The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-09
Leu H(ljSENAN'S GOSSIP
,r,,E ,ycovERN-GANs FIGHT THE
TOPIC OF GENERAL IN tiNNH7A
IN RING CIRCLES
RYAN AND ROOTS NEXT FIGHT
os,ar Gardner on the Down Grade
ia Rraad's AIceting with
Callahan CauSed NO
Surprise.

CrYrf- AGO Dec S-iSpe -lai.) u al 01'0
=. fine rms are giving lite cohsluei 4 III
IN, now as TO whether OF not lla' sie'''1
tsitz has retired. They are mo-
-. tn memo. lie the dates ana ue '"ii"
ne MANY matches the cnanlp4'N 80
t;ss mas with Itunun or Snarhey .. 80
- $50 The announcement thal -
N.l>ov has tired OF England anu 80 80 -
x eanoislsg back with Charley MI -
ca~ed without comment. IANetl ISCtnau
1,e-is Of another boxing law Lof 800 -
peclS VI az a-'s+ad for future Ietereh~S
40 80 mere is just one proposi.tl2i.
.,+,e aoirating followers OIL the 1l"'-e
NC INST now That IS Ihe lev ''i ,
Itch in which Terry McGoNelH az" IN .s
ems will meet al Ia ttersal-s AeAC 49, .
dav niSht 1t will pllhg US ~ "a
>rS,,,7 ri the ring followers, ana TIC 0'e
cIeain the manly art from al over
80 .,nd for on all hands 1t is recos me-
% most sensational event lhaC no19
-, 9,raneed in many day. II - I1o
Modest contract that The astule anu "a
f,I can, Harris has yet arranged loL elie
nJ-e,7omenal little Brooklyn chap, anu ~ ~
r5,estion is asked by many: nan
.ql15oItai,ao too much?" Terry Is eaSllS
ul'tsi abCsd If sny6ody in the asses
for which nature has equipped hllI ~ -
++ar of stature Like A-eNanGei, Ho
ri~Le for new worlds. The hghtWtlslie
crown is the nearest thing IN sight Gu
he wants it. He disposed OF the cH<eiii.
NON in that division, Frank brhe' EuS
il was after the Buffalo BOY mao VI :"
himself UP by various means IN an
fort to reach the class III winch w ~
e,,n leads. At 12S pounds Elne was ain
1Iv and swiftly demonstrated to De no
match for the terrible one. Joe Cans Is
The recognized rival of Erne-thou2h ne
lest the championship TO him through
hard luck. 49,.
With Erne's scalp at his belt MCCOY
erl seeks Cans as the most formloap-e
OF the lightWeights, and agrees TO meet
him at the official weight, 1873 pounds. IL
Is no triaing work for Cans to make
that weight but he must and will do It.
Charley MANHOOD, McG0veTn's trainer,
says that his man will weigh not more
than i22 or 1913 pounds at Z O'Clock next
Thursday evening. He viii pick up
stray pound or so before glove time
Cans will take on three or four pounds In
the interim, and so it figures that he
ought to be from twelve to fourteen
pounds bigger than Terry. He will have
an advantage of three and half inches
III height, and as many in reach.
And for these reasons comes the ques-
ton: Isn't Terry cOnceding too much?
But when the other end of the handicap
Hasn't Cans cut off more than he can
devour? For this is the proposition in
which he finds himself involved: He must
dispose of Terry in six rounds or stand
loser. To dispose of Terry means to
stop him 1t viii take an accurately de-
liveTed and mighty punch to do the trick.
To win, McGovern must simply be in con-
dition to go on at the last bell. To lose, he
will have to sojourn on Queer street
ut CT
It would not be right for me to attempt
10 prognosticate In this matter. If It
Were-Wel, I'd be simply up in the air
But l look forward to a battle, the mem
DRY Of which will linger long in the minds
of those who witness it.
Terry says little. He refers all talking
to Sam but he is quoted as saving
that he will do some waiting and a good
deal Of defensive work. That is what he
said just before he met Erne But when
the latter 'biffed'' him on that brief pro-
boscis of his in an early stage, and in an
eXasperating manner, he forgot all about
ms prearranged plans and went to work
IN true McGovern style. The air was full
OF gloves. So was Erne's face. and his
mind, and his solar pIexus, and soon If
shouting.
McGovern is training in Milwaukee.
Cans here. And both are working in a
way that shows a full realizatin of the
hlonentous work they have before them
ana they Will face in the best fett1e In
thelr respective careers a crowd that
III 9'ells 20 break the TatterSalls record
On the same night Cans oonrade
Henry Lyons will meet Art Simms tbe
QhdeIeated Buckeye boy. and here ouobt
- "G a sclentlfc contest that will gladden.
NIcc,l l,aIIs OF the expert fanciers. And
1.oV'oN eIn comrade clever little DANNY
DauSnefty, VIII be seen. too In con+aSt
with Morris Rauch, the willing and fiont
carrying Chicago bantam, and severs1
otner bouts. New York Phi1a5o1n1ria
Flttsourg, Baltimore, Cincinnati Tonis
TIiIe' Indianapolis, Detroit, Omaha a.
-U1is' Kansas City and other big towns
~ oe represented at the rngside, Franz
ne VIII witness the show. So will
James j. Corbett, who will br,ner a WIN
eauoh from New York on a speciaI GOV
,,, 1NeIt to the the Cans McGovem handican
match at Tattersalls the most innor+ort
match in sight is the one raca,,+1,- '@iLl
ranged between Tommy RYAN and JanL
ROOT These two men have been matched
VI SeN erai occasions, and fought a dra w
III d SIX round contest at TattarsaIIs
Ei1efl tlme ago. There is but little douht
- they are very topnochers of the
O-oAil uiNlSlOl, ana the 90heranfS
. each are anxious to see them in q LONG
ASht Ryan is without do1Ibt the
S-eFtFest boxer in the business. and hi9
lo4s experience makes him dangerous
customer Tor anyone to meet His ONLY
cohqueror is Kid Mccoy. who for
ions unle acted as Ryan's sparjne mart
hef. Ryan had perhaps become so ac-
customed to looking upon the Kid as bis
5 ~ That when they met in Syracuse
olhmy was in no condition to do battle
with the clever Hoosier and as a CON
sequence was beaten. The pair after
WARDS met at Naspeth, and the Kid was
AGAIN a victor, although many of those
VINO witnessed the contest were of the
opinion that the decision was an unIust
one. At Tattersalls in June LAST tbay
again came together, this time in siy
round contest, and owing to a noisundar-
standing Mccoy was given another de-
cision, which was afterwards reversed
At that time Ryan showed to good ad-
vantage as he did on his last appearance
IN this city when he defeated Kid Car
ter, Of Brooklyn
Jack Root has been in the ring less
than three years and has never been de-
1eated He has won all of his fights
with one exception and then got a draw
with Tommy Ryan. He is recognized as
one Of the strongest and cIeverest men
who ever entered the ring. What he NAV
Ia * in experience he makes UP in hit