The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-04
GOSSIP Of THE PRIZE RING
LOU HOUSEMAN TELLS SOME IN
TEREsTING INCIDENTS OF
THE FIGHTERS
MGovERN KILLED AN "AD9
"ISId" BrOad's Meeting With the
Champion Featherweight Is
BEGINNING to Excite
Some Interest.

CHICAGO, Nov. Especial. IT erri-
bic Terry McGovern is a drOll sort of
chap, and while not overly we'll equipped
with book knowledge, has been known to
Perpetrate some really clever bits Wit,
Gess the keen sense Of humor the mighty
little champion displayed during his one
hours work selling evening papers for
the Galveston sufferers. Terry ran
amuck up Broadway offering his papers
for sale Al Smith, Corbett, the Con-
sidines, Martin, as well as the merchant
princes of the thoroughfare, were all
mulcted. O'Rourke had just fallen
Tor $50, and Terry shot diagonally across
the street to McCoy's saloon. Mayor
Fleischmann and others were In the
place, and by the time Terry got through
with the crowd his gatherings had swell
ed up close to another hundred dollars.
The little champion then asked for Nc
Coy.
He's up stairs answered Manager
George Grant.
What's he doing up stairs?" asked
the Brooklyn fighter.
Laying down. answered the personal
representative Of the Kid.
What! Again. and the terror dartcd
out of doors, leaving the crowd in an up
roar at the sally.
Recently in Baltimore, the distributing
agents Of popular brand of whisky
thought it would be a good advertising
scheme to set McGovern to exploit Their
particular brand of "pizen" during the
action of barroom scene in which Ter
~ supplies the heroics. The actor play
ing the opposite part to Terry III this
scene has line reading:
Come on, Terry, have a glass of
whisky"
Terrys lines call for this answer:
Is,
good man"
The stupid one sent out to close the
advertising deal with 1.-The Bowery Boy
hunted up the man playing the opposite
part to McGOvern and fixed it UP with
the stage manager so that a sign adver,
Using his firms wares was made part
and parcel Of the props for the barro1m
scene. The actor who was to alter his
lines so as to use the name of the whis-
ky in question, never consulted Mccoy
ern or the manager of the show, but
agreed to carry the thing through with
the lone assistance of the stage manager
and the added prop"
On the night agreed upon the boxes and
many of the best seats in the house were
occupied and paid for by the head of
the whisky firm and his friends and
agents. The curtain shot up on the bar
room scene, and there hung the sign,
and on the counter was ranged a Inc
Of bottles containing 1.-The goods" The
rough work Of the villain, the pleading
Of the neglected wife, the cruel blow
intercepted by the hero Terry and then
the amended lines of the barkeep:
Come on, Terry have q glass of Whis-
ky-a glass of Blanks whisky"
The head Of the whisky firm and the
house applauded. Then came the
dampener:
mo, pal" replied Terry, BLANKS
whisky has killed many q good man."
The lines were spoken the balance of
The week as they were in the book.
Anent the story of Hildebrandt tray
cling from Johannesburg to Chicago and
Sack. to bring Goddard and Denver Ed
Smith together, which L touched on last
Sunday, there is another on the South
AFRICAN sport promoter which illustrates
the extremes Jake will resort to in order
10 see scrap. There were a couple of
belligerent Zulu laborers employed in the
Kimberly mining properties who had
been knitting and biting each other in
gh-andtumble encounters and with
whom the mining boss, a friend of Hill
debrandts, had had a deal of trouble
After tearing the pair apart one day
this officer discharged them both and
advised the contractor who was being
paid for their services that the proper
men at one time. The contractor had
the two dark-hued ones on his hands
and did not know what to do with them.
Hildebrandt happened to be standing
by While the contractor was making
final plea for his two slaves
Take the pair up to Jake's,' said the
boss, indicating Hildebrandt; '1et them
fight in out and I'll find work for the
winner"
The contractor, Breslauer by name, and
Hildebrandt, got together and a finish
fight was arranged for in the arena own
ed and operated by Hildebrandt The
men clashed like pair of bulls and for
nearly an hour kicked, clawed and
hammered away at each other It was
a terrific battle, without rules and with
out referee There was no restful min.
ute's respite between rounds. The men
saVaged each other about until it became
apparent that one or the other would
have to drop from sheer exhaustion soon.
This came when the taller of the two
head down, charged his adversary, and
catching him flush on the jaw with his
adamant head, laid him loW-unconscious
and all out.
When Hildebrandt'S treasurer furnished
him with a statement of the receipts
after the fight, he paid the vanquishing
slave his $1,000. and then turned over to
the vanquished one every residue dollar,
nearly triple the sum paid the victor.
Game fellow" said Jake, as he handed
over the money.
When Australian Tim Murphy came 10
this country he evidently had an ex-
allied idea of the generosity of the Yam