The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
RYDER'S CHICAGO GOSSIP
READABLE LETTER ABOUT THE
COMING WHITE-MGOVERN MILL
AND OTHER SPORTS
HARD GAME FOR TERRY
St. Paul in the Days When John
Barnes Was Running and j. j.
Ahern Used Snow
Shoes.

CHICAGO, April 14-CSpecial AFTER
an hour or more spent in the gymnasium
where Tommy White is getting into con-
dition for his six-round fight with Terry
McGovern at the Tattersall's building.
Tuesday evening. have reached the con-
clusion that it's up to McGovern. If
White does not get an even break, mean
ing draw, he will certainly give the
Brooklyn Terror the hardest fight of his
career.
This is the first tirne that McGovern
has gone so far above his class in weight
limit to get fight, and the result is
awaited with feveriSh interest all over the
country, for White is acknowledged to
be the eIeverest of the little men.
McGovern met 'Pedlar" Palmer, the
English champion, at the bantam limit,
or; at least. as near as they could make
the weights in postponing the fight. Nc
Govern weighed in at 1852 pounds on the
original day set for the fight, and prob
ably added four more by the postpone
ment of a day. McGovern and Dixon
fought at us pounds and this was the
lowest weight Dixon had made for years
The Brooklyn lad will never make The
bantamwelght limit again, and after his
fight with Dixon announced that he had
resigned the championship.
There are several interesting facts con-
neeted with Dixon's winning and holding
this championship He fought Nunc Wal
lace in London for the English and Amer
lean championship at the original ban
tamweight iinit-112 pourds, give or take
two Dixon weighed in at 113 and Wal
lace at 1l2 pounds. Dixon fought Johnny
Murphy at ia pounds, and won the cham
pionship from Cal Mccarthy at lis
pounds. He wen from Frank Erne. the
present lightweight champion, in twen-
ty-1ve-round bout. Dixon weighing 122
and Erne 139, and later went twenty
rounds to a draw with Dal Hawkins. who
weighed 127, to 124 for the colored lad.
1t was Dixon who raised the bantam
weight limit from 113 to 11S pounds.
Dixon is frequently mentioned as con-
temporary of John L. Sullivan. This IS
a mistake. Sullivan won the champion
ship in 1882 and held II ten years-Feb
z. 1882. to Sept: 7. 1892, to be exact Dixon
defeated Eugene Hornbacher in Decem-
beT, 1889, so that while he was also a
champion for ten years, Sullivan held Eis
belt nearly six months longer than tho
colored lad.
WHITE GETS WEIGHT LIMIT.
In the fight with Eddie Santry the
weight was II pounds. and McGovern
looked to be carrying every ounces of the
allowance. This fight was for the feather
weight championship Of the world, as Nc
Govern had defeated Dixon and Santry.
having defeated Ben Jordan, who claim
ed the English title. were in dispute over
the honors In making the watch with
White, however, McGovern saw chance
to secure tho 126-pound championship
which White created a few years ago, and
then claimed 1t for himself Terry agreed,
however, TO let White come IN at 13o
pounds-weigh In at the ringside- At this
weight White Is positively a dangerous
proposition for any OF the little men. and
there are a whole lot among the light
weights that he could defeat at that
weight.
Tommy's greatest advantage is his
marvellous cleaverness, and his greatest
weakness is inability to hit hard, a fea-
ture of boxing in which McGovern exceis.