The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-17
FIGHTER t.E VS.. BOXER
And as Usual the Fighter IlGcGov-
ern) Wins Over the Boxer (Erne).
n Hurricane Fight Of Three

AND as Obu6l LHS = b AsSA : NtuSS'oIN-I
ern) Wins Over the Boxer (Erne).
a Hurricane Fight Of Three
Rounds. M
NEW YORK, July 16-once more q
fighter p!.,ed againsta boxer hats clear--
" Demonstrated the superiority { Of the
fighter. Tonight, In the presence Of
$4,000 persons in Madison Square Cars
den, Terry McGovepn, OF Bropkiyn, de-
feated Frank Erne. of Buffalo. lights
weight champion, Of the worlds 1t was
\ hurricane fight from bell to bell, With
ou, seconds let up expect when one
Of tic contestants WIS lying on thu
1loor OF the ring. McGovern adopted
the tactics he said he Mould. He rush.
ed In on Erne at the very beginning
aud sent left and right In such quick
succession that Erne, fast as he is, was
nonplussed: Ernie undoubtedly is the
clcvcrer Of the two, but his. Steverness
awaited him nothing againgt the bull
dog rushes and fierce attacks q the lit
tie feather. weight champion. Eroc. OF
course. trained far below his usual
weight, as he had agreed tbIght Nc
Z Govern at 12S pounds, Which IS five
pounds below the lightweight limit. In
doing this many persons believed that
the strain. would be too much for the
Buffalo lad ind that cGovern, who is
rugged, and tenacious, would surely
beat him down. Many Of the wise ones
compared Erne's reduction OF. weight To
that OF Joe Walcott when. the latter
trained down soma years;,pgo to 1917
pounds In order to meet .,tSid Lavigne
in the lightweight class.t Walcott
made mistake on the occasion for
Layigne cut him to pieces.
To- night Ernc said that he weighed
{ only 1857 pounds, but he declared that
he was in excellent condition.
Round 1. Terry rushed: in1und plant.
ed a left hook on Erne's5nface He
tried again, but was short: Both fld-.
died. and Terry jumped IN and sent.
right and left to head, Fine Jabbed
his left and crossed his right on the
head, and they mixed It UP at close
range, and exchanged leftsiand rights
on head and body. Terry: sent left to
head and Erne crossed his right to
McGoSern's head. flooring him. Nc
Govern tok the count. resting on one
knee, and was up then swinging left
and right to head. The fighting was
Il now fast and furious, Erne's nose
i bleeding After rattling IEmix up
4 Terry hooked his left to thsfbody with
terrific force, shaking ups Efne from
4 his heels to his head. The bell found
them in hot rally.
81, Round .. Terry rushed In. sending
Sboth hands to the head. !. Erne sent
fBfis left TO the face. Both landed right
ION head. and went TO a clIneh. coming
Enut.on the breakaway. TerrX hooked
his right to the head, Erre countering
with left. Terry rushed in again.; and
was cautioned for holding. Erne
swung a hard right on Terry's head.
#Tcrry sent his right to the body, and
Erne made I wild swing. which missed
the mark. Both were fighting at
Terrific pace. and the blowa came as
fast; as hailstones in storn. Terry
s4was jabbing and hooking lefts and
Srights TO Erne's body. while Ernc was
punching him in the face, Terry took
his medicine with grim. and stIl kept
shammcring on the body.cn AT the bell
Ernc showed signs of weakness, while
Terry was strong and rugged.
Round 3. Terry rushed. but missed 4
$ left hook TEen he sent n left and
right to the chest. Erne countering on
s the neck with his left. Terry put 4
straight left to the face and a hard
! right to the body. Then hR. sent another
s left to the face, and breaking from 4
& clinch Terry sent his LETT TO the face
Z Terry forced the fighting. battcring
y his opponent all over thering. and with
a terrific punch over the heart and 4
+. left swing on the, head, he sent Erne
/ TO Sthe floor. where the lightweight
champion stayed for nine seconds.
When he got up Erne's face was COW
cred with blood. but Terry was remorse-
less. The Brooklyn terror pounced on
his opponent, and rained lefts and
rights on head. face and neck, while
Erne was unable to send hack decent
counter. Terry kept forcing, and landed
another hard stab over the heart. and
with right and left to head. downed
the Buffalo boy once more. Again
Erne took nine seconds or the count.
But he came up groggy. and practlc-
ally unable to defend himself. Terry
made another one OF his rushes, but
before he could put finishing blow
Erne's seconds threw up the sponge,
and saved their man from being
Knocked out. Time Of round, two min
utcs and eighteen seconds.