Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-06-01
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New York, May 2S.-Terry McGov-
ern. of Brooklyn, surprised everybody
tonight by his wonderful showing
against Jimmy Britt, of California, in
ten-rOund bout before the Twentieth
Century club in Madison Square gar
den in the presence of four thousand
people. Tim Hurst was the referee,
but as no decision canbe given under
the law governing boxing in this state.
the spectators had to Judge for them
selves as to the relative merits of the
men.
Immediately after the fight both
principals, Manager Harry Pollock,
Referee Tim Hurst and ten others
were arrested by order OF Deputy Po-
lice Commissioners Waldo and Mathot,
charged with participating in and con-
Quoting prizefight.
McGovern was not trained down
fine as he had been on other occasions
Britt looked to be in much the better
condition, and was about five pounds
lighter than the Brooklyn man. Britt
was very clever and shifty, and duck
ed away from some hard swings. Nc
Govern stuck to his old bulldog style
of fighting. There was a great deal
of clinching, holding and infighting,
but whenever they INDUCED in mix
up Terry seemed to have the better
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on McGovern's head and face, but Nc
Govern did not appear to suffer much
from those blows.
McGovern opened up a cash over
Britts' right eye with left hook in
the second round, and in each succeed
ing round the cut was reOpened with
jabs or hooks. Britt was bleeding
from the nose and McGovern's right
eye was pulled up at the end of the
sixth round.
1t was hurricane fight all the way
with both men giving and taking plen-
ty of punishment.
By Jimmy Britt: 81 hope my New
York friends were satisfied with my
showing. While l dislike anything thai
smacks of an excuse. my right hand
was badly bunged up in the third
round, and was of little use to me
from that time. Terry is formidable
man, and put up a good, stiff fight
BY Terry McGovern: Il feel salts
fed with the showing | made, and be
lieve l had it on Britt. 1 think have
shown my friends that l am not deat
by any means, and would like to NEE
j. Britt in a twenty-round co.
; New York, May 29.-Gus Rubin, O
Akron, Ohio, and Sandy Ferguson, O
Boston, both heavyweight pugilists
fought six rounds to draw at tn
Marlborough Athletic club last night
u Charley White was the referee. but n
decision was given. 1t was hard an,
II fast fight for big men.
Neither of the men was trained t
the fighting notch, and while Fergr
- son was the more clever, Rubin ha
: the punch to offset this advantage
; In the second round Ferguson knocke
- Rubin down with right hand bio,
y squared matters by sending Ferguso
" to the floor twice in the followin
round with rights to the jaw. Du
u ing the last two rounds both me
fought more cautiously, and they seen
ed to be tired out at the finish.
II Folk who take an interest in tn
u doings of the boxing clans often VOL
I der what the boxers did for Twin
e before they took up pugilism as pr
g fession. A perusal of a list of som
l. of the more prominent boxers wi
a. show that they were recruited fro
IS fields ranging from teamsters to ban
clerks, and from newsboys to merc
E. ants. In ninety-nine out of every hui
n lred cases it will be found that the
a, were engaged in honest and legit
Il mate employment before they BEGAN
Is professional boxers, and the belief he
IS by some that as a rule they were 9
'e idle, shiftless class is without found
CT ton.
~ Before he became profession
boxer the worlds champion, Jim Je
fries, was a boiler maker in Los A
- geles. Elk Champion Jim Corbett W;
" clerk in the Nevada bank, San Franci
- co; Bob Fitzsimmons had charge
% his brothers blacksmith shop in Til
aru, New Zealand; Tom Sharkey Wi
" a sailor in the United States nav.
= Kid Mccoy was clerk in dry goOs
- store; Gus Rubin worked in a prir
ing house in Akron, Ohio; Philadt
-, phia Jack O'Brien drove a team for h
father in winter and worked at ba1
:. house at Atlantic City in summe
~ Peter Maher was cooper in brewer
in Dublin, Ireland; Joe Choynski W,
candy maker in San Francisco
y, Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Coz
- err, worked in restaurant in Ne
York City; Sandy Ferguson was ifs
:. erman; Jimmy Britt was clerk in
- store in San Francisco; Battling N,
son was waiter in q restaurant