Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12

any keen judge of the fighting man will
admit. after regarding McGoverns ply
sque. character and style, that he is the
greatest fighter that ever put up a fist
greater than Savers. than jackson. than
Fitzsimmons. than Dempsey. than Ryan.
than Mccoy, Corbett. Jeffries. Sharkey;
far greater than any IF tn, great fight
els who. by their exceeding prowess. left
their mark stamped indelibly on the
craven records of the ring. McGovern is
greater because his style of fighting is
superior to any and all of their styles.
considered separately and in combina-
ton. and. besides. his physique is emf
nently calculated to endure unlimited ex-
ertion and unstinted punishment.
Pat Sheedy. who was once John l.. Sui
livan's manager. and one of the best
friends that the big fellow ever had-he
has precious few now. for which no one
is to blame but himself-intends taking
up his residence indefinitely in the city
of Buenos Ayres. Pat for several years.
has been entertaining the gentlemen of
wealth who like to buck the tiger and
to ''gambol on the green" in Cairo. Con-
stantnople. and at the Paris exposition.
He is as big as Jim Jeffries at present
and veritabe picture of perfect physi-
cal manhood. To use his own words, he
is long on health
Dan Stuart, who has been hibernating
as it were. for year or more. now shows
signs of pugilistic activity. and some of
his friends say that he intends pulling
off a number of fights in Carson City be-
tween now and summer time. Stuart is
warm friend of Bob Fitzsimmons. and
has great influence over him. 1t is not
unlikely that if Fitzsmmons ever enters
the ring again it will be with the winner
of the big contest at Cincinnati. If the
present champion should retain the belt
which is. l think. more than proba ble
what a sensation another fight between
Jeffries and Fitz would create: it may be
that Stuart is figuring on this very thing.
mo pugilist or athlete of any age
seems to have been capable of mainta aim
ing such continued action at concert
pitch as McGovern. Sharkey is good
deal of an iron man. His ability to travel
long routes at top speed was once mar
velous. But even in this speciality Nc
Govern seems to have him outc,assed
Few men can slug and hit, dance and
duck. even through a round. without
showing signs of fatigue. McGovern
can round after round, at hitting and
trying. every instant of the time. with
out showing the slightest fatigue.
Internationally McGovern is the
cleanest and most perfect of hitters and
the most natural of actors in the furnace
of the ring.
His style of hitting is without flaw.
, He hits easily. cleanly, accurately and
With great power Left or right hand. his
power, style, speed and delivery are
alike. He hits from position without CIV
ing the slightest Indication of where he
intends his blow to land, or when he in
tends to start it going. There is no tell
tale shoulder duck or body swing to tele-
graph his blows. He stands straight and
hits straight without the slightest APP
parent effort. Then, his eye is always on
the spot he aims at He never ducks
counter as he speeds a lead. He always
waits for the lead to land before making
any effort to avoid the counter. His hand
follows his eye with great fidelity. He
rarely misses a blow through wildness or
misjudgment of distance or location. 1t
takes a block to ward his blows away.
"A
! 1t. McGovern's defense is concealed in
his offense. His hitting is so rapid that
his hands seem to fill space and to pre-
vent driven counters coming to him.
Then when attacked it is human nature
to defend. His opponents are always at
tackled Therefore they spend more time
defending than in counter-a:tackng. In
deed. it would seem that the counter
ho ha n w
McGovern could be successfully met. He
attacks SO necessarily and in such force
that passing defense alone can scarcely
hope to withstand his incessant bonn
bardment and to stave off the tremendous
weight of metal he pours upon the be-
seged object.
with the tremendous lungs, of rarely
symmetrical build. with strong jawbones
and powerful Uranium. MeGovern is hard
to hurt. His conformation is not unique,
like that of Fitzsimmons. He is perfectly
formed from the ground up. His legs are
of q size in uniformity with his body. His
waist, chest and shoulders display no
muscular abnOrmaity. He is not pro-
tected by great muscles, as Sharkey is.
nor gifted with huge shoulders. as Fitz-
simmons is His ability to travel and
stay and take punishment is hidden in
his tremendous vitality. He has power.
full heart. Upon the ability of the heart
to pump blood into the vessels of the
limbs and chest depends the endurance
of an athlete. Giant muscle has but little
to do with abetting the power Of endur-
ance Muscles are useless unless the
heart can supply them with steam. They
are the inert cylinders. 1t is the boiler
which supplies the power. McGovern is
boy of limited mentality. His one impress
sive characteristic is determination. lie
knows but one thing. That is to conquer
He never thinks of defeat. He thinks
but of conquest, and rapid conquest too