The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-24

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TO bruise was not behind them, how
ever
Terry came out of the battle with
never a mark or scratch around ms Iace
and Sullivan was a sight for the gods.
His two eyes were nearly closed. his lips
puffed and his left ear was greatly SWol-
len and of fiery hue.
In the first round it looked as if Nc
Govern would win in short order He
hardly ever failed to reach the sides of
Sullivan's head with his favorite double
punch and he dug away at Dawes ribs
and stomach with spiteful fists in the
clinches. They hung together good
deal more than was necessary and 1T
looked as if the clinches might have
been broken sooner had Sullivan willed.
Toward the end of the second round
Sullivan exchanged blows with the
whirlwind and did better for two or
three rounds: in fact, Terry seemed TO
be in trouble. At times he would stop
and cover up partly and allow Sullivan
to push him along the ropes and smash
him at will on head or body. At other
times he seemed inclined to clasp Sui
hvan's shoulders, and Sullivan forced
the Brooklyn boys head back by press
ing the forearm against his neck.
In the out-fighting which occurred In
the third and fourth rounds Sullivan
drew back several times and smashed in
good ones with the right on Terrys
jaw. 1t was these right-handers which
helped to weaken Terry. They made
the Sullivanites cheer. Terry was
swinging very wildly toward the end of
the fourth round and appeared very
tired
In the sixth round the danger point
was passed for McGovern. He seemed
to get his second wind, and he put in
some Furnishing body blows whenever
Master Dave tried to get to close quar-
tiers.
In the seventh round the fight had a
settled look, as though it would go the
PEELED when Terry began to loosen up
in his old, whirlwind fashion. He
crouched and waded in, and his terrible
double blow began to leave it's mark
on Dawes ear and the flesh around the
eyes. Every round brought some new
bump or confusion that added to the
designation of his features. Terry got
in one uppercut in the seventh round
which sent Sullivan's head back.
1t was very evident that Dave was
glutton for punishment. He showed
this at every stage of the game. When
Terry would land on him with a full
swing and Dave would fall in toward
his opponent, the crowd half expected
that Sullivan would fall to the floor if
they were dragged apart. Instead of
that he looked over toward his corner
time and time again and winked and
made horrible grimaces to assure his
seconds that he was all right.
While Terry was a little in the lead
in every round from the seventh on
ward, he did not have things his own
way at all times. Sullivan, who slowed
off occasionally, and conveyed the I'M
preston that his right hand was Grip
pied, fought spftefully in spots. For
quite a while it was suspected that he
was saving himself with the intention
of mixing it more merrily later on, but
this idea was dissipated when his face
began to puff and he took frequent OPP
portunities of Kidding his mouth of ac-
cumulated blood.
BY the tenth round things had reach
ed the stage where Sullivan did not
trust himself to anything except a
straight left lead. He reached Terry's
r-er, cd frT1aG hlIf n
not hurt the Brooklyn boy.
Terry, recognizing apparently that
while it was easy to disfigure Sullivan's
face, it was hard to daZe him with
smash on the Jaw, changed off to body
punching, and some of the lefts and
rights he threw into Dawes midSectionS
would have tumbled many a heavy
weight; at least it looked as if they
would.
There was a muff1ed sound to them
and they made Sullivan cringe, but for
ring say that Terry had ceased to be a
terror SO far as inflicting punishment
was concerned
Sullivan possibly thought otherwise.
He lowered his arms to intercept the
Tib-roaSters, and then Terry went back
to the double facer again. Sullivan,
while backing away from Terrey in the
eleventh round, fell under the ropes.
Many thought it was a knockout, but
it was not.
Just before bell time in this particular
round Sullivan watched his chance and
let go a swapping blow at Terry's chin.
1t reached the spot, but was only a
glancing blow. From that point on it
was merely question of whether Nc
Govern would be able to put the young
Irishman to the floor for the count or
the contest would go the lin it.
Dawes face was more unbeautiful
to look at at the end of every round.
Barring a few scrapes on the shoulder
and sodden look inwardly, Terry was
in good shape.
1t looked as if Terry would end the
affair in the fourteenth round when he
backed Sullivan to the ropes and let go
rapidly with both hands at the face.
Every punch hurt, and Sullivan showed
himself into Terry's arms to escape the
fierce volley
Sullivan listed until the fifteenth
round. Terry began hammering him
around the body and wound up by jab-
bling him on the ear and eyes. The blow
which finally brought Sullivan down
was a left swing between the mouth
and chin.
courage he displayed. 1t is thought had
the weight been 12S pounds he might
have made better stand All kinds
of opinions are aired as to McGovern's
form now compared to his form of a
few years ago. The majority say: He
cannot hit as hard as he used to-
To look at Sullivan's face one would
think that Terry has not lost his hit
Torrance as criterion, and bearing in
mind the number of blows McGovern
landed, it does look as if Terrible Terry
cannot finish up his man as in days of
yore-
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