The Washington times., 1901-11-29

| was a new featherweight champion.
But among the big throng of sporting
men there was not to be heard a cry of
fake"
Fight on the Level.
The fight did not have any indications
OF double dealing or wrongdoing. II
was simply a case Of the sporting fra
ternity overestinating McGovern and
underestimat.ng Corbett. Whether Nc
| Govern was in his best physical candi-
| tion is a matter that win provoke dis
! cussion. Il is true that he trained for
the mill only about ten days.
Men who are unprcjudiced and who
saw the former champion at his train
| ing quarters were not backward in de-
claring that he semed a trifie drawn
| when he let up in his work on Tuesday
Perhaps McGovern was overconfident
| There are many who believe that he
was. AID that his advisers "joliied" him
| into the belief that in Young Corbett he
would End an easy mark.
| For that matter, there was story in
! circulation here today that Corbett was
actually hired by Sam Harris. the man
! aser Of McGovern, To come here and
| box the champion. According to the
( yarn. CoTbett signed a contract which
called for $500 and expenses, win on
lose. the money to be paid directly after
the fight.
! There was no agreement as to n de-
! olsion. but it was simply a scheme. con
! cocted by Harris to get a match for
Terry. and incidentally big gate re,
ceipts. OF course. Corbett was to do the
! best he knew how. and Terry the same
Odds on NcGorern Begging.
The fact that there was no betting to
/ speak of on the result of the fight. and
! that odds Of to 1 on McGovern Went
| begging when the men got into the ring
/ is pretty good evidence that there was
no job Harris and McGovern between
them had $1,000 to bet, but they could
not get it down.
After the mill there was one opinion
that could be heard on all sides. It was
| that McGovern was in no shape, and
that he was overconndent. On the
style displayed by him there was much
caustic criticism.
He did not adopt the crouching atti-
| tude that helped him so materially in
his fights with Dixon, Frank Erne. Ped
lar Palmer, Joe Cans. Oscar Gardner
and other good men. That he did moth
| ing with his left hand was most sur
prising thing to those who know him.
Then again, his swings with the right
were wild and poorly timed.
In point of defence McGoyern was
away off. He was wide open a greater
part of the time in his desperate efforts
to land knockout blow and land it
quickly. In short, he was led to believe
by public opinion that he would win
| easily, and he wanted to make good.
4 Rapid Mil.
The mill was one of the fastest ever
seen in the East. There was not mo-
ment of spar1ing from the first sound
of the gong. 1t was fight all the way.
the blows flying back and forth so
swiftly that they could not be counted.
The moment Corbett put up his hands
IT was seen that he was a far better
| man than anybody had supposed. When
the first round ended 1t was regarded
| as a case Of even up, and those who had
succeeded in getting money down on
| McGovern felt inclined to hedge.
When McGovern was knocked down
| it seemed TO be all over with him That
was where Corbett got enough conf
dence to feel that he had the Brooklyn
ite at his mercy. and when Terry lost
| his head il was to l that he would be
| stopped before the end OF the round
Purse for Another Battle.
After the battle Jim Kennedy, on be-
half of the Twentieth Century Athletic
Club, of san Francisco, offered purse
of 1000 for another battle between the
men.
Today's fight was slated to 20 twenty
rounds at l26 pounds, weighing in at 10
o clock in the morning, both men seal
ing at that time at the required limit.
They fought for 50 per cent of the gross
gate receipts. amounting to about s2D,-
COO the winner to receive 60 Der cent
and the loser 35 per cent
The Fight by Rounds.
First round-MeGoyern sent in sharp
left for Corbett's face, and as he did so
the Denverite countered solidly on the
body Again Terry led for the head. get
ting a hard right 70 the back OF the neck.
Corbett shot in a stiff left TO the jaw and
followed with the right to the neck. Step
ping in. McGovern rushed again. Corbett
caught him on the side of the head with
a heavy right.
Then he missed a double swing for the
jaw and Terry ripped in couple of great
body blows that brought a clinch. An
other fierce rush by Terry sent Corbett to
the ropes. the latter receiving a hard
wallop on the eye.
Terry Draws Blood.
AS they broke away Corbett let his
right go over TO the neck with enough
power to make the champion back away.
again Terry rushed, and this time he put
in a right-hand smash on the nose and
mouth that drew the blood.
Corbett clinched and McGovern fought
himself free with rapid jolts on the head
aud heart. COrbett slashed in a right
swing to the mouth, and once more Nc
Govern backed off, clearly puzzled. In
another mix McGoyern cut loose a right
hand upper cut which grazed Corbett's
chin.
II was Corbett's turn TO rush, and Nc
Govern, meeting him with a storm of
blows. rlinched as Corbett got to his
stomach. Just then the gong sounded and
the men hurried to their corners.
The Second Round.
McGoyern came out of his corner with
a rush. Corbett took a body blow and re-
turned with solid left on the mouth.
Then he whipped another left into Terry's
face McGoverns rush that followed was
so fierce that il seemed as if Corbett
would be annihiiated. But COrbett held
his own in the terrific mix-un.
suddenly. as McGoveFn missed left,
and was half of his balance Corb.tt hook