The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-17

fight with Bob F'itzsimmons. Delaney thought that I would make a good workout partner for CoTbett and I took the job. I got lot of experience at the training camp and I have been at the game ever since"
 Terry McGovern credits Bill New man with giving him his first start.
 Newman, as ring devotees will recall, ran the old Polo A. C., at 153rd street and Eighth avenue, and was the first promoter to realize the possibilities of cheap boxing in New York. Newman us ed to give weekly shows, the affairs be-
 ing held on Saturady nights Newman
 was always on the watch for new talent and one day received visit from Mo Govern. Terry was a mite of lad, an developed and green. He went on with a novice and i'd so well that Newman gave him a couple of more chances Soon McGOvern made local reputa- tion. When Newman ran shows in
 Yonkers McGovern figured in many
 bouts and when the boxing seems
 shifted to Brooklyn McGovern was in
 evidence at most of the shows. Terry's first real opportunity came when he fought George Munroer at Coney Is-
 land. He knocked Munroe out and
 then became a protege of Sam Harris,
 who was managing Munroe at the time. The combination was a great success and before long McGovern be- came a champion and the most noted
 boxer of his day.
 Joe Cans was a clerk in fish mar
 ket in Baltimore wfenthe became inl-
 bued with a desire to seek fame in the ring. Cans did not have the least knowledge of fisticuffs when he enter ed the ring for the first time. In those days battles royal between four negros
 were popular. Little ''boogies' or col- ored lads just itched, for the chance of going on the preliminary bouts. Some of them rarely got any pay for their
 who is an uncle of the emperor and efforts. But it was different with Cans He had a following and the manage Iment decided to compensate him to the extent of s5 for his services. The lightweight champion earned every cent he made in his first fight He
 waded in swinging his arms in the old way. One after another of his oppon- ents Topped, knocked dead to the world and in a few weeks Cans had estab- lished himself as one of the best bat l tie royal opponents in the South. Cans picked up a lot of points about boxing and very soon was proficient. Success came, and in two years he was close to the top.
 The parents of John L. Sullivan had designed him for the priesthood. But the Boston strong boy had other in-
 tentions. He went to work in a tin- smiths shop in Roxbury. Sullivan was an athlete and fond of baseball. Sulli- vans love of baseball was so great
 that he was often late going to work.
 For this he was repeatedly reproached
 by the foreman. One day Sullivan got
 in row with the foreman and wound
 up by knocking him through the win dow. Mike Donovan, who is now box 1 ing instructor at the New York A. C., was the manager of a club in Boston. Sullivan drifted to that city and spent many nights in the club watching ann bilious fighters try their skill Eventr- ally Sullivan thought that he could do well. with the gloves and put them on just for the fun of the thing. Sullivan,
 with his strength and natural rugged ness, had no trouble in beating his men. He liked the sport 50 well that he concluded that 1t was more profitable and congenial than being housed in shop all day and became pugilist
 The late Peter. Jackson used to tell
 how he became a lighter and never forgot the kindness of Larry Foley,
 who gave him his first start. Foley ran a boxing place in Australia, and Jack
 son, who had nothing else to do, used
 to loll about the club picking up odds
 and ends by running .errands for Foley
 and rubbing down the boxers. Foley
 never gave Jackson any other thought
 save that of a hireling until one day.
 You are a big, strong fellow" he like to go on in one of the preliminaries to-night?'' 4 2.S-'f 't-''
 Jackson was delighted with the chnce and jumped at it. He. was pit ted against a man nearly his height
 and weight and won in such quick or
 der; that Foley was amazed and de- lighted. -
 You will do, Peter," was all that
 Foley would say after the perform
 ance. And, Jackson certainly did, In a. short time he became the most noted l heavyweight in Australia and lived up to his reputation afterwoard in Ameri-
 ca and England. t .r ..
 Jack Dempsey, Jack McAuliffe and
 Jack skielly,used to work side by side in the same hoiler factory in Rrnnklvn