Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-29
NO DECISION
But Terry mCGovern Has
Best Of Jimmy Britt.
Surprises All by Showing. -Sev-
eraI Arrests Follow Fight.
Gus Rubin and Sandy Ferguson Go Sil
Rounds 10 a Draw.

New York, May 28.-Terry Mccoy
ern of Brooklyn surprised everybody
tonight by his wonderful showing
against Jimmy Britt Of California, i'll Il
1O-round bout before the Twentieth
Century Club in the Madison Square
Garden in the presence of 1000 people.
Tim Hurst was the referee, but as no
decision can be given, the spectators
had to judge for themselves as to the
relative merits of the men.
Immediately after the fight both the
principals, Manager Harry Pollock,
Referee Tim Hurst and 10 others Were
arrested by Deputy Police Commission
er Mathot and Waldo, charged with
participation in and conducting a prize
fight.
McGoVern was not trained down as
fine as he had been in other occasions.
Britt looked to be in much the better
condition and WAS about five pounds
| lighter than the Brooklyn man. The
| style of the men differed. Britt was
very Clever and shifty and duckcd away
| from some hard swings. McGovern
stuck to his old bull dog style of fight
| ing. There was Il great deal Of chnch-
| ing, holding and infghting but whenev-
Terry had the better of it. Britt landed
several hard blows on McGovernS head
ana face, but McGoVern did not appear
| to suffer much from these singing
blows. He was always on the alert for
| an opening to land a swing or hook
| and sot in a few which shook up the
Western pugilisl.
| McGOycrn opened up a cash over
| Britt's right eye with a left hook in the
| second hound and in each succeeding
! round the cat was re-Opened with iabS
| or hooks. T:ritt was bleeding from the
nose ana Mctiovern's right eye was
| puffed up at the end Of the sixth round.
It was u hurricane fight all the way
through and McGovern had the upper
hand in every round, in which honors
| were Fretty even.
| There was n LOT of ciinchng and
| holding in tn, opening round and the
referee had \ hard time pulling the men
apart. McGovern got in a hard left on
the body and Britt hooked his left and
right to the head. In the clinches Nc
govern had the call in landing short
arm blows. Britt offset these with
left jabs and the round was even.
Britt opened the second with :. left to
the body and Terry sent a short right
Jolt to the head. Britt had the better
| OF some exchanges on the body and
| Terry hooked his left. cutting Britts
right eye brow. Terry swung right to
the head and landed two right hooks to
| the side of the head and neck. They
We're clinched at the bell.
| An exchange of lofts in the third was
| followed by q clinch and after they
| broke away Britt sent right and left
| to the head and body. A hard left to
| the head shook up Britt who duckcd
from two wild swings. Terry rushed
| him to the ropes, landing right and
| left to the face aud three body punches.
Britt jabbed left to the face and Terry
| rushed in sent both hands to the
body. They fought fast at close quar-
tiers in the fourth and a left hook from
Terry re-opened the cut over Rritt's
eye. Terry missed several right swings
but landed his left on the head at the
bell
Britt uppercut Terry over the heart
| with his left in the fifth round. Terry
rushed and missing a left swing slipped
| 10 the floor but was up in a second.
Britt landed three lefts to the face
| Al
clinch sent in two more McGOvern
landed a right swing on the head but
Britt jabbed him twice in the face and
they exchanged !efts on the body and
We're clinched at the bell. This was
| Britt's only round.
| The sixth round was fought pretty
evenly and at the end of it Britt was
bleeding from the right eye brow and
nose and Terry's right eye was swollen.
In forcing the men to break Hurst got
a blow in the stomach. The fighting
was very fast in the seventh and Terry
forced Britt across the right, landing
left, right and left on the head and
body In the eighth Terry lodged a
wicked swing and shot his left to the
face. They exchanged rights and let's
and after Terry swung his right to the
! wind, they clinched. Britt jabbed at