The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-17
PugiIiSrn.
ERNE WAS DEFEATED
vcGOyern's Whirlwind Tactics
Won Again.
lasted THREE ROUNDS
,rrrALo BOYS SECONDS SAVED
A KNOCKOUT.

,-oyr York. July 16.-Tonight, in the
-osence Of IA coo persons in Madison
parsra Garden, Terry McGovern of
-,laotlvn defeated Frank Erne Of Buff
81, the lightweight champion of the
I'D II was a hurricane fight from
tou 70 bell. without a seconds let up,
mt when one of the contestants was
ling on the floor of the ring. Meow
Ign 1sed the tactics he said he would.
ne rushed in on Erne at the very be-
mini and sent left and right in such
el,i1t curcpSsfOn Inat Erne. fast as he
- was nOnpluSSed.
rrnp undoubtedly is the cleverer of
~ two but his cleEeriIess awaited him
Thing against the bulldog rushes and
-, attack of the little featherweight
lbompiOu. Erne, of course. trained far
taI,vr his usual weight, as he had
aoreed 10 meet McGovern at 1913 pounds,
1lbicb is five pounds below the light
,-aight limit In doing this many be-
I;oved that the strain would be too
inch for the Buffalo man, and that
WcGovcrn. who is rugged and tena-
rious would beat him down. Many Of
the wise ones compared Erne's reduc-
lion of weight to that of Joe Walcott,
,rben the latter trained down some
Years ago to 131 pounds in order to
meet Kid Lavigne in The featherweight
class WalCOtt made a mistake on
that occasion. for LaYigue cut him TO
pieces. =, 49,
only POL pounds. but declared that he
Was in excellent condition. The betting
At the ringside was 100 to 60 on Nc
Govern.
Fight by Rounds.
Round Terry rushed in and planted
left hook on Erne's face. He tried
again. but was short Both fiddled and
Terry jumped in and sent left and
right to head Erne stabbed his left
and crossed his lead and then mixed it
M at close range and exchanged let's
and rights on head and body. Terry
sent left to head and Erne crossed his
right 10 McGOvern, flooring him. Nc
Govern took the count, resting on one
knee. and was up then, swinging left
and right to head. The fighting was
now fast and furious Erne's nose was
bleeding After a rafting mixup Terry
hooked his left to body with terrific
force. shaking up Erne from his heels
IN his head The bell found them in a
hot rally.
Round Terry rushed in, sending
both hands to ne head. Erne sent his
left To the face. Both landed right on
head and went to a clinch. ConSing
out on the breakaway Terry hooked
ms right To the head. Erne countering
with left Terry rushed in again and
was caught Erne landed a hard right
on Terry'S head. Terry sent his right
10 the body aad Erne made a wild
swing, which missed the mark.
Hailstorm of Blows.
They were fighting at terrific pace.
and blows came as fast as hailstones
in a July storm. Terry was jabbing
and hooking lefts and rights TO Ernes
body while Erne was punching him in
the face. Terry took his medicine with
grin and still kept hammering on
the body. At the bell Erne showed
signs of weakness, while Terry was
strong and rugged.
Round 3-Terry rushed, but missed a
left hook, and then he sent a left and
right to the chest. Erne cOuntering on
the neck with his left. Terry put a
straight left on the face and a hard
right on the body. Then he sent an
other left to the face and. breaking
from clinch. sent his left to the face.
Terry forced the fighting, battering
Erne all over the ring. and with ter
rife punch over the heart and a left
swing on the head he sent Erne to the
floor, where the lightweight champion
lay for nine seconds.
When he got up Erne's face was COW
cred with blood. but Terry was re-
morSeless. The Brooklyn Terror
bounced on his opponent and rained
leftS and rights on head, face and neck,
While Erne was unable to send back a
decent counter Terry kept forcing him
and landed another hard jab over the
heart and with right and left to head
coWned the Buffalo man once more.
Again Erne took nine seconds of the
count but he came up groggy and
practically bewiIdered. TER, made
another of his rushes. but before he
could pat a finishing blow. Erne's sec
onds threw I'M the sponge and saved
their man from being knocked out
Time OF round, minutes Is seconds.