The courier., 1903-04-04
TERRY IS DONE FOR
BaOONLyN nov ,LENEpLy A>O
CLEANLy KNoCKED ouT.

liam Rothwell. better know, hs Young
Corbctt' OF Denver. showed decisively
last sight that his victory over Terry
McDoNern OF Brooklyn at Hartford.
Conn, a year ngo last Thanksgiving,
was no fIuke by defeating Mcbovern
IN the eleventh round. after u fight iu
which there was not "a second cf idir-
ness for eifhor men. In nearly every
round Corbctt, nghting like n machine,
never overlooking an opportunity 70
send home his blows, had n shade the
better of tha argument aDd when
hnully In the eleventh round. he got
the brooklyn boy fairly going, he nev-
or let up on him until Terry sank 10
the fioor badly defeated man. Cor
bett put McGovern down I'm the tirst
round for a count of seven and repea ted
II In the second
There wns some question as to
whether or not McGovern was down nt
the count OF ten, and for "a few minutes
Il looked as II there would he free
for-all fight. McGovern tried 10 get M,
tried hard, and was on his feet an In.
slant after the tnekeeper counted
him out. George Harding the club
timekeeper who counted McGovern out
stated after the fight that the blows
that knocked McGovern out were lei /
and right swings on the jaw and a
right upperout on the cnin.
Was Unable 20 Rise.
Harding said McGovern was ia n
dazed condition. that when he had
counted nine he motioned him to get
w, but McGovern was too confused ~
notice and was unable to rise AZ the
count OF ten McGovern started to rise,
but IL was too late and the referee
awarded the fight to Young Corbett.
Harding said that McGovern was com
pletely out and that It was mercy
to him that he was unable to get up.
Corbett was strong and ready, and had
McGovern risen To his feet he probably
would have been seriously hurt AZ II
was II was nearly minute after Nc
Hovern had been carried To his corner
before he was able to sit up or under.
stand what had happened.
The men In McGovcrn's corner
claimed that the decision was an out
rage. They said McGovern had been
Instructed to fight cautiously. and when
he was knocked down he was to take
the full count, and that McGovern
obeyed his instructions. They claim
that at the count of ten he was on hts
feet. and although daxed knew what he
was doing. They also claimed that he
bad plenty OF fight In him and would
have lasted the rest of the round.
Hardings position In counting McGov-
srn out wa sustained by "Chalky'
hoberts' another timekeeper. Paddy
sullivan, the third timekeeper, was
very much In favor of McGovern, and
contended that the count as accepted
0y the referee was wrong. Referee
Graneys decision seemed to meet with
the approval or most of the spect6 tors,
AK McGoven was apparently thor
oughly beaten.
Principals Express ThemscIyes,
1T was my way of winning the
fight" said Young Corbett. after the
fight. Il fought cautiously In every
round and felt McGovern weakening
IN rl h.N nj Of
caught him with left on the law and
sent him back against the ropes. He
dropped his hands to his side. which
tas Il sure signal to me that l had won
the contest. ] went for him, put rights
and lefts to head and jaw and was
forced to hight myself free In the clinch.
The ffnal blow was n right uppercut 10
the jaw that put McGovern to the floor
for the full count. Even had he been
able to regain his feet before the count
Of ten would have laid him out, as he
was absolutely unable to defend him.
SELF AT no time In the contest was I
confused on discouraged. And To sav
that | won the fight unfairly is n great
lA1RaiiSe 70 @eu MGtiaHaGia \ iS ssat =, Gsiaa},i
the next best man In the world, but I
still retain the championship and win
fight any man who approaches my
class. But ] will not give a pound OF
my weight to anyone. l was In superb
condition. and to my trainers / give
credit for winning the contest"
1T was the greatest robbery In the
history cf tne prize ring" said Me-
go, 49, w. e,is, "' Io,net. peaieii from
ard where l pleased and surely would
have had him out within few rounds.
L vas not knocked out. but admit that
the right uppercut to the chin dazed
go ,,a,,.a,s 'me ,1ul. III oruer 10
~,,tS tEa se, ha.,,a eou,u naae gone on
t.va raoa, a,maa a"e Will ! thihk
a,,ass a. ;s an
he yoes In u,;r nsnse. Whel
iobbed or The dscision ! siooauaI'' u S @ snei
THAT soma cIuh viii ms, ~, ,,s ef mop,
then Won will hear a disfarant san ss anu
s'o's'
in the first nre,,ninarv a'tnres 'am.s NJ
ring the big amnhitbeafre was 49, snS
with Cheering imnatient orom'a
Outside a drizziiny raJn US snn, -
b,t thi. aid not dar,nan ,h ,,is ans
jasm Of the crowd which strat oha. tt"Hs ss,
half a block on eitber sida os ,hn ~. ~.
and even blocked the street. T., ae uoo'
n Was est,matod af ,hot hv,.
nearly eleven thonsand nanr,a me - 'na a.,
aide The hail tha h;gvast nr,a 49, ~,
ever saw n srbt I'm San 49, .ma'
Ranorts from NcC.ovarr'. - camt..,.
headouarter wsre eoua,Iy hr,.ht
men had rested ouietIv sftor We; ;~btv,. NJ.
I'm during the afternoon ana .ora,.n
ahsoI,,t. confidence In The outcon,
The first preliminary was IN,