The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
MeGoYern Tells of the Fight
With Joe Cans.
Says Mill Was on the Level as
Far as He Knew.
RETURNS TO THE STAGE
Manager Harris Declares That
Pictures Were SpOilt.
More Money Expected From
Them Than Gate Receipts.

Cincinnati, o., Dec 17-Champion
Terry AIcGoVern. who defeated Joe Cans
IN Chicago Tuesday night, was in the
city last evening for a short while. Nc
Govern was accompanied by his man
ager, Sam Harris; Danny Dougherty,
the bantam champion; Jack Donohue,
his sparring partner. and the members
Of THE Bowery After Dark company,
of which Terry is the star.
The party left over the Q. & 0. road
for Newport News, Va, where the show
opens on Monday night All the party
were in high glee and Terry seemed TO
be as happy as a boy with a new pair
OF rubber boots There is not a mark
of any kind on the little fighters face,
and he is in the best of condition physi-
cally.
I never felt better in my life than I
do right now said Terry. 4 weigh
about PA pounds, and can easily do the
5eatherWeight limit. If there was any
taking done at Chicago 1 know nothing
about it. l always go in the ring to do
my best, and I think my work speaks for
itself I have always fought on the
square, and I am not going to abuse the
confidence my friends have in me by en-
Terlng into any fakes Y GU can Just bet
your last on me whenever 1 go in to
tight that L am going to do my very
best"
How do YOU account for Cans quick
nefeat2" was asked.
7 just sailed right into him, and the
very first punch / landed must have put
the bees TO buzzing- The blow caught
Cans square on the jaw. 1t was a right
handler. and had an awful effect on the
COlOred boy 1t staggered him, and when
] saw this I followed it up with body
punches. The blows seemed to take all
the steam out of him, but he gamely
came back for more. He hit me a wal
1Op on the jaw and also landed another
one on the chin, but they failed to do
any great DANA ge- I saw in the very
r-s-r hat he, OF h77r a
and I was fully confident that had him
at my mercy. At that I did not take
any chances and drove my right hand
and left to the body as fast as I could
In what condition was Cans after the
end of the first round?" was asked.
He was a bit refreshed when he came
back for the second round. but did not
wait to see what he was going to do. L
sailed right in, and with both hands
wore him down. He took the count two
or three times, and when he got up for
the last time I went for his stomach
A blow under the heart is what settled
him. but he got a corker on the jaw
before going down and out for keeps"
sam Harris, McGOvern'S popular man
ager, said the fight was on its merits,
and offered to bet any amount OF money
that Terry can beat Cans or any other
lightweight in the country.
1T is ridiculous to say that would
allow Terry to mix up in a. fake fight
We can make more money fighting hon
eStly than if we were going into a dozen
fakes Terry does not have to go into
prearranged affairs. When the little fell
low goes into the ring lie is there to win,
and win in a hurry Had the contest
lasted six rounds we could have made
a small fortune out of the fight pictures.
Now. If we were going to fake, we GER
tainly would not have spoiled all our
chances of earning the money by bring
ing the contest to a. close at the very
outset. We had arranged to show the
Tictures in all the large cities, and it is
doubtless now If they will be of much
value. as the fight did not last two
rounds"
AIcGovern and his company will make
a tour of the Atlantic coast, playing
one-night stands. winding up at New
Orleans.
John Mckee of the Cincinnati Athletic
and Exhibition company came from Chi
cagO with the McGOvern party. Mr..
Mckee acted as Manager Harris bet
ting commissioner at the fight, but did
not succeed in getting much money on.
The betting was very light. Harris lost
more money betting on the bout between
Morris RauSch and Danny Deugherty
than he won on the contest between Nc
Govern and Cans Daugherty is under
the management of Harris and lost on a
foul Harris was betting 500 to $50 that
Daugherry would win.