The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-06-01
FIGHT Ten
FAST ROUNDS

bout here tonight or he is rapidly go,
ing back, as in fight that was de-
cidedly the best seen in this city
since the repeal of the Horton law
McGovern outpointed the Californian
and at the bell in the tenth round, the
limit of the bout had him bleeding
freely from the mouth nose and ears
and putting hard. This, too, despite
the fact that McGoveru went into
the ring with considerable fat show
ing about his waist.
McGovern forced matters from the
start and looked more like the Ter
rible Terry" of old than he did in the
fight in Philadelphia with Battling
Nelson Britt's face at the end show
ed plainly the marks of Terry's right
and left swings, but the only mark
discernable on Terry" was small
mouse" under his right eye. That
McGovern felt confident that he could
withstand anything that his younger
opponent had to hand out was shown
by the fact that he made little effort
to block Britt's lefts but smashed
back with telling effect every time.
BRITT A CHOPPING BLOCK.
Britt showed up the better only in
the first round and in the second Ter
ry started the claret and again in
the third brought it out in profusion
so that by the end Of the eighth Britt
looked as though he had been cut
with butchers cleaver.
While no decision was possible un-
der the law it was the general con-
sensus of opinion that had one been
possible it must have been given to
the Brooklyn boy. McGoven will now
be matched to meet Nelson in 20
round fight here. Tim Hurst ref
creed.
ALL ARRESTED.
Both McGovern and Britt, their sec
onds and managers, and Harry Pot
lock, the manager of the carnival.
were arrested and held in bail.
It was simply a case of testing the
law, as this was the first fight for
ten rounds held in this city since the
days of the Horton law. They will be
arraigned in court Tuesday.
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
First round-McGovern rushed but
his left for the wind was blocked and
Britt ciinched. After the break Britt
landed lightly on stomach with left.
Clinch Britt lands light left to ribs
and McGovern rushes only to clinch.
Terry reaches stomach and Britt jabs
left to mouth. They clinch again and
McGovern appeals to referee, claim
ing Britt is holding. Hurst had trou-
BILE breaking them and when they do
break Britt ripped a hot left to Ter
ry's stomach. AS Terry clinched the
bell sounded. Britt's round
Round two-McGovern feinted and
missed and Britt ripped soaker TO
stomach and then left to chin. Nc
Govern sent two hot ones to ribs and
a clinch followed. McGovern was
yelling to his opponent in a voice au-
dible all over the amphitheatre: why
don't you fight fair Jimmie?" Britt
sent a right and left to body, only
to be rocked with a hot left to head.
McGovern then sent warm right to
eye that cut Jimmie's eye and then
sent right and left to stomach. This
infuriated the Californian who rushed
Terry to the ropes landing hard only
to receive right and left to face and
eye bringing blood from the damaged
eye. McGovern ripped hard right and
left to stomach at bell. McGoVern's
round.
Round three-They rush to clinch.
Terry hooked hard left to head but
Britt forced him to the ropes. Terry
covered up well and was back with
stiff left to the nose. Britt missed
two lefts to head and Terry smashed
peach" to nose with left. Britt
jabbed a couple of lefts to face. Nc.
Govern sent his left against Britt's
stomach with crushing force and
Britt jabbed two lefts to face and
hooked a right to ear Terry shook
the Californian up with left and right
r swings to head and ear. They were
sparring at the bell. Terry had a
shade the better of this round.
Round four-They go to a elinch
Terry hooked a--Ieft to cheek and
missed a swing and slipped to his
knees. He was up quickly and forced
Britt around the ring. McGovern
again smashed Jimmie on the bad
eye with left and the blood came in
perfect stream covering both men.
Terry smashed right to ribs and jim
mie countered hard to ear with right
and then sent a couple of warm lefts
to the face. McGovern dug his left
into his opponents stomach and when
they broke from a clinch McGovern
hooked a left TO eye drawing more
blood at the bell. Honors even.
3 Round fve-They went to a clinch
and Terry yelled that Britt was mold