Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-28

On the ropes near Hughey's corner
the Brooklyn boy went to his knees
again from q left-hand punch from
somewhere out on the floor that
knocked his head away from Neii's
face. Both men fought like wildcats,
but the blows were necessarily of less
force because of their being SO close
together.
There was no clinching, the mems
noses being together most Of the time,
both arms whirling away free, but
from d position that allowed neither to
sit or squat.
Hughey was the receiver general
again. and looked groggy in the latter
mare az the round. There was not
mark. however, on the Brooklyn boyN
face or body. How he took the Cruel
ling ana stuck to his pins no one Will
he ever able to tell, perhaps, except
Hughey McGovern.
r. was again Neips round, but the
banfamweight champion went TO MS
corner putting from his exertions and
several hard right-hand uppercuts TO
the wind. The gong.
Round four: Terry McGovern sat at
the ringside with Young Corbett as
the boys fought.
"You have got good brother" some
one said to him.
.1'd like to get In there and nelp
him. only I might get licked myself"
he said. "Hughey is doing well to
stay"
Out of their corners came those two
little whirlwinds, Neil digging one of
those left hooks up out OF the floor
that missed ending the fight only by an
inch. Hughey was into him like
chicken into chicken. Neil fought his
opponent into the corner, banged him
with left. crossed him with hard
right. uppercut him and then stood or
a couple off hand, and pecked at his
face with stabbing left as miner goes
at an ore bank
Hughey stopped fighting and COW
cred up.
'sThere he goesv' yelled the crowd.
"NeiI has him now"
Hughey borrowed SOME life from
the fighting spirit of the McGoverns
and fought frankie into his own cor
ner. There they hook up heads again
and whirled away with both hands un-
til the crowd just rose up as one and
lifted the roof with their cheers.
Hughey was knocked down in this
round near the center of the ring, but
it was not hard blow that felled him.
Neil had started a swift left hook,
pulled it back, started it over slowly
again, intending to draw McGovern to
him for right-hand cross, and as
Hughey came forward he slipped over
Neil's extended right foot and went to
Lis hands.
He was up in second and fighting
at the gong. It was McGovern's worst
round, but he was far from being
beaten boy Bets were being made
that he would stay the limit.
Round five: This was the fastest
round Of the fight. Both men threw
science to the wind and just slugged.
But their heads were together through
out the entire round. Neils eye was
deepening in color. and he looked tired.
hughey seemed stronger than in the
second
No one could keep count OF the
blows. There was no Iet-up and Neil
landed maybe twenty-five blows, three
quarters Of them with his left hand, on
McGovern's stomach and head before
he got wallop in the jaw that took
all the smile out of him in the last min
ute Of the going.
1t was good blow. 1t landed square
~ on the California boys jaw and
tossed him clear across the ring. For
q few seconds he wavered, but at the
next clash was lighting as fiercely as
ever. Hughey got fierce beating in
this session, but showed extreme game
ness and marvellous capacity for TAX
fng punishment. The round was less
Neil's than the second, third or fourth,
l.. l. u
the Brooklyn boy The gong.
Round six: It is not likely that an
other round of this character will be
seen in a ring for years. McGovern
came out of his corner seemingly as
fresh as when he entered it, and went
at Neil like a gamecock. Young Cor
bett, sitting within two feet Of the
ring. remarked: "Say, this fight is a
pippin! Did you ever see anything like
it?"
After the first minute, during which
the fighting was almost even, McGov-
ern slowed up and covered. Neil hung
on with his chin to the top of MCCOY
ern's head and sIashed away with both
| hands. blocking, however, with his
right and giving Hughey a terrible
gruelling with his left. He was trying
for knockout with every ounce OF
blood and muscle In him. There was
not d seconds time between the pc
RODS Of milling.
| Somebody i'll Neips corner yelled
| Zone minute more, frankie"
The boys backed up and glared al
1 each other. Neil changed his tactics
during that last minute. He started
his left going from a point higher III
and put his whole body in the jump
toward his opponent. He was the
gamecock with the spurs. He landed
perhaps fifteen or twenty blows before
| the boys toed mark near McGoyern's
corner and started the finish,
The crowd was on its feet, yelling
Nell drew back his head and slashed
/ away, right, left, right, left. Mccoy
ern fought back as well as he could
from a bad position on the ropes
frankie beat the Brooklyn boy down
inch by inch, with right and left to the
jaw and stomach.
1 Huahey's head sank lower and lower