The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-11
WH|RLW|ND FIGHT
 IN PHILADELPHIA McGovern Gets the Decision
 Over Hanlon CALIFORNIAN HELPLESS Both Men Were In Good Form and Punished Each Other Severely.
 The Fight Lasted But
 Four Rounds.
CALIFORNIAN HELPLESS

Philadelphia, October 10-In a whirl- wind fight that was scheduled to go six rounds at Industrial hall tonight, Terry McGovern had Eddie Hanlon so badly beaten that the police stopped the contest in the fourth round At the time the city authorities interfered, the former champion was raining blows on the pros- trate form of Hanlon who was hanging on the ropes.
 The contest was a terrific one. Up to the fourth round McGovern had a shade the best of it. In the fourth, Hanlon seeing an opening, sent a left hook for the chin and the former champion went down for the count, and to many of the spectators 1t looked as though Me Govern was out of it. Hanlon, however, threw discretion to the wind and tried to put in a finishing blow He fought so reeklessly, however, that it proved his downfall, McGovern going at him so vic- iously that almost before the spectators 1 realized, he had the Californian helpless.
 In the first round each man slugged with both hands, during which McGovern 1 hooked his left to the neck and sent in two upper cuts, making Hanlon break ground. McGovern upper cut Hanlon with | a right and then hooked a hard left to the Californian's chin.
 McGovern followed this up with right and left swing to the head and Hanlon retaliated by putting four straight lefts to McGoverns face and right swing to the head as the bell rang.
 HanIon Retaliates.
 McGovern started off with a rush in the second. He sent left to the face, left and right uppercut to the jaw and right and left swing to the body, but as he de- 1 livered the last blow he caught a swing 1 ing right hook on the chin Hanlon fol- lowed this up with two lefts to the face and hard right swing to the chin. Me- l Govern got in two hard right uppercuts to the chin and received a left hook on the jaw in return.
 Both men took things easier at the opening of the third round. McGovern landed three hard swings on the jaw, but Hanlon fought him back and made Terry clinch. Another rapid exchange of blows was followed by Hanlon giving McGov- ern a severe uppercut to the chin which staggered McGovern. MoGovern instantly recovered and sent left and right to the face, and repeated the punches. They exchanged right swings to the jaw as the bell rang.
 McGovern Appeared Weak.
 McGovern came to the centre of the | ring in the fourth round appearing a little weak Terry swung his left and right to the jaw and then Hanlon floor. ed McGovern with a left swing to the chin. McGovern took the count of nine He cllnched when he got on his feet and was nearly out.
 He made quick recovery, however, and rained blows on Hanlon and soon had | him on the ropes. The Californian went down from the effects of right and left 1 swings to the jaw and as soon as he got up Terry put him on the ropes, where he hammered him into an almost helpless condition. Hanlon's hands were down and he was powerless. A terrific right-arm swing put him in a prostrate condition or the ropes, and all but out. At this point the police interferred and stopped the contest.