The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
NEIL THE BEST FIGHTER.
The California Bantam Almost Knock
ed McGoXern Out.

Philadelphia, July 2S.-Frankie Neil
of San Francisco, bantam champion OF
McGovern, of Brooklyn, at the Nation
al athletic club last night
The fight throughout was the most
vicious ever witnessed in Philadelphia
between little men. There was scarce
~ a second during the six rounds
that the boys were not in action. AT
the close of the sixth round McGovern
was almost out and was hanging onto
Neil TO avoid punishment McGovern
drew blood from the Californian nose
in the second round and opened d cash
in his left cheek in the succeeding
round. Neil cut a cash in McGovern' 5
left cheek in the fifth round and
toward the close of the round Nc
Govern was very shaky on his feet.
Neil's seconds were Bob Deadly,
Johnny Lotus, Kid Howard and Tim
Callahan, while Sam Harris, Danny
Dougherty, Whitley Lester and Joe
Humphreys looked after McGovern.
Both boys were under the required
weight of lis pounds.
The fight by rounds:
Round Neil rushed and landed a
left on the wind and brought his glove
up to the jaw. McGovern countered
with a light left to the wind and
then the boys clinched. In the break
away Neil drove his left to the wind
and McGovern landed on jaw. Nc
Govern uppercut to the chin but Neil
Strengthened the Brooklyn lad UP with
a IeIL TO the cnln. McGONSrn drove
right to the face and then backed
away. Neil rushed in with left and
right to the face and McGovern COW
cred up. AS the gong sounded Neil
drove a hard left and right to the jaw.
Round Both boys rushed to the
center of the ring and began to pum-
mel each other in a vicious manner.
Neil was the first to land. He drove
a left to the face and in the break
away put his right to the wind. Nc
Govern uppercut with his left and
they clinched. McGovern sent a pref
ty right to NeiPs jaw, but the latter
smiled and winked at his father who
was standing in his corner. Neil land
ed a hard left to the jaw and they
clinched- McGovern uppercut as they
broke away and Neil drove his right
to the stomach before McGovern could
get away. They clinched and when
McGovern stepped back he received a
vicious right to the wind. McGovern
rushed, but was met with a straight
left He rushed again and landed
hard right to the jaw, which shook
NeiIs head. They were clinching at
the bell.
Round S-Neil rushed and landed
left to the face and missed a sim
liar blow a second later. McGovern
drove his right to the jaw and left
to the wind Neil rushed in and while
hanging with his head on McGovern's
shoulder. uppercut the latter three
times in succession without a return.
This method of fighting seemed to dis
concert McGovern, and his endeavors
to cover when Neil was fighting in
this way were futile. McGovern drove
left to the wind as they broke
ground and missed a right for the jaw
Neil stepped in with a hard left coun-
ter which drove McGovern,s head
back
Round Neil rushed and landed
left and right to the face. McGovern
uppercut with a vicious right and they
clinched. In the break Neil landed
left uppercut to the jaw and a right
to heart. McGovern kept right after
Neil, but nearly all of his rushes were
wild Neil landed a hard left to the
ear and sent two rights to the jaw
without a return. NeiI's superiority
was very apparent in this round and
when the gong sounded McGovern was
shaky.
Round 5-Neil sent three Iefts to
the jaw, which shook McGovern. The
latter came back with a hard right to
the wind and a left hook to the neck.
Neil drove a left to the jaw and a
left hook to the neck. Neil drove a
left to the jaw and a right to the ear.
McGovern missed a hard right swing
which carried him half way across the
ring. Before he could get set Neil was
in with a left to the chin. McGovern
missed a right and left for the head
and they rushed to a clinch. Neil kept
jabbing McGovern as they broke away
and had the latter's face as red as a
lobster. Both boys were tired when
the gong sounded, Neil from his exer-