The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22


Old sporting maxim. "a match well made
g halls won" was never better demon
strated :han at Ihe Madison square Gar
den last Monday night when Frank Erne.
The I!gtt-wci-hs champion OF America, was
stopped in three rounds by Terry Mccoy
crn, the rrash-r-we.Slt champion. whom
the Ru.'a3criIn undertook To knock out
In ten rounds
Erne mad. a very bad match. He hit
OF more than he could chew. and the re-
sui; is that his ring career is furnished by
the record Of decisive defeat At the hands
Of u man in the class below him II Is
the most Notifying defeat any fighter
. las experienced el,cs the night Joe Wal
cctt. who undertook 10 stop KID I.avicne
81 l2S pounds was made 90 look like mir
~ cents badly stacked by the Saginaw
Kid
Erna undertook 10 fight al l2s pounds.
end ne made the weight well and good. He
was iii and strong. and | don't think the
reducing hurt him a particle. II was the
pace that killed him. Next 70 Jim Corhett
and Kid Mccoy. Erne i the best at FOOT
work Of any fighter Of the dav. His side
styrpinC out cf danger has mere than once
slvCd him from a Knockout blow from
men hCftisr than NrGoyern and fully as
HUSKY Monday night he abandoned his
fcatuorll entirely and tried to stand up and
slug with the BrookIynire. II WAS a fool
hardy IN lert2ki0s. Terry is Il better slug
ger to-day. size considered. than was John
/. Sullivan in his prime.
Last week I said that unless Erne had
Nctiovcru badly dazei br the enc Of the
fourth round Terry would win and would
yut his man hurS du coIrhat. hadn't the
Vacrest idea that the light weight would
cut loose and try to heat Terry by main
force. as L. id. | thought he would let
M'G"verH maxi The running. and evadins
lis PUSHES would Up0arcU; him as he came
IN. nail him on the joWls AZ long range.
Within 2 minute .rnm the first round of
VS. fi@f;in=. said 70 George Dixon, who
sat Il few seats from me-: Terry VIII do
him and Do him G'iickly." George. who was
= believer in En-" before tn" fight. only
shook hi head obviously II amt making
oHy -Yozs,s" Mas all he would reply
also said last week that if McCiovcrn
was ahic 10 reach Erne's 1.-THE body. good
ard bard. The end would he very near. He
did hn@y Frank quite sharply in the first
T"rCi hrt !; was in the second that he
GOT liz punch under his heart that hurt
.:rne dre.',:g!ly Frank had made stand
pr1~h 81 NcGovcrn hard left and right.
a ;h1.eh he intended TO put him out then
srf thor" He handed half a dozen stiff
hloNs en NcG0vern's face and Jaws. one
OF which shook Terry up psr-eptibly.
IN ne middle Of this fusiilade Terry got
T.: = i-i-.E.-iaGGer right under the region Of
Ere IS Beat. and Il made him gasp like
g fS, o1t Of water. The hell sounded and
inc m n went 10 t1eir chairs A great many
thought that this was clearly Erne's round.
ard il was. A. far as the number of blows
planted was concerned. Even sam Harris
appeared very apprshensive as he saw the
serious look on NcCiov-ru's face as ne
came ." his chair. felt satisfied then that
MU'iover:r's blows were the most effective
an1 walking over to where Tom O'Rourke
sat. | said: Terry IS going to win
- On g'wanS retorted O'Rourke. kindly.
You ar" from Erooklyn:. Brooklyn never
produced champion yet"
."You are off again. Tommy" I replied.
Johnny Dvyer was from Brooklyn. and he
was a ch'mnion. Terry McGovern is from
BROOKLYN. :nd he mo - your great little
champion, Dixon. GO to the floor in defeat
twice. and he'll 10 the trick with E'ne.'
when the gong sounded for the third
round | resumed nv seat. NcGovern was
eS Vicious as rattlesnake in mid-AugIst
as he answered thu summons TO the
scratch. Previous - This Sam Harris. his
sse s.: had been urging him to hit high"
hand smash in the middle of Frne's head.
which brought the gore in rudy streams.
THEN he swung LEFT and right and both
blows landed on Erne's iowls. Frank fought
back bitterly. h-t HIS blows dill not have
either ne precision or the persuasive force
McGov~rn in attack Ieaped into the air
Ike game cock, a. though the excitement
nf batue w3s stimulating him with gal
N.hlc force Every time he hit Erne a
short. :nappy sound followed. which told
how hard the blows were.
punch square the chin sent the lig-b.-
weight champion to the floor. His fice
showed trar he WIS ia great danger bu,
he gaspei for wind. and a he did so ~,
blood SPRAYED al over. He was down fuiiy
nine seconds Of the count, McGoyerE
watched the count 50 calmly and as IN
perturhed as though he was a spectator.
The instant Erne got 20 his feet Terry
was at kim again. -1erciless and relentless
on What . punching he gave, the Bura-
lcnian' Smash, hang. bif, thud. the blows
sounded. Three of his blows landed on
Erne.s face, and he fourth caught him
fair in the r1idriT. He tot,ered into a left
hook. and again he went TO the floor.
Terry calmly reciined against one of TIE
bas rl posts q The ring. and waited FIR
MIN 10 rise. Frank was nearly done for
when he ciambered To his feet. ana /
looked 20 see the end come Immediately Ne
tect his jaws. Their he made a wild swing
but it didn't come within yard OF Terry's
Terry went TO his man and sent in an
other hurricane Of blows. driving Erne he
floor, He was almost out. seeing which on on
OF his seconds, anxious TO spare him ,hs
Humiliation of an actual Knockout. SHE'D
his sponge 20 the middle of the ring IN
acknowledgement of defeat
Charley White, the referee at once GO
between the men and, touching NcCioyoro
lightly on the shoulder, said. It's your
fgnt; go to your corner
Terry hesitated a moment as though "a
doubt. Seeing the sponge he ccmprehsHdei
the situation, and running over to his corner
he began hugging Harris. A hundred me:l
the conquerors hand and the i Dolce had ssa5 Il;
they could do TO keeI, the crowd back from
him. '
Meanwhile. Erne's seconds p.cke5 hin, ~,
ana 0ragSed Elm 20 his corner and began
thsir work OF resusctatlng him.
There was hardly "A mark To he seen on
McJoveTns face ar body but E-ne wa
terribly beaten Hts nose was broken one
OF his eyes was nearly closed. his mouth
was split. and his body was badly Jumped
ana confused around the region of MS
heart and over his left kidney He was a
very badly beaten man
one OF the oldest things about the bon,
- was the fact that before they had fought A
minute EFne MAS compelled 10 clinch and
hold McGovern to save himself from pun
ishment. In the first round McGovern eo-
'ett-hand stab, and he slipped AT IN.
same moment TO his right knee. II wasn't
nock-down, though many thought IL
snch. He took nine of his count and then
Jumped up but before he got off his knee
Erne struck him. | have no idea thar
Frank really meant TO hit him foul think
thst ne was OF TIE opinion that McGovern
would get up sooner than he did ana that
the blow would catch him as he rose