The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-13
NEW CHAMPION
Terry McGOvern Whips Redlar
Palmer Of London.

New FORK. Sept 12-Terry Mco+overn
Of Brooklyn, whipped Pedlar Palmer, Of
London, thoroughly. in less than one
round In the arena Of the Westchester
club near Tuckahoe. n Y. this afternoon
With the victory went the title Of bantam
championship Of the world, although
both contestants were actually in the
feather weight class
Tho Engliahman. although forcing tho
pace at the outset, was really never In Il
and McGovern simply battered his op-
ponent into insessibHity The Brooklyn
lads arms worked like piston rods and
the punishment which he meted OH; 20
Palmer was swift and terrible
The battle did not last quite one round
the actual time Of fighting being exact
by two minutes and thlrty-two seconds.
at the end Of which time Palmer was ly-
ing helpless. though half conscious on
the floor OF the ring Through an un-
looked for accident on the official time
er's part the lads were separated bv the
gong when they had ben nghtinF one
minute. Each went 60 his corner but
the error was rectined in less than u
seconds and tine boys rcshmod hostili-
ties IN the center Of Tho ring Immediately
at the commend of the referee. George
siler The ringing NJ the gong was as
purely accidental, as 1t was unlocked
for and the Eughsnman's handlers
made no complaint on this score.
From the outset McGovern seemed to
have his man we'll In hands but his
sanguine admirerers never imagined that
Terry would win i'm such short order. II
was case OF n hurricane fighter pit
ted against a clever boxer ana the fight
er won. McGovern is "a verltable fight
Ing machine an1 he went at his adver-
sary with bull dog determination and
tightening rupidlty His arms were never
NJ rest FOR a moment and he heat down
Palmer's guard with his sledge hammer
blows. The ring where the battle took
place was pitched in the center Of
blockade in which seats We're arranged
for the accommodation of 1000 The
structure IS built upon the same princl-
pie aa that which fitzsimmons and Cor
oett fought at Carson City. The prices
OF admission ranged from S3 to N5 and
aeven-eighths OF the seating capacity OF
the enclosure wa soccupied.
The purse FOR which The lads contested
was $4,000, seventy-hye per cent OF
which went TO the winner ANA the re-
mainder 10 the loser In addition 10 this.
both pugilists are guaranteed an interest
in the privileges ACQUIRING from the kim
etoscope pictures OF the fight
more representative crowd Of sport
Ing men never watched "a pugillstic con-
test. OF course, the pugilist element was
largely represented, every boxer Of note.
fr'm top nOtchers In the heavy weight
division 10 the paper weights IN the am
aieur ranks, being oB hand Among the
he fellows at the riueside were Tom
Sharkey, Bob Fltzsimmons. ISid Mccoy
aut Jim Cor'bett. Each one OF This quar-
teit met with warm RECEPTION but when
John l.. Sullivan walked down the aisle
aud took a seat IN box az the ring
side a mighty cheer greeted him. and
he big fellow bowel his acknowledgment |
with hearty greeting Sullivan went TO |
MeGoverns dressing room and gave the |
little fellow some sound advice which |
undoubtedly benefited McGovern. as the /
subsequent events proved.
PROM EVERY WHERE.
There were hundreds Of sporting men |
from an over The United States and a |
large number Of the race track contln- |
gent was in evidence
When the boys entered the ring fair
estimate Of the attendanc, .,op.s plac. /
the number al 1900 Mcqovern was a
strong favorite IN the betting. several |
large wagers being made at odds OF 100 10 /
~ ana later on these odds were increa sed