
the featherweight class The Englishman.
although forcing the, pace at the outset.
was never in it, and McGovern simply
battered his opponent into partial insen-
sibility. The Brooklyn lads arms worked
like piston rods. and the punishment he
melted out to Palmer was swift and terri
BILE.
The battle did not last quite one round.
the actual time Of fighting being exactly
2:32, at the end of which time Palmer
was lying helpless. though not uncon-
scious, on the floor of the ring.
Through an unlooked-for accident on
the official timers part, the lads were sep
arated by the gong when they had been
fighting one minute. Each went to his
corner, but the error Was rectiffed In less
than twelve seconds, and the boys re-
sumed hostilities in the center Of the
ring Immediately at the command of Ref
cree George Siler. The ringing OF the
gong was as purely accidental as it was
unlooked-for, and the Englishmans ham
dlers made no complaint on this score.
From the outset McGovern seemed to
have his man well in hand, but his most
enthusiastic admirers never imagined that
Terry would win In such short order. 1t
was the case of hurricane fighter pitted
against a clever boxer, and the fighter
won. McGovern Is a veritable fighting
machine and he went at his adversary
with bulldog determination and lightning
rapidfty. His arms were never at rest
for a moment, and he beat down Palmer 9
guard with his sledge hammer blows.
The ring where the battle took place
was pitched in the center Of a stockade,
in which seats were arranged for the ac-
commodaton Of 10000. The structure is
built upon the same principle as that in
which Fitzsimmons and Corbett fought
at Carson City. The prices of admission
ranged from SIS TO SIS, and seven-eighths
Of the seating capacity of the enclosure
was occupied ~
The purse for which the lads contested
was $4,000, IS per cent Of which went to
the winner and the remaining amount
to the loser In addition to this, both pu-
gilists ere guaranteed an interest IN the
privileges accruing from the kaleidoscope
pictures of the fght.i
SULLIVAN COACHED HIM.
A more representative crowd of sport
ing men than that which gathered in
Tuckahoe this morning never witnessed
sporting event. i0f course the, Ipugfltstfc
element was largely represented, every
boxer of note from the top-notchers in
the heavyweight division to the paper
weights in the amateur ranks being on
hand Among the big fellows at the ring
side were Tom lSharkey, Bob Fitzsim-
mons, Kid Mccoy and Jim Corbett. Each
OF this quartettea met with a warm re-
ceptien, but when john l.. Sullivan walk
ed down the aisle and took seat in
box at the 5Tfngside, a mighty cheer
greeted him, and the big fellow bowed
his acknowledgements or-tfle hearty greet
ing Sullivan went to McGovern's dress
ing room and gave the little fellow some
sound advice, which undoubtedly benefit
ed McGovern, as the subsequent events
proved, zTrta
There were hundreds OF sporting men
from all over the United States, and
large number Of the race track centfn-
gent was in evidence. When the boys
entered the ring, fair estimate of the
attendance would place the number at
1000. .isoi1
McGovern was a strong faNorite in the
betting, several large wagers being made
at odds of 100 TO so, and later on these
odds were increased to 100 to 70, at which
price all the British money in sight was
picked up. McGovern and his managers
had several commissioners betting for
them, and they won $4,000 In the aggre-
gate.