Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-02
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

 was knocked down. We counted to-
 gether Tuesday night, and when he ar-
 rived at eight seconds Terry was up
 and ready to resume battle. To my
 surprise, however Eddie Graney
 waved Us aside and declared Corbett the victor. Now, I have nothing to say against Graney, for he is a good, hon. | est boy, but l never will stop express | ing my opinion regarding Harting. lie | is not on the level, and he showed IL l by his action Tuesday night" George | Harting, who has served as tlmekeeper l for many fights here, said yesterday: | '"The timing Tuesday night was square as a die. As soon as McGoverh dropped I commenced to count, and he was still down until twelve had been called. Then he got up, but was so | badly dazed that he could not make any reply to men who sat beside me and questioned him. His eyes had vacant stare, and he was still out or his mind when the gong sounded for l the conclusion O. the round, twenty seconds later" Even had McGovern risen before the count of ten he would
 have been knocked out by Corbett, for there were still twenty seconds to go,
 and Corbett was standing by ready with another right hand punch. All the sports who saw the fight, except a
 few immediate followers of McGovern,
 admit that Terry was fairly beaten and that this defeat was due to Corbett's
 superior cleverness and coolness. The
 vicious nature of the fight was only re-
 vealed yesterday when the conversa-
 tion between the two fighters while
 the mill was on was made known by Corbett and Referee Graney. Corbett throughout preserved n contemptuouS
 attitude toward Terry, and when the
 Brooklyn man was roughing 1t ln h. fighting Corbett constantly accused him of foul fighting. but told him he
 could not win even with those tactics.
 Ii required all the persuasivTness of
 Sam Harris to keep Terry from losing
 his head under these taunts. In the
 dressing room after the fight there was
 a resumption of hostilities, Terry de-
 claring that he had been robbed. This
 angered Corbett and he shouted: You
 get out of here. hate. you, and
 don't want to see anything more of you' McGovern to-day claims the
 featherweight championship at 122
 pounds. He declares Tuesday nights fight was at special weight and there fore ought not to carry the champion ship. ''I lost the fight but was not counted out" he said. II was ready to get up when the tirnekeeper shouted Nine. you're out!' There is no use, however, complaining now. All will say Is I am yet the worlds 122-pound l champion and am ready to fight Cor l bett at that weight. I am willing to 1 take him on in a week if he will give me a battle. He is a good man and | his punches hurt me, but still think. 1 | can beat him. The receipts amount. ed to S2O.S62 of which the club re- ceived SS,34O. Corbett's share of the remainder is $7,5O6. while McGovern gets $5,0o0.
 Late In life, Tom Allen, the retired champion pugidst of England ana l America, is the characterein love TO- | nance. Soon he will wed Mrs T1llie
 Hartgrove who for three years has
 been his housekeeper and nurse. Allen l is 65 years of age and so i'll with pneu-
 monia that his life hangs as if by
 Unread His housekeeper is only 21,
 decidedly good looking, and as devoted
 to the old man as if he were only few
 years older than herself The young woman has husband in Kansas City |
 anxious to get rid of, because two
 weeks after her marriage to him, she
 alleges, he left her alone to shift for herself, and this, too. when she was
 but child of 15. She has suit in
 the St Louis courts which will be
 heard some time in April. The hus-
 band has filed no answer to the allega tions, hence 1t is probable that the de-
 cree will be granted by default. So
 soon as she is liberated from her first
 ma trimonial contract the young woman
 will become the wife of the former champion, she says. Allen has been
 down in bed for nearly year and Mrs Hartgrove has been devoted in her at l tentions. Tom Allen has been con- ducting the Champions Rest" at 619 ! Market street, New York. for over l twenty years, and in that time has ac- l cumulated snug fortune He has but | few relatives in this country, but last Christmas time. when he was supposed
 to be dying. men and women, claiming
 kinship. and anxious to share the old
 mans fortune, packed the barroom,
 crowding out the regular loungers.
 BOWLING.