Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
WINS.
TERRY M.GOVERN LOwEps
FRANK ERNE'S CoLoRs.
1T WAS A SPIRITED CONTEST.
featnerwelght Champion Proved
Himself Superior to the Light
weight in Every Way.

New York, July 1~6.-Tonight, in the
presence of 1900 persons in j Madison
Square Garden, Terry McCovernt of
Brooklyn defeated Frank Ernie of Buff
falo. the lightweight champion OF 4. the
world. 1t was a hurricane hght from
beginning to end, without a seconds 81 let
up. except When one of the contestants
was lying on the floor of the ring. Nc
Govern used the tactics he said he would.
He rushed in on Erne al the very be-
ginning, and sent left and right in such
quick succession that Esrne, fast as he is,
was nonplussed. Erne undoubtedly is
the cleverer of the two, but his clever
ness awaited him nothing against the
bulldog rushes and fiery attacks Of the
little featherweight champion. Erne, of
course, trained far below his usual
weight, as he had agreed to meet Nc
Govern at 1913 pounds. which is : five
pounds below the lightweight limit. In
doing this many believed that the strain
would be too much for the Buffalo man
and that McGovern, who is rugged and
tenacious, would surely beat him down.
Many of the wise ones compared Erne's
reduction of weight to that of Joe Wal
colt, when the latter rains down some
years to 131 pounds in order to meet
Kid Lavigne in the featherweight class.
Walcott made a mistake or that occa-
sion, for Lavigne cut him to pieces. To
night Erne said that he weighed only
1851 pounds, but declared that he was
in excellent condition. The betting at
the ringside was 100 to 60 on McGov-
ern.
Both men were in excellent condition.
In the first round when Erne knocked
McGovern down with a blow ON the
head and the little fellow took the count
before he got up. the Erne rooters be-
lieved that their man would win. They
thought that McGovern would lose his
hood FROM, thic k~nnnk1nu-n hnf thew
were sadly mistaken, as the result prov
ed. McGovern get up with that grin on
his face and sailed right in with terrific
force. He played sad havoc with Erne's
body. and was satisfied to stand blows
in the face as long as he could reach
Erne's wind.
In the second round Erne broke
ground several times, but always came
pack with a dangerous left or right for
Terry's head. The fighting was so fast
of the blows, but Terry landed three
blows to Erne's two. In clinches. which
were frequent, both men were guilty of
holding, but McGovern was tt only one
to be cautioned by the referee. Toward
the close of the round Terry put a hard
one over Erne's ear and a stiff right
to the body. which weakened Erne.
In the third round, which proved to be
the last, Terry fought faster than ever.
ming when he got a punch as well as when
he was sending one in. When he foored
Erne the first time it looked as If the lat
ter would not be able to resume the hight,
but he arose fairly strong and tried to on
set McGovern's advantage. It was a flu
tile attempt, however, as McGovern soon
had him in trouble again, as he f1oored him
once more with a blow on the jaw and
a left over the heart. Erne got up on his
knees and rested on his right hand, with
his mouth wide open, he gasped for
breath and tried hard to regain his feet.
His mouth and nose were bleeding pro-
fusely and in addition to his struggles for
wind. the blood was running down his
throat and partly choking him. By almost
~superhuman efforts, Erne got to his feet,
but he was in sore distress. It was evil
dent that Erne was now a beaten man and
Terry sent a smash to the face which land
ed on Erne's nose and with a couple of
blows the little fellow paved the way for
a knockout swing, but Erne's seconds,
seeing their man already had enough, threw
up the sponge.
When the men left the ring to go to
their respective dressing rooms, they were
escorted by a score of men who had to
fight the crowd in order to make a passage
way. When Erne reached his dressing !
room, 1t was found that his ear was badly
and his nose cut, but no other .
marks were visible on his body.