The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

By J. 3. CNACONl MCCORMICK
New York. July again politics thi
Week has dominated the situation the a, ;,
Grange being that Kansas City and 70
Philadelphia has been the center OF poru
lar interest. Well. the tickets have ben
named. the platforms have been built an,
the campaigns are on. They will be HARD
fought, without doubt and by the tine
the frost is on the pumpkins the count Y
wiH be saved again by the ballots thank
God. of American freemen
Here in New York. the stay-at-homes
hstically inclined have celebrated ..tba
glorious Fourth" in an appropriate manner
ana no" they are specializing on tn.
chances Frank Erne has of stopping m.
Mchdefiul little whiriwiRd, Terry McGoy-
ern. or OF being beaten by him. They ar.
TO meet il Madison Square Garden on 10
I.th INST, and the Indications are that n
spacious edifice will be packed TO its doors
with pugilistic enthusiasts The garden
mas a seating capacity Of ILe9e with
stanuing room" for {. 90 or . o., more a,
an average admission price OF s. a head 4
would not surprise me il the receipts wouId
aggregate $4,000. AS half the gate will GO
10 the lighters. they will have q fortune
to fight for.
There will De betting galore. and most
OF II VIII be, L opine. that Terry will stay
The prescribed ten rounds Jimmy ColyilIa
tod me the other night of one bet he saw
made An acquaintance of his bet sAsl 10
s'os that II there was knockout It would
De IN McGoverns favor II there is n,
knockout the money is TO be drawn,
both the lads are In training. Erne's
friends say that he will have no trouble
In getting down 10 LIS pounds. while Others
shahe their heacs and say that he cannot
make that weight and be coed and strong
Each man has forfeit of s., 900 posted that
ne VIII make tie weight McGoyern de-
cIares that ne viii not permit Erne to
weigh an ounce over i2s pounds II he is"
ne announced the other day he will have
TO- to forfeit his N.ooo. but there will be no
MN. put 1 am not going to allow any
thing that the articles CT agreement do |
Is wise in making this declaration and he'll |
pc wiser sti4i II he adheres strictly to the |
letter OF It Three-fourths of his friends /
VIII back him with their money to their |
last dollar and he will have to remember |
tnat Their interests are at stake as well |
as his OWL
The styles of the men are as distinctly
opposite as is their personal appearance
reach and a few pounds or weight (for Sam
harns assures me that Terry will not
weigh more than Ia pounds when be toes
the scratch)- Though be has never been |
a speedy knocker out ERIE has a rafting
gooc sun punch at most any stage OF the
game. We all know that Mct;oyern can
hit as hard as most weiteT weights of about
10 pounds. and that II he is able 10 get
inside Erne's guard and to reach MS body
go0d and hard for two or three rounds. il
VIII be all over then but the shouting It's
a mighty hard fight TO prophesy about. but
think that unless Erne liz able TO lar |
Terrys jaws badly in the fret four or five
rounds his chances Of putting him out are
very poor. indeed.
Biuy Madden has given Champion Jim |
Jenries until Monday OF the coming week |
% sign articles Of agreement to fght Gus |
tluEIin. William says II James doesn't az
IL his John Hancock TO the aboye-men-
Tened document by that time he will give
nm The go by. the rinky-dink, or
whatever term OF ignoTesnent necessary to
explain his position and take on |
instead Bob Fftzsimmons or Sharkey, who ,