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were in the building at 10 o'clock and
stripped for the battle. McGovern's Sec
onds were Sam Harris, Charlie Mayhood,
Danny Dougherty. and Charley Lee.
Erne's handlers were Jimmy Fitzpatrick,
George Saltz, and Frank zimpfer.
When the men got on the scales Erne
was stripped to the skin. He did not
move the beam at all. Neither did Nc
| Govern, who had on sweater, trousers, and
| shoes. 1t was estimated that Erne weigh
ed 127 1-2 and McGovern all OF 125.
| When the men were introduced there
was the usual cheering. There was no
| preliminary argument, and they were
ready to shake hands at 1910 o'clock.
| Round 1.-McGovern started with rush
and Erne put quick left in the face. The
| blow rather pulled Terry up. but soon he
was after his man right and left in mix
up. Erne blocked few Of the blows, but
they came so fast that he was forced to
/ cIinch. Again McGovern rushed in like
tiger, but Erne blocking him again, shook
him with left in the chin and McGovern
went to his knees for full count. Terry
was laughing when he got up and ran into
a clinch. He did not wait but bored in
with heavy swings again, a right catching
Erne on the jaw and making him stagger
McGovern put in right and left to the nose
and brought the blood. Then he piled in
with more swings that were frighful in
power and Erne clinched for all he was
worth. McGovern cut loose with smashes
in the body and on the jaw until Erne
held on in clinches. A right to the body
brought another clinch from Erne and q
! heavy left on the nose covered Ernes face
with blood. McGovern was too fast in his
attack and his blows were heavier in every
way than those of the lightweight cham
pion.
Round Halloween rushed IN with
swings for the head. Erne clinched him,
and they roughed it with hands free, Erne
reaching the jaw with a heavy left. Nc
Govern drove him against the post with
a hard rush. Erne shot in hard left to
Terry's nose. McGovern missed couple
of wild swings and Erne caught him on the
ear with swinging left. They were
ciinched again and then spared a mo-
ment, McGovern rushing and receiving a
stiff left on the throat which sent his
head back Terry ran in again. but this
time Erne roughed 1t with him and missed
tremendous right for the Jaw Meow
ern, instead OF breaking ground ran in
with swing in the head. Erne met two
more rushes with straight lefts well de-
livered, but McGovern did not retreat.
Erne's tactics had changed and he was
lighting his man solely with his left hand
at long range. He was effective at this
style. and the crowd broke into cheering
Still McGovern did the fighting to the end
Round 3.-McGovern started the game
again with a left for the head and right
into the stomach. Erne had no time to
block them. but as Terry advanced again
he shot a straight left to the face and
put the right over. missing the jaw. Me-
Govern stepped in close again, and with
tremendous right he split open Erne's
nose. They got into a clinch and Me-
Govern lifted Erne off the floor. Terry
was after his man with a right and left
now, and fought Erne into repeated
clinehes. McGovern stood close and ripped
in right and left to the head. Erne clinch-
ing and holding fast. McGovern coun-
tered hard On the ribs and stomach. and
with a left on the jaw made Erne stagger
Erne was game and fought back with
desperation. McGovern smashed him on
he jaw with right and left and knocked
him down. Erne was bleeding from tIS
nose and mouth and took full cunt
When he got up McGovern sailed into
him like a demon. Erne was choking |
from blood and gasping for breath. Nc |
Govern smashed him heavily on the jaw /
and Erne stood up for fierce mix-up. He /
WIS dazed but piucky to the last. Nc
Govern rained the blows upon him with
binding rapidity. Erne was literally
beaten to the floor. Tho blood gushei out
of his mouth and nose In stream. Me-
Govern was ready for him as soon rs he
got upon his feet, and with a volley of
treme ndous snashes in the face he made
the lightweight champion reel like a
drunken man. Down fell Erne for the
third time, his knees weakened so that
he could noe keep his feet, and his face
was bathed in gore.
AS he struggled up once more, one Of
his seconds mercifully threw up the sponge
and ended the fight. McGovern was pro-
the winner. Erne's nose was
broken, which was probably the reason why
his seconds thought it best for him not
to continue hopeless fight. Mc(iovern
bore no marks, but he was pulling con-
when the end came. The time
Of the round was 2 minutes and is seconds