The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-03
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Copyright 1905 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
Terry AS An Example.

lnently found In Terry McGOvern the formidable
Brooklyn fighter He is the latest and of the most bril-
liant examples of fighter who has INDUCED too freely
OF all the little men who have fought their way to the
top rung Terry doubtless the most faithful worker
He went into his daily grind with energy that told
on his mind He was gutton for work. But only for
physical work. His brain forgotten.
''He never will be defeated by any in his Glass;
said many of the fight fans But Terry took to physical
training too strenuousy.
Slowly but surely his mind succumbng to the
strain. He did nothing to stimulate it. The body
lceivng all the attention.
Everything lovely with the Brooklyn boy until he
met Corbett" In training for this battle Terry put off
conditioning himself until the last minute, and then again
his mind was overlooked. There pleasure He in
duged too freely in training He worked too hard.
His mind did much to land the knockout punch
as did Young Corbett" No believed there
lived that could exngush the light of 'Terible Terry
in two rounds. Yet it happened
The defeat turned things topsy- turvy in McGovern's
makeup The heretofore neglected mental side began get
tng busy But the subject depressing Terry worried
over his misfortune. He couldn't understand it.
The inevitable would have then but for Harris
lTerry's manager and lifelong friend.
Terry would get another kat the Denver boy Hope
|sprang up in the little fellow mind
He bright and CHEEKY. His mind was benefited by
talks with Harris and when the second match made
he really in better alround condition than when he
started train for the first fight and this accounts for him
staying nine rounds longer.
But he Host again and since then he has been brooding
over his misfortune His work the stage STAYED off the
collapse until month ago in Milwaukee, when he lost
some money 81, 100 believe and to boot had his head
punched by big iveryman almost twice his SIZE
Down, down. down he went gaining velocity every min
ute He had to leave his show in ST. Paul He could scarce
y finish week S engagement Once he warned by the
management stop indulgng in talks and insulting the
spectators.
Jeffries Takes It Easy
In Champion ,Jefries have example of fighter
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la training camp it is generally back in the mountains,
where of the reach of the throng that visit every fight
er's camp Every day tale from his trainers that
he has quit hard work and will not be in condition. tie re-
fused to listen to this mans advice and that fellows Or
der yet when the time to enter the ring he is always
in the pink of condition
Jefres will spend one day in hard routine and the next
he will go long tramp looking for mountain lions or
deer. He enjoys that.
He tries to satisfy both his mental and physical makeup
On the day of the battle you have in him the ideal fight
er in ideal condition.
Two Sturdy Warriors.
The names of two fighters decorate the pages of pug
Iisc history for gameness and neither gained champion
shipp distinction.
Mike Boden 20 years ago had a national reputation of
taking everything in the punch line in graceful manner
He could stop mighty swing with his jaw and SMILE lie
never went down for the count, that any antagonists re-
member.
| can just remember about 20 years when he was
meeting all at the heaer Comique in Philadelphia
He great card He never sldeSepped any OF the
stars and remember knocked out. He met
such men as Jake Kran Jack Dempsey John Glow Jack
Burke Pat Kian and Jack Fallon and often each twice
| in a week and yet could not be put away. -.
| Chicago wanted to him and he went to theWndy
city and met jim Hall and Joe Choynski and the story was
the same These fighters had nothing in their repertoire OF
| seep- producers that caused him any great worry,
He was physical freak. There would never be another
man like him.
But it remained for Philadelphia to turn up another
Imam of this type Joe Grimm occupies the distinction that
Boden did years ago IL
Joe has met lot of good Ones but yet has to know what
Ia trim to dreamland means and feels like
But if he stays at the game long enough Joe will prob
ABLY learn what all of us have or later.
Sharkey used to say man could be knocked out but
lbe learned different believe any in the world
he made to take the powder time regardless of his