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pounds and Murphy, while proving game
as a pebble, was beaten in twenty ROUNDS.
The following January Ernie stanton
made another match with Palmer at LII
mounds, but was knocked out in htteen
rounds.
Then Dave Sullivan the Boston bantam
weight and brother Of the irrepresslple
"snike" tackled the great little Briton.
fighting him twenty rounds before the
National Sporting club for $500 purse
and s., 900 side, besides the championship
of England at 116 pounds. Palmer won
rather handily from the American. In
December, 1898, he again met Billy PIN
mer, who found plenty of backing against
him Plimmer proved no match for Fai-
mer and was knocked out In the seven
teenth round.
Palmer's last fight was April II against
the Chicago boxer, Billy Rotchford, anu
be won on a. foul in the third round,
Rotchford striking him so low as TO
severely iniure him. The match with NC
Govern was made during the summer
and all preliminaries have gone through
without a hitch.
TALK OF A BARNEY"
There is talk of barney" in the Nc
Govern-Palmer fight, but it is receiving
very little serious credence In puglnstlc
circles. 1t is said that Palmer threw the
fight his friends betting on McGoVern.
II is added that there is nothing to show
that McGovern was in any way cogmzaht
of the deal, and that If Palmer did puf-
posely lose, it is all to his discredlt, ano
not to the injury of McGovern, who
fought fairly and to win, regardless OF
pictures and everything else. The talk
of crookedness was started by man who
overheard a conversation between Palmer
and Dan Creedon, during which Palmer
said to Creedon: Eyes, I was whipped,
but got the money" Now that does not
show conclusively that there was any
thing wrong, and it is scarcely probable
that the story has any real FOUNDATION:
Palmer had a host Of admirers In the OLD
country, and 1t seems that for him 70
have thrown the battle would have been
virtually suicide, so far as his ring career
is concerned. There is always a bit OF
talk Of that sort, and 1t would be well
to take it with a grain Of allowance and
doubt
MGOvERN'S FUTURE.
The future Of Terry McGovern is prac-
tically mapped out. He is a fighter and
will have to defend his title against the
men who are aspirants for it, and are
heavier than the Brooklyn lad. That Is
there are no clever top-notch bantams-
in fact McGovern is not a bantam, but
Is best at about 118 to 12O pounds. AT tha1
weight he will be called upon, perhaps
next. to meet George Dixon, and that viii
be the battle of the little wonder
career. Should he defeat Little Choco'
late" he is indeed wonder, even taking
into consideration also that Dixon Is moi
as good as he once was There Is nc
disputing the fact that George Dixon Is
the greatest fighter the world ever pro,
duced No man in the ring has or hac
sucl, a career as Dixon's. He has never
been defeated True, decisions on points
have gone against Dixon, but the coloreC
lad has yet to taste the bitter dregs Of
Knockout The nearest he ever came tt
it was when the Kentucky Rosebud
took advantage of an opportunity, at
charity show, to sneak in a blow on the
little champion. Dixon cannot scale mucf
below 11S, if he can get that light, and be
good. The probable weight at which the
fight will be arranged will be 120 pounds
1t will be the battle that will decide the
future of Terry McGovern. If he wins
decisfyely then he can beat any Of them
sHARKEY TAKES ALARM.
Tom Sharkey has suddenly concluded
that 1t is better to have crumb than
no part of the loaf AT least it looks
very much that way, for Sharkey has
had inserted in the articles Of agreement
for his fight with Jeffries clause stipu
lating that the loser shall receive twenty
five per cent of the purse, the winner
taking seventy-five. Originally the ar
rangement was that the winner was tc
! take ALL Can 1t be that Sharkey antici'
| Dates defeat at the hands of the present
| obanonion? Willie Green.