Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-15
BATTLING HAS
A LITTLE THE
BEST Of TERRY
Six Round Draw Proves a
Disappointment.
PRIZE FIGHT DEVELOPS
INTO A WRESTLING MATCH
Crowd Kisses Groans and YeIIS "Fake"
During First Few Rounds Of
Unexciting Contest.

Philadelphia, Mar. 14.-Battling
Nelson had the advantage over Terry
McGovern in their six-round bout
which took place at the National Ath-
letic club tonight. For the first three
rounds the fight was a disappointment
to the 5000 persons who had paid
fancy prices to witness the bout.
There were scarcely half dozen solid
blows struck, the men wrestling from
one end of the ring to the other, with
the referee powerless to separate
them. 1t had been agreed that the
referee was not to lay his hands on
the men, but simply warn them to
step back when they rushed to
clinch. The repeated warnings had
no effect on the lighters and the crowd
hissed, groaned and cried Fake" and
Take them out of the ring" At the
beginning of the fourth round the men
began the fight as though they meant
business. Nelson kept right after
McGOvern and used a straight left to
advantage.
McGovern frequently countered
with hard lefts and rights but his
blows, while they appeared to have
great force behind them, failed to
make an impression on the steady
Dane. At the close of the fifth round
McGovern went to his corner in dis
tress When the men came up for the
final round Nelson sent a left to the
jaw, and McGovern rushed to
clineh. His seconds cried: Hold on,
Terry; hold on" and never were in
structions carried out more thorough
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land a stiff blow. McGovern would
grab him around the body and hang
on until Nelson would throw him off
by sheer force. 1t is doubtful If Nc
Govern could have stood the gruelling
for another round. There was some
rough work in the early rounds by the
Dane, He frequently used hiss right
elbow and bored i'm on McGovern re-
peatedly with his head Nelson de-
served the decision but as no decisions
are rendered when both men are on
theirIfeet, the fight is classed as a
draw. Neither man was knocked
down during the fight but McGovern
slipped to the floor in the fifth dounr
while trying to escape from the Dane
The Fight BY Rounds.
Round They rushed to a clinch
and wrestled. McGovern put hard left
and right to ribs and shot left to
face. Slow in-fghting followed. All
the spectators were kissing. They
rushed to a clinch and they failed to
break. They shot right and left to
body and refused to break away. Nell
son swung short left to the head and
Terry swung left to face. They came
to another clinch and McGovern
swung both hands to body; Nelson
swung right to back of neck and Nc
Govern shot a right to wind at the
bell
The round was over and very tame.
Round 2-Nelson hooked left to
face and they clinched. Terry held on
until the Dane pushed him off. Nell
son jabbed stiff left to face and Terry
swung both hands to body. McGovern
swung right to head and Nelson put
short right on ribs. McGovern put
right and left in wind and they stood
pounding each other on the ribs.
They again refused to break and Nell
son shot a short right to jaw. Nell
son swung right and left to head and
they exchanged swings to body. Me-
Govern swung two lefts to wind and
Nelson shot a short right to chin.
They were clinched at the bell.
Round 3-Terry swung left to wind
and Nelson hooked left to face, they
clinehed and Terry swung both hands
to head, Nelson put three hard rights
under heart and swung right to chin.
Thew mixed hard on the ropes with
Nelson landing with both hands on
body. Nelson swung light left to
face and McGOvern swung right to
ear. They exchanged rights and left
to body and Terry swung a stiff right
to head. They clinched and Nelson
put two rights on the kindneys and
two lefts to wind. Nelson put both
hands to wind and swung right and
left to face. Terry dug short right
and left to wind. Nelson swung left
to face at the bell. 1t was Nelson's
round
Round 4-Terry swung right to
head and left to wind. They exchang-
ed left swings to jaw twice and then
clinched. McGovern dug left to wind
and each landed left swings TO head.
Terry swung right to ear and then
hard left to face. Nelson put right
and left to hady and then uppercut
right to chinU Terry swung left to
body and Nelson staggered McGovern
with a left hook to jaw. The Dane
landed right and left on jaw and drove
McGovern to the ropes with right and
left to the head Nelson swung botn
hads to face and jabbed left to nose.
Nelson forced Terry around the ring
Nelson landed both hands to body and
head. Nelson was banging both hands
to body at bell.
| Nelson's round.
Round 5-They exchanged left jabs
and Nelson hooked two lefts to face.
Terry clinched, but was getting weak
er and the Dane shook him off. Nell
son put two more rights over kidneys
and uppercut right to chin. They ex-
changed right swings to jaw and Nell
son swung both hands to body. Terry
swung two lefts to head and Nelson
brought boow with a left swing to
nose. Nelson forced the fighting and
sent McGovern reeling with right and
left swings TO jaw. Nelson hooked
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