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BLOWS FILL LIKE HAL|G GRIEF and RESENTMENT
HURRICANE RING BATTLE BE-
TWEEN TWO FAST LITTLE
MEN
M'GovERN DEFEATED ERNIE
BROOKLYN Terror Won in Three
Rounds I'm His Handicap Match
With the Lightweight Cham.
DiOn-Never in Danger.

NEW YORK. July 16.-Tonight In the
presence of 1900 persons, in Madison
Square Garden, Terry McGovern, OF
Brooklyn, defeated Frank Erne, Of Buff
falo. the lightweight champion of the
world. 1t was a hurricane fight from
bell to bell, without a seconds let up
except when one of the contestants was
lying upon the floor of the ring.
McGovern used the tactics he said he
would. He rushed in on Erne at the
very beginning, and sent left and right
in such quick succession that Erne, fast
as he is, was nonplussed
Erne undoubtedly is the cleverer OF
the two, but his cleverness availed him
nothing against the bulldog rushes and
fierce attacks of the little featherweight
champion
Erne, of course, trained far below his
usual weight, as he had agreed to meet
McGoyern at 1923, which is five pounds
below the lightweight limit In doing
this many believe that the strain would
De too much for the Buffalo boy. and
t1at McGoYern, who is rugged and tena-
clous' 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
ooWn some years ago to 131 pounds ir
oroer TO meet Kid Lavlgne in the light.
"eisht class. Walcott made mistake
on that occasion, for Lavfgne cut him to
pieces -iiA -
Tonight Erne said that he weighed only
4ZO12 pounds, but declared that he was IN
excellent condition. -
McGoVern was at about his best fight.
ing weight, 123 pounds, and he was neve,
IN better condition in his life. In the
ilrsI round when Erne knocked McGov
ern down with a blow on the head anf
the little fellow took the count befor.
ne got up the Erne rooters believed tina
tnelf man would win. They believed
that McGovern would lose his head from
THIS knockdown, but they were sadly mis-
taken, as the result proved. McGoyerr
got dp with grin on his face. anf
sailed right in with terrific force. TT,
prayed sad havoc with Erne's BODY. anf
was satisfied to stand blows in the fac,
rs long as ne could reach Erne's wind.
ERNIE BREAKS GROUND.
In the second round Erne broke ground
several times, but always came bacl
Win dangerous left or right for Terry,
mead The fighting was SO fast that /
was impossible to keep track of tn.
blows, but Terry landed three blows t,
Erne's two. In clinches, which wer,
frequent, both menGwere guilty of hold
ing, but McGovern was the only one t,
be cautioned by the referee. Towar,
the close of the round Terry put a har,
one over Erne's heart and a stiff RICH
lower on the body, which weakene,
Erne
In the third round, which proved to h.
the last, Terry fought faster than ever
He was up to his man all the time
grlnn1ng When he got punch as well a
when he was sending one in. When h
noored Erne for the first time it locke,
as If the latter would not be able t
resume hostilities, but he arose to hi
feet, fairly strong, and tried to offse
McGoVern's advantage. 1t was a fulfil
attempt, however, as McGovern soon ha
him in trouble again as he fioored hir
once more with a blow on the law an
left over the heart.
ERNE GOING.
Erne got up on his knees and reste
on his right hand. With his mouth wild
open he gasped for breath and tried har
to regain his feet His mouth and nos
were bleeding profusely, and in addition
to his struggle for wind the blood wa
running down his throat and partly chok
ing him. By almost superhuman effor
Erne got to his feet, but he was in scr
Distress
1t was, now evident that Erne was
beaten man, and McGovern started in t
finish him. Terry sent smash to tn
face which landed on Ernes nose, an
with a couple of blows the little felloy
| paved the way for a knockout swing, bu
Erne's seconds, seeing their man had al
ready enough threw up the sponge an
spared the boxer from a knockout.
In the early betting McGovern was a.
even money chance, but he was 500
made favOrite at 10 to 7.
When the men left the ring to go t
their respective dressing rooms the,
were escorted by a score of policemen
who had to fight the crowd in order t.
make a paSSageway
When Erne returned to the dressing
room 1t was found that his nose wa
badly smashed and his mouth cut, blu
no other marks were visible on his body
AS for Terry, the only mark he showet
was an abrasion Of the skin over the col
larbone on the right side.
FAST AND FURIOUS FIGHT.
NEW YORK. July 16.-Round TER,
rushed in and planted a left hook OF
Erne's face. He tried again, but wa
short. Both fddled, and Terry jumpe,
in and sent left and right to head Err
STABBED MS left and crossed his right
and they mixed at close range and ex
changed lefts and rights on head an
body. Terry sent left to head and Ern
crossed his right to MeGovern, hoorin
him. McGovern took the count, risini
on one knee, then up, swinging left an
right to head. The lighting was nov
fast and furious, Erne's nose bleeding
After rafting mix-up Terry hooked hi
left to body with terrific force, shakin
Erne from his heels to his head. TIL
bell found them in hot rally.
Round 2-Terry rushed in, sending bot
hands to the head. Erne sent his left t
the face. Both landed rights on head
and went to a clinch. Coming out on tn
breakaway Terry broke his right to tn
head, Erne countering with left. TER
rushed in again, and was cautioned 70
holding. Erne swung a hard right o
the body, and Erne made a wild swim
which missed the mark. Both wer
fighting at terrific pace and the blow
came as fast as hail stones IN a Jul
storm. Terry was jabbing and hoolin
| lefts and rights to Erne's body, Will
Erne was punching him in the face
! Terry took his medicine with a girl
| and still kept hammering on the bod!
! At the bell Erne showed signs of weak
ness, while Terry was strong and rug
| ged.
ERNIE BEATEN.
Round 3-Terry rushed In but missed
| left hook, then he sent a left and rigf
to the chest, Erne countering on the nee
| with his left. Terry put straight lei
! on the face and a hard right on tn
body. Then he sent another left to tn
! face and, breaking from q clinch, Teri
sent l1ia left fO tho Torl-Ir foroo