The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16

George Dixon, for whom NcoGVern ho'ds
the highest esteem he spoke sadly of the
great little ColOred champion, who has
earned as much money as himself, but
who now is penniless and unheard of
is HAPPY AND CHEERFUL.
TERRY is a happy, cheerful little fellow,
who abhors fight talk and carefully
avoids the adulating and drink-buy ng
crowds who swarm about a successful
fighter -, ,,...
I'm room at his hotel, with the COM
panions of his boyhood days in Brook
Ign, Mayhood, Donahue and Daugherty,
playing casino, telling boyish stories, into
which profane or Objectionable words
never enter, or exchanging "reminiscences
of inlpecun!ous days in Brooklyn; he is a
vivid contrast to the ideal pugilist pic
tured by MANY inmateS &C --...a YEt.S 1-.2SS
tgCody- goody' people, anG his private
life could be copie2 with goa<@ esults
~ e@@'-:ti& cs-i4..,5, - .|ay5 have
s.scvra,
rurt0, ~, Gm4': IL. ssl& % cSs4 small
>71lest!ts7egIs reserved sfi9a iris Ges. ut in
ia squared <2;rc:, 2z1.G ylle-i the Il? 'ught
J. ihe $11,tV0 earned by hirr II this past
year Was brought To noind the ta4e as
sumeE 6. 7guEnoIous aspect Eis early
fights were for the Usual Ineagsr g lrses
allotted to preliminary fighters, and after
his fight with Eugene Garcia Ire laS $125
In his poct1st ana hslisgsG k1ENS; If a
fairly wealthy, mar
ION that amount he was TEt5g3 EaE and
ere week later hs WIS matched With
! Henry Forbes. With the $3.50 collect: 4 at
the winners end OF the purse Terri be-
gan to figure on the COST Of G. ST. mer
nome ct Oyster Boy. His ambition was
70 accumulate 8. zoe and nuy e honni for
himself and his wife, after which he
believed his financial straits would be
but q memory. The home was bcug It
+! few months later, but 81, COO cash was ,aid
! Cor it.
i Ills first Remuneration, fer G siowa on
/ Sest was watch worth s. that IS ve, ued
by him now at 5000. He was e WssG Der
Of the jackson club Of Brooklyn end vas
: out Of employment. Being known q
! sturdy lt+4le CAl;C,:-, sc%v.2 - CT tina lis M
: Ners suggested ;!;aj -9 I5Gnrate at one of
the er. cec as,. vents give, ~ IA, club. nd
: aIIar defeating t1lree 10 tie t:>cphy ras
E,Us rde6 hi'''
GIT ~ ;;oY CRED i1AE.
''9efore tllst CONTEST The Only boxing es-
sons Of his career were taken from
Noiored weiter weight vino was training
for fight at the club. The little fellow
was eager to acquire a knowledge of the
art, but after stopping several Of his
Titanic wallops the fighter complained of
his roughness and refused to give him
any more assistance In the science Of
welding hooks and crosses.
His young brother, Hughey, who
probably was the most interested specta-
tor of Terry's victory Thursday night,
told before the fight Of another contest
he had view under less favorable condi-
tions-McGovern' fight with Casper
! Leon.
Terry wouldn't take me- he said.
and I didn't have the price, so me and
| some other fellows got plank and We
| hoisted 1t UP to a window at the rear
| end Of the clubhouse. We looked through
! the window. but couldn't tell which Of
| the men was Terry through the smoke
| Then somebody got knocked down and
| saw him on the floor with a whole lot
! Of bushy hair hanging over his face, and
/ thought 1t was Terry, and If 1t wasn't
| for one of the other fellows ia have fell
| out Of the, window
"McGovern. has an affectionate little
| wife, to whom he is devoted, and his two
babies are the theme on which he is at
| all times willing to converse. Once away
from the glare and excitement of the
ring, he Is the happy husband and father
and never Terrible Terry the wonder
of the prize ring