The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11
GOSSIP OF TIE PRIZE RING
Lou HOUSEMAN DISCUSSES THE
COMING NDGOvERN-BROADB BAT
TIE IN CHICAGO
TIE DEATH OF KID o'BRIEN
Eddie SRntry still Suffering From
an Injury to His Kneecap-
ChOyinsI<i's Experience
In Denver.

In Denver.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1O.-(special. )-Terry
McGovern, champion of bantams. feath-
erweights and 126-pounders, is to fight
"I\id' Broad, the Cleveland whirlwind.
In this city next Tuesday night Terry
ana his opponent will come together at
z6 pounds, weighing in at s o'clock on
the afternoon of the contest. The men
are to go for a decision with George ST
Ter as referee, and the winner is to re-
eeiVe 30 per cent of 80 per cent of the
gross receipts, while the loser will have.
TO be content with -35 per cent. This
Will be Terry's first appearance in Chi
cago since his hurricane draw with
Tommy White The marvellous little
boxer from Brooklyn will be giving away
bit Of weight to Broad, but not enough
to bother him much McGovern has
peen dong this right along since his vic
tory over George Dixon, and in no in
stance has the handicap initiated any
against Terrys chances. The little fell
low appears to be welI-nigh invincible,
and there are those who would take a
nyer on Terry in a catch-weight match
against anybody. Broad has never been
seen IN action here. He came on with
his manager Joe Macias, and did not
pick his man when seeking a match
When Eddie Santry was selected to try
out the Cleveland man there was not n
murmur. Fighters, like the dusky ones
of negro lyrics, all looked alike to Broad.
And Them too, when the division of the
spolls was preached 10 Macias, he calmly
agreed to allow McGoVern to make the
allotment
This much is known Of Broad-he is a
tast, gureiling mixer, who knows nothing
OF the rangey part of the game He is
in m fnya Of hi
gong, swapping punches and taking his
chances at the in-fghting angle He
has never been knocked out, and has
two wins over Joe Bernstein the Ghetto
champion, who recently stood up and
exchanged wallop for wallop with Nc
Govern for seven rounds at Louisville.
In one of these engagements Broad
knocked Berstein out in thirteen rounds.
again scoring a decision at the end of
twenty-five-round bout In appear
ance Broad is probably the homeliest of
the guild. He is some two inches taller
than the wonder from the City of
Churches, and, as stated before relies On
q swing to do the work
McGoVern, of course, will be the ia
Vo1te In the betting over Broad Tuesday
night. There is quite a lot of money.
however, which will be bet against the
proposition that McGOvern wins inside
of the limit
Little Harry Forbes is again to enter
the squared circle The Chicago boy has
not been seen much in action hereabouts
since that punch of Yangers put Harry
down for the count at Tattersalls last
spring. Forbes feels as though he is
rounding to again, and If there Is any
more fight left In him ne wants to find
1t out He is content to start in I'm q
moderate sort Of manner at first, and
work his way back to the company Of
the top-notchers OF the little fellows
there are few more popular than Forbes.
de has always been an earnest ardent
worker, and his contests have invariably
been fast and keen. He is a correct
liver and clean of habit and character.
The ring will suffer none If Harry
Forbes re-enters it.
IN an Eastern bush fight, brought of
some months ago on Staten Island one
Of the principals not overly anxious to
continue, repea tedly dropped to the tu,
to avoid punishment, and counting dis
qua ihcation. The referee finally stood
u" over the PROSTATE body of the quit
ter" and asked.
DO YOU know the rules?"
les was the answer. and then the
conter-query: do you?'
why do you ask?" the referee wanted
to know.
''Why do YOU ask me?' retorted the
-piOSuale puglllSt
IF You know the rules you must know
that ! can dislualify you for going down
to -escao0 punishment
Il do know that" replied the fighter,
and l know, too, that the d-n fool rel
cree who dOes not know enough to begin
counting on man when he IS down
never read the rules
he next knock-down brought the ref
Gee TO his senses, and he gave the ten
and-out count.
The death of Kid O'Brien In q box
Ing contest at Detroit the past week
only more forcibly emphasizes the neces-
sity for the strict medical examination
OF contestant before allowing them to en-
ter the ring. Too often in the past, both
In England and America, have men IL
poor physical condition or imperfectly
trained been allowed to enter the ring
In almost every instance the fatalities
IN the ring can be traced to poor health
or imperfect condition. Boxing as a
sport requires no more eXertion and in
wolves no more hazard Of injury than
does baseball or football, but in order
to engage in it an athlete must be in
good condition. If the heart action is not
sound, over exertion in any line is In
safe. and no matter how skillful a boxer
may be he is unable to counteract the
effects of a weak physical structure
Strong men are often weak physically,
because they have taken no care Of the
motor by which all physical effort IS
controlled. Over cXertion superinduces
heart troubles, but a medical examin-
alton will readily disclose this fact. In
many instances too, the clubs them
selves are to blame for the fatal end
ing OF many bouts, by not providing for
the proper protection against falls ad-
ding upon the floors of all arenas should
be insisted upon, not only by the au-
thorities where glow contests are
brought off, but the clubs for their own
protection should see that precautions
are taken to prevent physical injury.
In all of the cases in a number OF
years where men have met their death
in prize ring, 1t has been case of
poor condition. When FitZsimmons knock
ed out Con Riordan in Syracuse there
was a great howl about the brutality OF
boxing. But the coroner's jury's in
vestigation proved only what had been
shown in others of similar character,
that Riordan was in no condition to en-
gage in any sort of an athletic contest
He had been drinking hard, had taken no
care of himself, and was in a general
way run doyn physically When an in
vestigation was made into the death of
Walter Croot who was killed by Jimmy