The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
LOU HIIJSEN.AN' 5 GOSSIP
sHREWDNESS OF SAM HARRIS RE
WARDED ny THE DEVELOP
MENT OF M'GOVERN
MCCOY TO REMAIN IN LONDON
Proposition to Liquidate Debt of the
Cincinnati Saengerfest Society
by a Tvventy-ROund Fight
Under Consideration.

CHICAGO, Dec 1.-(Special)-A cum
ming, shrewd and astute manager of
fighters is Sam Harris, the little New
Yorker. who has successfully Piloted the
Terry McG0vern craft through the tur
bulent seas and shallow waters Of the
bantam, feather and lightweight classes
An abiding faith in the proves of the
mighty one from Brooklyn inspired Harris
from the start, and, refusing to be denied,
the manager of the present riultipleX
champion kept dingdonging away at the
matchmakers Of the country; bounded
the holders of premiership titles, deluged
the newspapers with McGovern literature
and stoutly declined to be silenced. 1t has
not been very long ago since McGoVern
was boxing preliminary bouts before the
smaller Brooklyn clubs, and for purses
that would not pay for the material with
which his seconds follow him into the
ring Harris, a man who prospered and
thrived long before ne ever met Nc
Govern, was then reproached by his
friends for frittering away his time on
the mite from the city Of churches
Never mind was Harris invariable
retort to this manner of taunt. He'll
come on some day, and when he does
he will be the most popular champion
since the days of John l."
McGovern did come on, and, under the
guidance of Sam Harris, is today the
most popular champion since Sullivan. 1t
is a question, indeed, if McGoVern Is not
in higher esteem with the public of to-
day than was Sullivan in his halcyon
epoch Numerically, McGovern outdraWs
Sullivan, though the big fellow played
and boxed to better prices. It is said that
in the transcontinental tour Sullivan
made with AL Smith the pair cleaned up
$50 Co., This tour consisted of stops in
all the big cities in the East, and the
smaller mining camps of the West. Up
through Wyoming and Colorado suck
ers'' We're sent on ahead, and promptly
hit in the heads by padded horseshoes
Wherever the community would stand for
this, prices ranging all the way from 50
to So per seat were charged.
Harris has kept his precious bunch OF
knuckIes, sinews and heart away from
this sort of work. He has relied wholly
on the wee Terry's "histrionic" ability
and the honesty of his jabs and jo.ts be-
fore the season is over, making allow
ances for his winnings in the squared cir
Gle and in front of the spot calcium, Nc
Govern will exceed SulliYanS earnings TO
no inconsiderable extent.
Harris has yet to make the first false
move in matching McGovern. Show Har-
ris a match in which his man had not a,
shade better than an even thing, and
W
ticularly, Harris has always gotten the
best of it. He stoutly maintains that
he has the champion, the drawing card,
and IL a match is sought it must be to
the liking of McGoVern. The little fell
low himself is a very poor matchmaker.
Were he TO lose the Harris rudder, Nc
Govern could be secured against any
old body and at any old weight The
champion thinks that lie big and strong
enough to match with fighters twice his
weight, and so reckless has he become
in this matter that Harris rs 70 hidden
him to talk fight with anybody.
The champion, besides being probably
tbs most marvellous boxer of the age, is
also one of the most grateful and appre-
ciative. He recognizes that he owes his
present status as much to the tireleSs
work of his manager and friend as to his
own proves. McGOvern acts the pant
of a dutiful son to Harris Harris, on
the other hand, is the soicitous father,
guide, philosopher and friend Of his
champion.
Kid Broad and his manager, fellow
Of the name Of Macias. Fave been telling
the roCplc East Of the tough Geal tie Jug
faces one from Cleveland received at the
hands CT McGoVern, Si,er, the latter
sails club and the public B Dad COM
plains that. McGovern did all the couling,
and, in short, that he was robbed of the
battle ard TIE big end of the purse. This
is an unmanly and altogeth childish
position for Broad and his - per cent
meal ticket to take. Broad was one of
the most thoroughly thrashed men on
whom a gong ever sounded True he
took punishment. So. for Ahe matter of
that, can Stockings Conroy and Ed
Dunkhorst None will argue, however,
that Conroy or Dunkhorst can fight. The
same applies as to Broad. Marcias landed
in Chicago with Broad pretty we'll "all
out. He did not have enough money to
put UP as a forfeit when he landed here,
and the club had to take his word for it.
When poor Eddie Santry broke his an'rle
the harpie who himself had failed to put
up his forfeit, put in claim for the in
valid's $50. Tom HantOn, the manager of
Santry stoutly protested against TIE UNI
sportsmanlike demand, and the Spaniard
was literally coWed down from his posi-
ton. After receiving over 81 100 for los
ing against McGovern in six rounds
more money than he ever got before for
winning a finish fight-Macias pockets
his money, takes the next 2 ain for the
East, and-cTies. stop, thief!'
According to the Denver papers, Benny
Yanger came near having his champion
shin aSDira lions checked at the hands