The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
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TERRY M'GOvERN,s VICTORY AT
SAN FRANCISCO ADDED NOTH-
ING TO HIS FAME
HAD EVERYTHING HIS WAY
Outlook for Meeting Between the
Heavyweights Is Dubious
MCCOY and Mitchell in
Vaudeville.


Mccoy and Mitchell in
Vaudeville.
The victory Of Terry McGove-n over
Aurelia Herrera at San Francisco We'd
nesday night does not add materially to
the fame of the little terror from Brook
lyn. From the dispatches, and all Of them
agree on this one point, it was all Nc
Govern from going to count-out, AMI at no
stage of the combat did the Bakersfield
phenomenon" have Iook-in at any
thing, save the short end of the purse.
Today the sporting and lay world holds
up hands In holy horror, and acc aims
with singular unanimlty that the
match should never have been made,
and that the morsel served the coast
fight followers was but pie for Terry.
or course it was. McG0Vern had the
fight won before the men shook hands.
Herrera never seriously considered his
chances of winning, and contented him
self with fairly fat losers end as
balm for his battered face and rain-rack-
ed short ribs. And yet he was tbs 2est
man of his weight on the coast, with
record untarnished by even kn1ck-
down before his meeting with the Brook
Ign battering ram
Today men who have no appreciate
knowledge of McGovern's worth as bit
Of pugilistic property are insisting that
he again meet Frank Erne, allowing the
lightweight champion to come in at the
limit allotted his class-13S pounds.
Harris, the man who successfully pill Z
ed the .McGovern craft from comparative
obscurity to its present eminence, VIZ do
nothing Of the sort. He knows-and 80
do THAT his man can fight and fight
strong at 122 pounds weighing in at
o'clock on the. day Of the battle. If there
is enough money in sight. and if there
are any who deem this an impos.foie
weight for McGoVern to make, let them
name some one-known or unknown-and
make the wager tempting enough, and a
match can be had at 122 pounds rinSs1de
1t would take some work for McGovern
to reach this notch, but reach 1t he can
and in such shape that his strength. VIII
suffer none by the work. Why, then,
argues Harris should he give away eight
to eleven pounds to a man whom he has
already Tbeaten-to a man confeS-edIy the
best lightweight in theworld? 1t is pure
ly commercial proposition with Harris
Beaten by a man with chance at y s
legitimate weight would send McGovern's
stock down, while a second victory would
add no credit to a little fighting machine
slrcharged with this sort of adulation
and inane alteration. Harris thinks Erne
has cinch on any man in the light
weight division McGovern, al the talk
to the contrary, is featherweight, a
bit heavy for an every day battle inside
the arbitrary limit, true, but a feather
weight nevertheless.
met Herrera on the coast ~ st Feb
ruary. He is a stockily butt little
Sic1lian, with, broad shoulders and a
fighters face. He told me that he knew
nothing about the science or niceties OF
the game, but had an abiding faith IN
his ability to whip any manein the ooun-
try at his weight.
1T no fear McGovern," be explained
How long do you think you would last
before him." I asked.
'Till he or me get licked he elueidat-
ed. II have jaw. So have he. He got
wallop Me, too. You soak on jaw ana
he no different from other men,"
From the reports Herrera was not
whipped by the set teeth or demoniacai
glowering Of Terrible Terry.
McGovern had the wallop, Herrera the
jaw, and when the twain had met a sur
ficient number of times, the Bakersfield
alien, like others before him, succumb-
ed. --ss~ss ---7------s
In the meantime it would be just as
well to stop bounding McGo1ern with
the Erne, bugaboo. AS long as Harris
acts as booking agent for McGovern,
there will be no battle between the
y
The outlook for a heavyweight cham
pionship@ battle44in the near future is
dubious, to say the least. AT one mo-
mert tlhe rallch-deluded public is inform
ed that the prospects for a meeting be-
tween Jeff1Ges and Rubin at San Fran
cisco are excellent. The next a state
ment is issued that Jeffries will probably
fight Madden's g. ant in the East. Then
JeffrfeS comes to the fore and observes
languidly that while he is ready to
fight anybody at any time, yet he feels
boxing game is in such bad order
throughout the country that he Is be-
coming ashamed, of his profession and
will in all likelihood retire from the
ring.
This comes well from the ex-boiler-
maker, who would be hammering away
on rivets up to the present time were it
not that his ponderous fists beat a pas
sage for his huge carcass into the lime
light glare Of public observation At
the same time Jeffries's remarks will de-
eeiye nobody. There Is. little, if any, fear
of his retiring from the ring as long as
there is a dollar to be made inside the
ropes. The fact of the matter is that
The heavyweight stars are growing des
There is little. call for their services
while boxing. is lin it's present stage of
ostracism. Therefore they resort to diff
ferent methods of advertising to keep
their names fresh in the minds of ring
patrons. ,ea,s
Kid Mccoy and Charley Mitchell as
was to be expected are doing vaudeville
stunts together This is merely a, pre-
Iiminary to the opening of the saloon
which the artful twain will manage at
Buffalo during the expos tion.
Mitchell is busy telling confdtng re-
porters how good he is at the present
time and that he will whip Jim Corbett
into fits when he meets the ex-ohamp on
again, which is part and parcel OF the
plan of campaign mapped out by Charles
and the aStute Kid.
Mitchell has no intention of participa-
ting in a genuine Queensbury ring en-
counter again. However well he might
show UP in an exhibition sparIing
match it is dollars to doughnuts that
Englands former boxing champion
would cut poor figure in fight for
decision There was a time when Nit
che1l ranked with the best Of the lead
ing heavyweighIs. But that was many
years ago. Charles has reached that
stage in the pugilistic game when it be-
hooves5 him to, take to the Shelf and be
quiet Nobody realizes this fact better
than. does the crafty little Britisher HIM
self.
But he knows that in order to keep
himself in public view he must still pre-
tend to be an active factor in the game
of fsticuffs He and Mccoy will bios
som forth as joint patrons OF saloon
in Buffalo during the exposition. In
order to- draw trade to, the thirst cure
establishing Mitchell's name must still
shine forth as a star of the rOped arena.