The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-13
But John l.. Sullivan Received the
Biggest Ovation OF Them All-Pal-
mcr was Never in the Fight
ftom the beginning.

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l ont - Palmer was swift and teTiioie.
| qbe hattie d.d not last quite one round.
fhe actual sine OF fighting being eNactN
two minutes and thirty-sec0nd seconds,
| af the end of which time Palmer was yius
/ helpless though half conscious. on ihr
/ n00r " The ring
The purse for which the lads contested
| WINS 81 900 70 ger cent of which went
[ 90 the winner ana the remainder io Ihe
! loser In addition t0 this both puei'i'is
/ are guaranteed an interest accruins from
+ the knetosc,p- pictures oi 'he "H",'
A move representative crowd of sport
/ ing men than that which gathered boo
! Tuct4ngc this afternoon never watched
! q uuruIetie contest. OF course the piEh-
ist element was largely represented every
/ hoeer OF note from the top npichei7 DID
/ fbe heavy weight division. go the paper
! weights 90 the amateur ranks being ON
/ hand
/ AMONG the big fellows at the ring-side
wore Tom Sharkey. Bob Iitzs.mmons.
/ Kid Mccoy and Jim Corbett Each one
/ Of Obs quartette met with warm IT,
/ cept8u but when John L. Sullivan walk
| eli 5,en Che aisle and took a seat in The
| box 40 the ring-side mighty cheer
| erected him. and The big fellow bowed
/ ris acknowledgements with "a hearty greet
! inr WHOM The boys entered the Ilht d
| fair estimate of the Attendance would
I place the number az 1900.
HEAVY ODDS.
/ NcGovern was strong iaNof"e 800 tue
! betting. several large waeers bong mace
/ az odds of 101 to- SO and latter ON these
! odds were increased TO 100 10 81 al |n.cn
rri.e qu 0f the Palmer money was picked
/ I'm NfcGovern and his manager had Sew
! o~al commits toner's betting for them. and
| they won about 5000 iu the aggregate.
! Nrrfovoru weighed III 10 pounds ana
! Palmer ll5 10 pounds when they "ei-".l
! 40 p O'Clock yesterday morning. II was
| understood that they would nave %
! weigh iu at o'clock this morning. oul
] at the request of Palmers manager u
! was mutually agreed 90 have the laos lo
/ meet at catch weights without tatlher
! Weighing Palmer was the hrst To- enter
| the ring He was accompanied 10y Mama
/ ger Bettinson sam Biakelock- Jim h'll
| and JEFF Thoue AN of England. one OF
/ these carried a sukon British lag WIicn
/ bee waved over pa.mcr's head while lne
band played "G0d Saved the Queen.
TO Offset this. McGoyen's tweWe-year-
! ola brother. perchej on the shoulders oi
/ two stalwart men. waved am American
! flag. and the band struck uD "Ihe star
| Snangled Banner The action OF tine
yonester created intense enthusiasm
| McGoyen. when he reached DIS corner
was accompanied by his manager sam
/ Harris. AL llcMurray Charles Mayhood
! Tim Kcams and Joe Fairoufn. ll
| brother accompanied him. carrying IN.
| American flag. and another of his seconds
| waved a small Irish Gag. Both lads look
! ed well. and seemed trained TO the hour
| Palmer said he weighed as pIrrds. bui
DE wa scertainly three or four rounds
] heavier than that. while iorerm cooked
| as ii he would turn the scales at 10
THEY MIX up.
Very little time was lost in the prclimi-
/ nary arrangements and when Relere
| Siler called on them. both jumped 20 the
centre OF the ring. Palmer led Oh with
his LETT for the head. bat fell short and
| Terry landed his left lightly ON the head
/ Palmer. seemingly confident of success
| forced matters again, leading his .eO
| with force. but McGOVcru stepped back
| quickly. and Palmer fell 10 bis knees
| when he arose they got TO work at close
onarters Terry landing his right twice
] on the jaw and then bringing it down
| 20 the stomach. et the same time keeping
HIS head inside of Palmer's swings PALM
! err landed a good LEFT on Terry g mouth
| but the Brooklyn lad only shook his hea
and kept both hands working ON head
| and body. When they had been fighting
| iust one minute TImekeeper Pollock acct
| dfntaly rang the gong at moment Wh9
| NcGoyern was evidently getting She bette.
| of his oDponent. The principals hrok.
| quickly and went 90 their corners. while
| tboir seconds. as well as the referee. look
| ed at the tmekeeper I'm amazement The
! referee. seeing that q mistake had Deer
| made through pure accident, called inc
| boys together again, and they resumed
! hosuliues after lapse of about twe.V,
! seconds. They got TO close quarters i'm
mediately. with McGoyern doing som,
| heavy half arm work.
Then DE sent LEFT and right 90 the head.
! but Palmer c0unterel on the face. Pal
mer assumed a COUGHING attitude and
! seemed to- hold McGovern with his l-ft
| hand bat Terry quick as flash. hooked
| his lcft 20 the head and Palmer dropped
| TO the floor.
HOT WORK.
| Palmer got mp within four seconds. Iic
! was er0ggy and McGovern forced him to
| the ropes swinging both hands The
| Brooklyn lad was anxious 10 finish Dbl.
man and Palmer though half groggy.
ducked beautifully McGoyem was aA
! over him without pausing for an instant
| and kept working both hands 10 the body
| and neck Palmer again got into half
| crouching attitude and got 20 cllnch. As
| they broke McGoVern threw his right hard
| over the heart and hooked his left % the
noint Of the Jaw. Palmer staggered from
| The effects of this blow and Mciovern
| seeing his opportunity threw the right
| over 70 the mark and Palmer fell 90 the
! door I'm a half conscious condition. lie
| made desperate attempts t. get up, but
! they were Intellectual
AfcGovern. after he delivered the final
| hiow turned his back on his opponent and
! waved his hands 10 his seconds as much
as 10 say: "It IS an over.
The referee bent over Palmer ana count
ed the seconds slowly and distinctly and
when he uttered the word ten Palmer 5
seconds jumped into the ring ana carried
| the defeated pugilist TO his corner Mean
| vyhne McGoverns friends cheered long
and loud. Some OF them gained admission
to the ring and presented TO the victor a
! floral horseshoe which was soon maze a
wreck as adm rers insisted on getting flow
| ers or leaves from 1t AS souvenirs
| Inst as the master Of ceremonies an
| ,oon,ed NcGovern the winner, John l.
| sullivan climbed through the ropes and
| calling McGovern by name. told MIN TO
shake hands with Palmer. who was now
| reraininr hts senses. McGovern shook
| Ids victim warmly by the hand ana then
| turned and left the ring with his seconds.
| He was almost carried 10 his dressing
, room Meanwhile Palmer revived hufa-
| GENTLY 10 walk from the ring 10 his dress.
ine room In the other corner OF the build
| ing Palmer had no excuses to make and
said he had nothing 70 say In reference
70 tho bout. only that he was surprised