The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-17
THREW UP THE o
ERNE's SECONDS SAVED THEIR MAN
FROM A KNOCKOUT.
Terry Had Battered Him All
over the Ring for Three Fast
and Furious

NEW Yp1K. July 1s.-once more a fight
er against a boxer has demonstrated the
superiority of the fighter. Tonight, in the
presence of fourteen thousand 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. MCCOY
ern 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 succession that Erne. fast as he is.
was nonplussed. Erne undoubtedly is the
more clever of the two. but his cleverness
availed him nothing against the bulldog
rush and fierce attacks of the little feath-
er-weight champion. Erne, of course.
trained far below his usual weight, as he
had agreed TO meet McGovern at 12S. which
is five pounds below the lightweight limit.
In doing this many believed the strain
would be too much for the Buffalo lad. and
that McGovern. who is rugged and ten
acious. would surely beat him down. Many
of the wise ones compared Erne's reduction
of weight with that of Joe Wolcott when
the latter trained Town some years ago to
131 pounds in order to meet Kid Layigne in
the lightweight class. Walcott made a
mistake on this occasion. for Lavigne cut
him to pieces.
Tonight Erne said he weighed only 1851
pounds. but he declared that he was in ex-
cellent condition. The fight by rounds:
Round Terry rushed in and planted a
left hook on Erne's face. He tried again
but was short. Both iddled and Terry
jumped in and sent left and right to head.
Erne stabbed his left and crossed his head
and they mixed 1t up at close range and
exchanged lefts and rights on head and
body. Terry sent left to head and Erne
crossed his right TO McGovern. flooring
him. McGovern took the count. resting on
one knee, and was up. then swinging left
and right to head. The fighting was fast
and furious. Erne's nose bleeding. After a
rafting mix-up Terry hooked his left to
the body with terrific force. shaking up
Erne from his heels to his head. The bell
found them in a hot rally.
Round &Terry rushed in. sending both
hands to the head. Erne sent his left to
the face. Both landed right on head and
went to a clinch. Coming out on the break
away Terry hooked his right to the head.
Erne countering with left. Terry rushed
in again and was cautioned for holding.
Erne swung a hard right on Terry's head.
Terry sent his right to the body and Erne
made a wild swing which missed the mark.
Both were fighting at terrific pace and the
blows came fast. Terry was jabbing and
hooking lefts and rights to Erne's body.
while Erne was punching him I'm the face.
Terry took his medicine with a grin and
N
bell Erne showed signs of weakness, while
Terry was strong and rugged.
Round 3-Terry rushed but missed a left
hook: then he sent a left and right to the
chest, Erne countering on the neck with
his left. Terry put a straight left on the
face and a hard right on the body. Then
he sent another left to the face. and,
breaking from a clinch, Terry sent his left
to the face. Terry forced the fighting. bat
tering Erne all over the ring. and with a
terrific punch over the heart and a left
swing on the head he sent Erne to the
floor. where the lightweight champion lay
for nine seconds. When he got up Ernes
face was covered with blood. but Terry
was remorseless. The Brooklyn fighter
pounced on his opponent and rained lefts
and rights on head. face and neck while
Erne was unable to send back A decent
| counter. Terry kept forcing and landed an
other hard stab over the heart. and with
right and left to head downed the Buffalo
| boy once more. Again ERIE took nine Sec
onds of the count. He came up practically
| unable TO defend himself. Terry made an
other one of his rushes, but before he could
| put a finishing blow Erne's second threw
up the sponge and saved their man from
being knocked out. Time OF rounds, 2 min
utes, Is seconds.