The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
NEVER AGAIN WILL
TERRY TAKE CHANCES

Terry, McGovern says every time he
fights it's going to be case of two
months of hard training. Theatrical
fame is to be cast to the winds in the
campaign that the former champion
has planned.
L pass up this idea about being.
great actor says Terry. After this
I'll let Richard Mansfield and them guys
fihgt out the heavyweight champion,
ship among themselves. / let up on try
ing to get into the Romeo and Juliet
class after this. What l am going to
land is in the the fighting line. See?"
His first defeat has done the redoubt-
able Terry more good than score of
victories. He realizes that the way to
retain championship is to meet good
men and keep up to date. No fighter
can go on for many months, not to say
years, matching his skill against men of
inferior class without Understanding
his opponent when he at last meets a
man in his own class. The work that
the little eX-champiOn has laid out in
dicates that he will be prepared to fight
anything short of Jim Jeffries next time
he goes into the ring.
McGovern is still one of the most Won
dertm lighters who ever reSined q shoe.
His strength is as great as it ever
was and today he is as good a man as
he was when he whipped Palmer Dixon
and other crack fighters.
McGoVern never dissipates. He exer-
cises regularly. He is of the right age
to be at his best
Terrible Terry has all the attri-
butes of a successful fighter. He is
strong, quick as fash game recupera-
tive from the effects of a blow almost in
Stantly; scientific and above all is without
doubt the most aggressive fighter in the
r1Eg today.
The fighting face" of other fighters is
an impressive mask compared to that Of
Terry McGovern when he is in the ring,
ard anxious ito finish his man and get
home to dinner and Jerry Jr. Many men
who might have made fair. showing
against McGovern have lost their nerve
when they have been confronted with the
almost maniaca1 glare of Terry's blue
eyes in the moment of his Bersarker rage.
III fact, Terry came to regard that as a
kind of patent appliance of his own for
the undoing CT his rival pugilists, and
seemed much put out at Hartford when
Young Corbett dared to respond with a
grin.
In action the Brooklyn terror never
rests. He PUSHES from the start and
never lets UP a moment until the finish
open, as Fitz did when he lost the cham
piopship to Jeffries, seeming contented
to risk having to take a dangerous blow
for the sake of landing a quick knock
out. After this he will probably go back
to his old style In this regard. No one
accused him of fighting unprotected when
he met Frank Erne.
No fighter of his weight has any adj
vantage over McGovern in regard to
strength. He is built on the symmetrical
lines OF q Greek athlete. And the an
Gent sculptors Of Greece knew more
about physically perfect man than mod
ern modelers ever dreamed of. The lit
tie scrappper's arms, legs and body are
perfectly proportioned to get the greatest
!l-around strength possible in a man Of
his weight There is not a faulty point
in his build. His legs are strong enough
to carry him through any battle. His
body is well protected by muscles, and
his arms and shoulders carry punching
power at least as great as that of any
man in his class