The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

take more than Terry could do to make
him nervous. A. the seconcs and rubp-Fs
climbed out Of the ring just before the gong
SOUNDED. NcGovern stoGa Up In his corner
and scowled at tie kid" 10 uy and
Brighten him.
Il bent over and whispered 20 him,
: Look cut. he Is going 10 come At you TO
which CO-bett Responded. Let him come
Z He had no sooner srOken than me gong
I rang. Terry jumped into the middle OF the
ring in two or three strides but 9 70 Il
was there. and met him half way. What IL
| ana before Terry could realize WH9t hai
! happened Ccrbett got Ia the first blow, L
right nook 70 the face
From that time 10 was the hottest ;wo
rounds Of fighting ] have ever seen. Ter
., fEiglv fou-hi himself wild In IN ,Inrt -
! .esch the k!a. who was actually l4UgGinS
al him il the second round Both at *
charges and At clever work. he had Nc,
Govern beaten. and the latter W. WI
when CoT5e;t would land on him and shak-
'WEon Ca-bctt knocked him our. Terry's
adhe-CEts were f2irly dazed for n tine.
Things had happened so iast lH5t ines
! C]oul.u't realize what rad occurred. SC.
Govern Is now anxious TO meet C7rfc I
aEllu. hut the result viii be the same NJ
matter which way he tries 10 fight tn
champion Corbett. has him beaten.
suppose Mciovcrn tries u put w a
clever battle. GoTrett may want tulS or n,
may not IL case h. dC:'t.h Will 20 in aai
slug Terry into q fast Eight very quickly
IL EIcGoveTn tries 10 tut up = hu rc1.i"
battle from the opening. CcrSett e n
ub'Iss him if he SECS fit. or can stand of
ana punch him into desperation
y have heard Il said that McG1vsrn can
not De kept or by a man OF his weight. AID
/ freely admit that the majority o: the
a-E-c-s VITO suffered defeat Al MS hards
los; ca account Of adopting these tactics
All these men lacked strength 10 bsat Teri
on. however. and had they Possessed this
TTupsi;y they would have made .:uch te.-
"TaFe Pa;sey Haley. for instance. When
he fought NCGoyeru. Terry had such a con
gr:nrt Tor his hitting ability after the q ST
r-T.ra TEE- he made 10 GTLGgI even 10 pro
'e"f niS Jaw. and went in ard let Haley
lsrI wherever he pleased. What sl0S
could HALEY possibly stand with a man
whom lie cal!d not knock CUT Yet No
Govern vas credited with having done
6 nothing great when he beat lie little
I am Nc; trying to belittle Terry at all.
rs d.. d. q wonderful fighter. But ! want
Z Sa- that Young Correct has him sa.s
ar every sag. 81 the game and VII read
i- prove Ia!s the next time the men meet
Interest taken in the championship bout
Throughout tie country has led 10 . re-
v.y-l Of -Ee picture privilege In connection
win the night. TIT contest VIII he held
az New London In the open ar and an
--npilth.etsr especially adapted 60 The pro
curing Of pictures By daylight, Will be
utilized for the contest.
Setting thc date for August % has moved
the time OF the fight forward several
weeks and this VIII prove acceptable 10
Young CDrbett. He = anxious To get back
N th- RIM again and has several matches
he wishes To light in succession.
Jack NcKeuul. who reached the city last
Wednesday evening. accompanied BY
Johnny Ke-an and Ale Attsll. had the fol-
loving DINNER 10 make upon the Cans
McF'Sdden ficEt, which he witnessed in san
FIaEc.-cO.
I see that a good deal has been said
about this fight and several different re
ports have been spread. all agreeing that
the bO'st was = fake. Now. ] watched Il
from the T!CEsiGe and I could not see that
there Nas any fake about IL. McFadden'S
style probably was responsible for the re-
po-tS. He fights with q peculiar guard.
moving his arms IN toward his body al
TIE time and crCuchinE low down To avoid
punishment. This made him look IS II he
was quitting.
Matching Cans with McFaddea caused
4 lot OF talk in the first place. Sporting
men on the Coast thought that II the AZ
fair was 20 BE- = true test OF merit. Cans
should be sent against Britt. who Is the
real champion Of the Coast and can give
the best % them at his weight trouble.
Sending Cans against McFadden, whom IL
was practically certain he would defeat. !
caused a lot OF talk. and the latteTs
methods Of fighting added 10 the reports.
"McFadaeu's Style IS designed TO draw al
man on. TO allow him TO wear himself down /
and still to have the arms In position TO
deliver a Knockout blow. Cans neutralizsd
this style by his superior skill and by his /
aggressive methods Of fighting. There was
never anything TO the fight from the
start" /