Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-20
M'GOVERN WHIPS CANS.
Terrible Terry Stops the Coiored Man in
the Second Round.

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Terrible Terry Stops the Coiored Man in
the Second Round.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 14.--Telry Nc
Govern is now the undisputed light |
weight champion of the world. He
knocked out Joe Cans of Baltimore,
after two minutes aud five seconds of
fighting in the second round, last
night.
He rushed Cans to the ropes, pound
ing him very hard on ribs with left.
MoGoyern missed right and left. Mo-
Govern sent Cans back with left to
jaw, Cans acting on the defensive.
McGoyern rushed, landing right and
left on ribs, Cans uppercutting under
the heart. Cans put right and left to
face. McGoverr put left and right to
the jaw, sending Cans staggering.
Cans staggered with right and left,
followed him up closely with right and
left. McGovern sent Cans to the ropes
with right aud left to face. McGoyen
landed right to the Jaw. staggering
him. Cans nearly focred with left 10
the face. Cans knocked down with
left to jaw. Up at the count of seven.
Cans knocked down again one second
after the bell rung. Cans was taken
TO his corner in grogey condition.
! No claim of foul made by Cans.
Round 2-MoGovern landed left to
face twice, knocking Cans to the floor.
McGovern landed right 10 jaw. Mo.
Govern landed hard right to ear and
left to mouth. MoGovern landed two
t lefts to the face Cans knocked down
with right to the jaw, taking the
!, full count. The minute he was up
, McGovern rushed, knocking him down
8 again. Cans knocked down, again.
Gars knocked down again with right
: to the jaw. Cans knocked out
The fact that many colored sporting
j men were betting that McGovern
would knock Cans out led to con-
: ference in the afternoon between Lou
Housemann and AL. Herford. Cans
9 manager, at which Housemann told
d Herfo that the least sign of fake
Q W. uld result in declaring the fight nc
T contest, calling all bets off and giving
It McGovern Cans share of the purse.
n Herford declaring the report Of a fake
}" was utterly untrue, and offered to bet
!, 81, 500 to 1900 that McGoyern would
}; not knock Cans cut.
d The articles of, agreement under
which the men fought provided that
the men should weigh 1873 pounds at
o'clock in the evening, Cans agreeing
to knock MoGovern out In six rounds
20 or accept the losers end Of the purse
The men weighed in at Z O'Clock Al
le Malaohy Hogan's place, on Clarl
" street. The scale was fixed at .l3;
It pounds, and McGopern stepped on thu
IN scales first. He failed to move thu
beam, as was expected, and did no
b. look to weigh over 1874 pounds
m Cans stepped up as soon as Terr.
o. made way for him. The beam ros
to slowly and remained fixed at the top
10 The weight was slid along to 134 an,
10 the beam still remained stationary. |
a l was pushed to 1876 and fell. Whel
D. fixed at 1341s, 1t was suspended, blu
I'd nearer the top than the bottom. |
ut was then announced that Cans weighet
of between 1914 and l341a. The colore'
as boy was somewhat orestfallen at tn
Of showing he made, as he declared b
had weighed under 1873 at Harr
ne Forbes gymnasium just before start
O. ing for Hogan's place.
he Under the agreement the forfeit 70
G. overweight was to be one-half of tina
be portion of the purse coming to til
fighter at the end OF the contest. Sar
Harris, manager of McGovern, dc
clared that he would allow the ques
ton Of forfeit to remain in abeyanc
until after the fight If McGoyern wo
u" no forfeit would bs claimed Ii he
= lost the full amount would be exacteC
VI vi This was highly agreeable to th
'at Cans party, and the fighters, afte
,e' exchanging n few pleasant words
n, Il. separated. They had greeted eao
ne no other cordially when they met &
wv Nv Hogan's, and there was no friction {
on any kind shown during the weighing
E..t,l Ipl
% n, eoede the Cans McGovern contest
IL Young Finuoano vs.. kid" Herman
~ Chicago, at l18 pounds; Morris Rausc
~. of Chicago vs.. Danny Doueherty I
'er Philadelphia, at ITO pounds Your
Nrnzie OF Chicago vs. kid" BE
stein, and Martin Duffy Of Chicag'
vs. Otto Seiloff OF Detroit, in the sen
wind-up.
urt Finucane and Herman, two il
j., experienced youngsters, fought 81
me hard rounds to draw.
Tor The bout between Rausch ar
OF Dougherty was different sort
ma affair. The boys went at 1t from Il
= tap of the bell. Dougherty had Il
ed. better of the milling in the first roun.
1ry but after that it was Rausch's to u
middle of the fourth round, wh'
70 Dougherty, bleeding, but Eighth
n | marc, acCiuonbaily pHt .hio Nhoo 10
nu into Rausch's groin, and the latter "
'ha given the decision.
Young Nunzie and kid" Bernste
went six uninteresting rounds, NUM-
being given the decision.
SUI Martin Duffy, Chicago Lightweight
ing who has been coming fast OF late, Of
vs.. Otto Seiloff then came on. The iii
w. round was Seilotf's. He landed sever
Us, vs.. good rights on the body, and got sw
VII from Dutfy's left. Duffy dropped Sell
vs.. in the second with pretty right GRO:
ker hut the latter was up at once a
y; evened things with several hard rigf
ana on Dutfy's ribs. Seilof rushed CO
ler. tinuaily in the third and fourth, pla
ps ing for Duffy g ribs and stomach, b
art' Duffy's long left was continually
his face. The fifth and sixth we're
same Duffy kept poking his left IL
-, Seiloff's face as the latter rush
col wildly in, and be had Seilof bleed
non before the sixth round was half ov'
'rk- Referee Siler gave Duffy the decisie
be-