Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-19
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Terry McGovern is Doing Good
 Work In Training.

Fadden -Fitzsimmons Will Train
 at Home-Young Corbett Picks Me
 Govern to Win.
 Cincinnati, O., Feb 19-The work of Terry McGovern grows harder ev- cry day, even though the battle with Dave Sullivan is only a few days off. The Brooklyn boy does not seem to mind how much work he does or how fast it comes. He takes it all and wants more at the finish. He went three ten minute rounds with his three sparring partners yesterday afternoon, punched the bag half an hour, used the medicine ball equally as long. and skipped the rope for ten minutes, besides his dumb-bell prac- tice Tn the morning he went six miles on the Oakley track and last night stated that he never felt fresh CT in his life, despite the hard day he had put in.
 AfcGovern looks better and his train CTS and manager say he fights better in training than ever before. He now weighs 123 pounds and while this is three pounds under weight, he will not stop his hard work until Fri day
 He is doing very little hard hitting with his sparring partners now, but is content to let them beat on him at will. Kid Ashe is the only boy that he gives blow for blow and his four rounds with the negro are rough.
 The entire camp will leave for Louisville Friday night.
 Bath, Me, Feb 19.-Twin Sullivan de- feated Billy Jordan of Boston in the fourteenth round last night. Sullivan forced the fighting from the start. The match was for fifteen rounds.
 
 Sporting men who saw the Cans McFadden bout in Philadelphia on Monday night say that Cans had the better of it as far as science went. but that McFadden was strong and his blocking was a revelation. "Gans is better now" said a we'll known sport yesterday. "than ever before He is in superb shape and is fast It is doubtful if there is a cleverer light weight in the ring to-day. His showing against McFadden was suf- ficient proof that had Erne faced him a week ago Cans would have put it all over the champion and might have knocked him out. NIcFadden knows how to block. but he is too careful and too slow. That he can punch hard nobody denies, but he is inclined to reserve his strength Six rounds between Cans and McFadden can never be expected to definitely decide the question of supremacy, for they are both strong and can go a long distance without tiring In their present form they appear to out class Erne, who seems to have gone back.''
 FitZsimmons says that he will do a great deal of training for his match with Jeffries down at Bath Beach He believes in salt air and also se- clusion. Along the roads around Fort Hamilton and the Boulevard from Coney Island to Prospect Park the Cornishman expects to do a great deal of running and walking. Fitz intends t6 build up rather than to train down for Jeffries He has told several intimate friends that he is anxious to get into the ring with the champion weighing about 175 pounds. He knows that Jim will not get be- low 220 and that it will not pay to allow the big fellow to have too much of an advantage in the weights.
 Toledo, O.. Feb 19-Young Corbett announced through his manager here yesterday that he will be ready to meet the winner of the Sullivan-Mc- Govern fight. He will have repre- sentative at the ringside and will pre- sent the challenge. Corbett gives as his opinion that McGovern will be declared the winner.
 For many years there has beer more or less mystery about the c,l;apse of John c. Heenan in his bate with Tom King. Some have clarmed that Heenan sold the fight for $2D.000. Bil Riley, the Newmarket sport asserted That an agreement was made that Hee- nan was to receive $20,000 D lose tic fight. provided prior to the contest he took "dose" which would render him powerless to put the double" cn, and that so powerful was Heenan that tho poison did not take an immediate eff feet in the manner desired. Mir Gin nett. the circus man, in Birmingham showed some friends a letter the other day that was written by a mar who talked with Heenan shortly after the battle. and the writer of the letter states that Heenan said to him: T had won the fight. and when King whom I had knocked down, was per fect1y sense1ess and could hot coIne tC time, my second should have claimed the victory for me: but tha inferna rascal told me it would be better foi me to win it on my merits. thir was sure to do so, and it would rpdounf more to my credit. Feeling satisfe1 I was the better man. I took his ad vice and went to my corner as conf dent and well man as ever breathed When time was called he (mY second put a sponge over my face. and, as tfof is my judge, when I put Up Ely bands I did not see the man who was facing me. but stood there dazed helpless hocussed chopping block for my op ponent to punch as he pleasrl: that i: how and why I lost the last fight.
 Tn return for instruction on how ft sing songs and deliver q monologue be fore the public. Terry MeGovern Ina: agreed to teach Paul Dresser. tht champion heavyweight actor, how tt reduce his avordupois. The compacf ss signed and sealed. Dresser was