Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-02
In Which He Defeated Eddie
Santry Of Chicago
MAKES HIM CHAMPION
Of the FeatherWeight Division OF
PugiliSts of the WOrld-The Con-
test Ended in a Clean Knockout in
the Fifth Round.

Chicago, Feb. TERRY McGovern, CT
Brooknlyn, at Tattersalrs tonight,
proved his right to the title of feather
weight champion Of the world by
knocking out Eddie Santry. of Chicago,
who claimed the leadership Of he 1872
pound class by virtue of a knockout Of
BEN Jordan. of England.
The knockout tonight came in the fifth
round, after a fierce mix-up in which
Santry did some clever work, but Terry
was too strong for the Chicago man and,
Strengthening Santry up with a short arm
jolt to the stomach, landed left and right
to the jaw in quick succession and San
try fell to the floor IN his face. He got
up at the count of 10, but was in such a
weakened condition that Referee George
Siler declared McGovern the winner to
save Santry from further punishment, as
he was staggering all over the ring and
would have been out with the next blow.
Santry was down in the second round
for the count, but got up strong and. in
long range fighting, a a shade the ad-
vantage as Terry seemed unable to so.ve
Sartry's two-handed work. Santry's
clever blocking seemed to bother Nc
Govern for a while, as he was unable to
reach the stomach with any effect.
Santry tried to fight at long range, but
Terry would rush in headlong and took
many left hand iabs on the nose IN his
anxiety to make a knockout.
In the third Santry made an even break
of it, doing some good jabbing and Terry
was unable to get in close enough to use
his short arm jolts that have made him
amous
In the fourth round Terry commenced
IL .;nrr Gov t1a iauy ana oftor q fnrna
mix-up landed a right swing to the jaw,
which sent Santry to the floor for the
count. The blow weakened Santry and
when he got UP he clinched to ave linn
self. On the break Terry started playing
for the body and this time he was able
to land and from that time to the end
Of the fight Santry gradually grew weak
en- from Terry's pile-driing short arm
jolts.
Near the end of the round Santry rail-
lied and drove his left to Terry's face, but
the latter did not appear to mind the
blow and made a headlOng rush for San
try and sent him to the floor with a right
to the Jaw.
santry tried to keep away in the fifth,
but Terry slowed him down with a
breath-taking blow in the stomach. San
try, seeing he could not escap from Nc
Govern, made d stand in the middle of the
ring. Both were swinging wildly when
suddenly Terry uppercut Santfy on the
jaw. Santry's guard dropped for the
smallest fraction of a second and Nc
Govern whipped the left over to the jaw.
He followed the blow up with a right
swing and caught Santry on the ear as he
was falling. Santry fell to the floor On
his face and rolled over. At the count Of
nine he got to his knees and tried to
straighten up, but was unaDle and the
referee gave the fight to McGovern.
Santry was unable to leave the ring
for fully 10, minutes after being counted
out.
McGovern did not have a, mark on him
as he left the ring. The betting before
the fight was 2 to / that Santry would be
knocked out before the end of the sixth
Samtry was handled by Jake Moffat and
Harry Gilmore. Sam Harris and Henry
haywood looked after Mciovern. There
was a dispute about the rules before the
men entered the ring. owing to the FAC
that Santry had never Tough. under hit
ting in the clinches. The matter was fl.
nally settled by McGovern agreeing thai
If Santry would fight straight Marquis OF
Queensberry rules and was on his feet al
the end Of the contest it should be de.
clared a draw.
1t was the greatest boxing show eve
brought off in Chicago. Special trains
were run from nearby towns and fully
$1,000 people jammei and packed the
building. The box receipts amounted t
over $18, 900.
Clever left hand jabbing and fast foo,
work won the decision for Ed Dunfass O
Philadelphia. over Billy Stiff, of Chicago
at the end of six rounds of the semi .fna
wind-up.