The age-herald., 1900-07-17
M'GOVERN TOO
 STRONG FOR ERNE
It Was a Case of Boxer Against
 Fighter.
END CAME IN THE THIRD
Erne Was Trained Down Too Much and Couldn't Stand the Hurricane Rushes from Terry.-A
 Lively Scrap

1 New York July 16.-Once more a fighter
 pitted against a boxer has clearly demon
 strated the superiority of the fighter. To-
 night in the presence of 14,000 people in
 Madison Square Garden Terry McGovern
 of Brooklyn defeated Frank Erne of Buff
 falo, the lightweight champion of the
 world. It was a hurricane fight from bell
 to bell, without a seconds let-up except
 when of the contestants was lying on
 the floor of the ring. McGovern adopted
 the tactics which he said he would He | rushed in on Erne at the very beginning, | and sent left and right in such quick suc- | cession that Erne, fast as he is, was non | plussed Erne undoubtedly is the cleverer | of the two but his cleyerness availed him | nothing against the bulldog rushes and | fierce attacks of the little feather-weight | champion. Erne of course, trained far be- l low his usual weight as he had agreed to meet McGovern at 12S pounds which is five | pounds below the lightweight limit. In doing this many believed that the strain would be too much for the Buffalo lad, and that McGovern, who is rugged and tena- | cious, would surely beat him down. | Many of the wise ones compared Erne | reduction of weight with that of Joe Vol colt when the latter trained down some | years ago to 131 pounds in order to meet | Kid Lavgne in the lightweight class | Wolcott made mistake on this occasion, | for Lavigne cut him to pieces.
 l Tonight Erne said he weighed only 1261a | pounds but declared that he was in excel | lent condition
 McGove1n, on the contrary, was at about his best fighting weight, 123 pounds, and | he was never in better condition in his life. | In the first round when Erne knocked Me- 1 Govern down with a blow the head and | the little fellow took the count before he | got up, the Erne rooters believed that their man would win. They believed McGovern would lose his head from this knock down. | but they were mistaken, as the result | proved.
 | McGovern got up with grin on his face and sailed right in with terrific force. He | played sad havoc with Ernes body and was satisfied to stand blows in the face as | long as he could reach Ernes wind. | In the second round Erne broke ground | several times, but alwoys came back with | dangerous left or right for Terrys head. l The fighting was so fast that 1t was i'm possible to keep track of the blows, but | Terry landed three blows to Ernes two. | In clinches, which were frequent, both men l were guilty of holding, but McGovern was | the only one to be cautioned by the referee. | Toward the close of the round Terry put | a hard one over Ernes heart and a stiff | right hook to the body which weakened | Erne.
 Fought Faster Than Ever
 | In the third round, which proved to be
 the last, Terry fought faster than ever He
 was up to his man all the time, grnning
 when he got a punch well as when he | was sending one in. When he fioored Erne | for the first time it looked if the latter
 would not be able to resume hostilities, but
 he arose to his feet fairly strong and tried
 to offset McGoverns advantage. It was | futile attempt, however, as McGovern soon l had him in trouble again, as he f1oored him
 once more with blow the jaw and 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 l tried hard to regain his feet His mouth l and nose were bleeding profuSely, and in
 addition to his struggle for wind the blood | was running from his throat and partly
 choking him. By almost superhuman effort
 Erne got to his feet, but he was in sore l distress. It was now evident that Erne was | a beaten man, and McGovern started in to | finish him. Terry sent smash to the face l which landed on Erne's nose, and with
 couple of blows the little fellow paved the | way for knockout swing, but Ernes sec l onds, seeing their man had enough, also l threw up the sponge and saved the Swiss l boxer from a knockout.
 In the early betting Erne was an even | money chance, but he was soon made a l fayorite at 10 to 2. When the men left the
 ring to go to their respective dressing
 rooms they were escorted by a score of po- | licemen, who had to fight the crowd in | order to make a passage way.
 | When Erne returned to the dressing room | it was found that his nose was badly l smashed and his month hut otb tbar | marks were visible his body As for | Terry, the only mark he showed was an
 abrasion of the skin over the collar bone | the right side.
 Fight by Rounds
 Round Terry rushed in and planted | left hook on Barnes face. He tried again. | but was short. Both fiddled, and Terry l jumped in and sent left and right to head.
 Erne stabbed his left and crossed his head,
 and they mixed it up at close range and
 exchanged lefts and rights head and | body. Terry sent left to head, and Erne
 crossed his right to McGovern, flooring
 him. McGoyern took the count, resting on l one knee, and was up, then swinging left and right to head. The fighting was now | fast and furious, Erne's nose bleeding.
 After rattling miX-up, Terry hooked his
 left to body with terrific force shaking up
 Erne from his heels to his head. The bell
 found them in hot rally.
 Round 2-Terry rushed in, sending both
 hands to the head. Erne sent left to face | Both lar(1ed right on head and went to a
 clnch, cC\ning out in the breakaway Terry
 hooked his right to the head, Erne coun-
 terng with left. Terry rushed in again
 and was cautioned for holding. Erne swung I hard right on Terry's head. Terry sent
 his right to the body, and Erne made a
 wild s@ng. which missed the mark Both
 were fighting at terrific pace and the
 blows came fast as hailstones in a July l iahhinO | lefts and rights to Erne's body while Erne | was punching him in the face. Terry took
 his meGcine with a grin and still kept ham,
 mering on the body. At the bell Erne
 showed signs of weakness, while Terry was | strong and sugged