Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-29
NJ GOVERN MAY
BATTLE NELSON
BROOKLYN WHIRLWIND BEATS
JIMMY BRITT
Former Festherweiaht Champion
Sends shivers Down spines Of
Coast Fans by His Excellent
Showing With Native Son
NY Assnciated Press.


tonight by his wonderful showing
against Jimmy Britt of California in a
ten-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 under the law
governing boxing in this state, the
spectators had to judge for themselves
as to the relative merits of the men.
Immediately after the fight both
principals, Manager Harry Pollock,
Referee Hurst and ten others we're ar
rested by order of Deputy Police Com
'missioners Waldo and Mathot, charged
with participating in and conducting a.
prize fight.
McGovern was not trained down fine
as he had been on other ocasions. Britt
looked to be in much the better con-
dition and was about five pounds
lighter than the Brooklyn man. Britt
was very clever and shifty and duCked
away from some hard swings
Terry in oId-Time Form
McGovern stuck to his old bull dog
style of fighting. There was a great
deal of clinching, holding and infight-
ing, but whenever they indulged in
mixup Terry seemed to have the bet
ter of it. Britt landed several hard
jabs on McGovern's head and face but
McGovern did not appear to suffer much
from these blows.
McGoVern opened up a cash over
Britt's right eye with a left hook i'm the
second round, and in each succeeding
round the cut was reopened with jabS
or hooks. Britt was bleeding from the
nose and McGoVerns right eye was
puffed up at the end of the sixth round.
1t was hurricane fight all the way,
with both men giving and taking plenty
of punishment. There was a lot Of
clinching and holding in the opening
.,r.1 nod -.
pulling the men apart. McGovern got
in hard left on the body and Britt
hooked his left and right to the head.
In the clinches McGovern landed short
arm blows. Britt offset these with left
jabs, and the round was even.
Battle Wakes Warm
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.
Terry swung right to the head and
landed two right hooks to the side of
the head and neck. They were clinched
at the bell.
After ain exchange of lefts in the third
round they clinched and when they
broke away Britt sent right and left
to the head and body. A hard left to
the head shook Britt who ducked from
two wild swings. Terry rushed him to
the ropes, landing right and left to the
face and three body punches. Britt jab
bed left to the face and Terry rushing
in sent both hands to the body. Britt
sent in straight left to the face at the
bel,
They fought fast at close quarters in
the fourth and q left hook from Terry
deepened the cut over Britt's eye. Britt
uppercut Terry over the heart with his
left in the fifth round. Terry rushed,
and missing a~left swing, slipped to the
flrarNn hut NtFpe- ID,.ttt
landed three lefts to the face without
return and after another clinch sent
in two. McGoVern landed right on the
head but Britt jabbed him twice in the
face and they exchanged lefts on the
body and were clinched at the bell.
This was Britt's round.
Hurst Gets the Overflow
The sixth round was fought pretty
evenly and at the end of it Britt was
bleeding from the right eye 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 ring, 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 lefts. Britt jabbed
at long range and Terry hooked his
left to the head again. Terry rushed
to a clinch at the opening of the ninth
and worked his right to the ribs AMI
head Britt ia bbed his left to Terry's
\ injured eye and rushed but McGovorn
stopped him with a hard right and left
to the head. Terry had the better of
some hard mixups and Jared Britt
with right to the head at the close
of the round.
The final round found Terry forcing
fight a nj rio
and left to the head and exchanged
rights far back on the jaw. There were
several clinches, during which Terry
had the upper hand in short arm work.
Terry missed right swing but landed
hard hook to the face. They We're
fighting at close quarters when The
bell ended the fight.
The surprisingly good showing Of
Terry McGovern, formerly the Book
lyn whirlwind and featherweight
champion of the world until Young
Corbett put him out of business, in
his battle at New York last night with
Jimmy Britt, wherein it is intimated
that Terry would have been declared
the winner had decision been per-
missible, comes almost in the nature
of a shock to the coast fight fans, who
expected Britt to win via the knockout
route and in short order.
The alarming reports sent out yes
terday concerning the condition of
Terry shattered whatever hopes his ad-
mirers on the coast had as to his abil-
ity to make even a creditabe showing
against the native son, and the verdict
in his favor is scarcely susceptible of
realization. 1t may mean a verification
of the predictions of his manager and
friends that the little whirwind fighter
was really coming back into his own
and would demonstrate that which has
never before been demonstrated viz:
that a defeated champion can really
climb back upon the PEDESTAL from
which he has been knocked by more
sturdy opponent.
May Fight Nelson
In view of the verdict in favor of
McGovern it is not improbable that
Manager McCarey of the Pacific Ath-
letlc club Will make an Offer to Nc