Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-01
DEFEAT OF N GOVERN.
Corbe it's Victory Gives Him
Undisputed Claim to Feath-
erweight Championship
ELEVEN FURIOUS RouNl
The Fight Declared to Be One of the
Best Ever Pulled of in San Fran
cisco-McGovern's Supporters In.
cIined to Question the Justice of the
Decision.


cined to Question the Justice Of the
Decision.
San Francisco. Cal, April mot
fight between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons
has there been such crowd as was
gathered at the Mechanics Pavilion last
night to witness the fgh. for the feath-
erweight championship OF the world be-
tween Young Corbett, oe Denver, and
Terry McGoyerr, of Brooklyn. The en-
tire seating capacity in The big pavilion
was taken up early in the afternoon.
and choice seats commanded a large
premium. The managers of the fight
were mourning over lost opportunities.
choice box seats as easily as the $40
which they received. The capacity of
this pavilion is about 5000, and the total
seat money will be 100000 of which the
fighters will receive $4,000. OF this
amount the winner will take $4,000 and
the loser $4,000.
The arrangements at the pavilion
We're ideal for q good fight, as the gall
ieries run around four sides of the great
Enclosed space, which is nearly 300 feet
long. The hall is about 100 feet wide
and in the center is placed the ring,
which could be seen clearly from all
parts Of the house. Under the powerful
electric light the fighters showed up
with the clearness of actors in a thea
ter under calcium rays. A feature Of
the crowd at the ringside was the large
number of parties of coast sports, who
came in bodies from various cities.
Special cars were chartered by sports
from Salt Lake, Reno, Seattle, Port
land. Fresno. Stockton and Los An
geles, and most of these men wagered
money on the fight.
Scattered about and near the ring
were all the prominent San Francisco
sports who may be seen at every fight.
The galleries were simply damned witt.
men who had been waiting three hours
for the fun to begin.
Young Corbett' showed decisively
last night his victory over McGovern
at Hartford a year ago Thanksgiving
was no fiuke by defeating McGovern
in the eleventh round after fight in
which there was not a second of idle
ness for either man. In nearly every
round Corbett was fighting like a mach
inc, never overlooking an opportunity
to send home his blows. He had n
shade the better of the argument, and
4, ,,1 "a
got the Brooklyn boy fairly going, he
never let up until Terry sank to the
floor badly defeated man.
George Harding, the timekeeper,
stated after the fight that the blows
that knocked McGovern out were left
and right swings on the jaw and a
right uppercut on the chin. Harding
said McGovern was in sdazed condi-
ZION; that when he had counted nine
he motioned him to get up, but Nc
Govern was too confused to notice
and unable to rise. At the count of ten
McGovern started to rise, but it was
too late, and the referee awarded the
fight to Corbett.
Harding said McGovern was COM
pletely out, and it was mercy to him
he was unable to get up.
The men in McGovern's corner
claimed the decision an outrage; that
McGovern obeyed instructions by TAX
of fight and would have lasted the rest
of the round. The referees decision
seemed to meet the approval of the
majority.
Corbett, after the fight, explained
how he won by taking advantage of
McGovern's growing weakness, and at
the right moment landing. He de-
clares it great injustice to say he
won the fight unfairly.
McGovern pronounced the decision
"the greatest robbery in the history of
the ring" and declared he had Cor
bett beaten from start to finish" He
insisted he was not knocked out, and
believes he could have gone on and
won.
Just after ten was called. McGovern
dazed and clearly gone, got to his feet,
but was an instant too late. The ref
cree swung his hands in the air as
signal that the fight was over. In
stantly McGovern's hackers, maddened
by the sight of their favorite being
swarmed around and into the ring.
They were not quicker than the po-
liceman, however, who piled pellmell
the ropes. For five minutes
the uproar continued. The lights were
turned down and the crowd filed out.
Round both came quickly to the
center. Corbett put left to head. Terry
bored in left to ribs and got away from
a left jab. McGovern ducked a left.
but moment later got a left on the
jaw and went down for seven count.
He was evidently groggy when he got
up and Corbett put three lefts to the
nose. McGovern rushed desperately
and swinging his right opened a cut
over Corbett's eye. The men fought
furiously in the clinch. AS Graney
broke them McGovern swung his right
in Corbett's ribs. Cprbett retaliated
with two lefts to the jaw. McGovern
put his left to the ear as the gong
sounded McGovern recovered very
quickly from his knock down, his good
condition being apparent.
Round 2-McGovern rushed like a
wild bull. In AN instant Corbetts eye
was open. but Corbett put right up