The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-15
Pugilisn.
LOOKS LIKE A FAKE
Referee Siler Said the Fight
Was Suspicious.
rRoOKEDNESS CHARGED
LETTING SUDDENLY CHANGED
TO MGoVERN's FAVOR.

-,-...,,o Dec. 1.-THE Times Herald,
:, its account of the McGovern-Gans
fight says. -.-,- -
In bout heavily scented with crook
- Terry McCfOvern became the
elli t.S7 Lem champion of the world at
II--77++arsaIIs last night by putting Joe
- INFO state of apparent helpless
- in TWO minutes and i've seconds
f+a~ The opening OF the second round
-fTgu1arIv enough the result of the
-.-.sr c0nfOrmed in every respect 10
,hs "a sniciOus betting offered WedneS-
~ md. reuedted last night at the ring
ID bv men who passed through the
srdience with hands full Of bills offer
80 rba false odds Of even money that
- would be knocked out by the
Fr,1bIva Terror. Referee Siler admits
mar rhe fight had a bad look. He did
~ sa. auv blow that should have put
cans into a state of grOgginess IN the
frsr round If Cans actually made his
b4sr showing last night, he is SO far
our..I8ssed by MCGOVeTn that no other
IIrhr weight on earth need ever expect
n equal Terry in a fstic encounter.
I'm a signed statement to the Times
Herald Terry dcGoyern says:
81 did not fake, that IS u certainty.
tried 10 finish the fight as soon as 1
nossibIy could but 1 must confess the
result was somewhat of a surprise to
NE.
Cans Denies Charge.
Toe Cans in a signed statement to the
same paper says:
The better man won. That is all
can give in explanation Of the result
did not lay DOWN I was hit hard in
The fight and that seemed to take the
wind our of me. I don't think there is
anv one who can stand up before Nc
no OH gaTe 81 mi
The Tribune. in its account of the
fight which was written by George 81
Ter. the referee of the contest, says:
The fight, if such il can be termed.
lasted five minutes and five seconds
and was the poorest and Weakes- from
the Cans end, that was ever Witnessed
in Chicago. 1 do not wish TO accuse
any fighter of taking. bur if Cans was
trying last night, 1 DO not know much
about the game. Cans, of course is
entitled TO the benefit of the doubt as
u whether or not the numerous body
blows which Terry pumped into him in
close quarters during the early part of
the fight weakened him. But the fact
remains lhat the few blows he delivered
were the weakest ever seen from man
Of his known hitting abilities
The Tribune in its account of the bet
ting. says
Not only did the betting shift re-
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day IN Chicago, but IL was reported
that thousands of dollars were sent to
other cities 10 be placed on McGOveTn.
II was also reported that Cans was up
nearly all night Wednesday night and
that cOlored sports all over the city
We're betting on McGOvern yesterday,
they having received a tip as to the
outcome.
Betting a Suspicious Feature.
The Record says:
Terry MCGOveTn knocked out Joe
Cans at Tattersalls last night in what
appeared To be a fake contest. The
end came after TWO minutes and five
seconds of lighting in the second round,
Cans failing 10 arise at the count If
ten in his sixth knOCk-dOWn from blows
which seemed hardly strong enough
10 jar him.
Perhaps the most 81. spiciaus feature
was the betting. Until within a few
days the betting has been 1 to ; that
McGOVern would win by a Knockout.
Then report gained ground that
Cans was TO go out and there was a
hurried effort to hedge by colOred
pOrteTs and others who had wagered
ON Cans Last night at the ring-side
the betting had shifted to even money
that MCGOvern would win by a knock
out and this in the face Of the fact
that Cans had to stop -McGovern to
gain the decision
The Chronicle says
Cans made a miSeTd BILE showing for
3 man with championship aspirations
IT, fact, so bad was the work done by
the colOreG man that many Of the big
crowd decided that the contest was
NOT honestly fought. It might not have
been The betting just before the fight
as well as for two days previous
showed thai somebody might have
given out tip that Cans was not go
ing to- do his best. On the other hand.
n can scarcely be said that McGOvern
could be n party TO such an affair for
h. fought the coIOred man with all the
fHroeity of a tiger"
Mayor Carter Harrison has under
taken a personal investigation TO as
certain whether OF not the McGovern-
Cans contest last night was a fake"
He declared today that if the facts sat
lSIeI him that either or both the par
Jripanrs arranged to quit" he viii
never issue another license to boxing
Promoters. Just how the mayor pro-
loses getting at the bottom of the mud
de is mystery.