The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-28
WITH M'GOvERN.
A Visit at His Training Quarters
at Johnson ROadhouse.
Little Fighter in Excellent Con-
dition, Fat and Strong.
WEIGHS 1876 POUNDS.
He Is Training Hard But Cheer
fully for Coming Battle.
The Worried Look of Old Has
Left the Face of Terry.


New YORK, Feb. 28.-Terry .McGovern
is in better condition today than ne
has been at any time since he beat
George Dixon for the featberzveie,1t
championship of The world Whether
his eye is as accurate as ever and his
Judgment of distance as keen as it used
to be are questions that viii be deter
mined later. This much Is certain
Terry is in splendid condition. He has
more strength than ever before and as.
sreat speed as ever.
Whether C. not McGovern can Eeat
Battling Nelson for the nght-wsigiat
championship Of thu world is a little
matter that stilI lies in the rap Of the
gods Only Of this much one can he
sure that so far as strength and hitting
power are concerned he is the Terrible
Terry Of old--and something morr. For
with added years has come added
strength, and when McGovern stems
INTO the ring at philadelphia ON the
night Of March IA he will be three
pounds bigger than he ever fought be-
fore. And, lest anyone be unduly sad
dened by the added years" let It be
recorded that Terry IS only twenty-six
The boy is most comfortably situated
IN his old training quarters at ToF41sorlss
roadhoEse. His old trainer CHARLEY
Mayhood, who used to be Terry's bt.ss
IN the lumber yard years ago and fist
showed him how to box, is in charge Of
Ine work. IeIry's old friend, Johnny
Burdlck, IS chief sparTing partner.
The house stands high on a breezy
hillside, open to sun and air and near
10 lrany excellent roads A more
cheerful place to get fit for the fight Of
mans life could not be imagined
AS usual, Charley Mayhood's chief
duty IS to keep Terry from doing too
much work The boy visited the other
day some friends at the Lone Star Boat
club on the Harlem river, and played
handball for the first time in his life
The game fascinated him so much that
he played for two hours and lost tour
pounds.
MeAovern was coming in from an
easy afternoon luncheon stroll when the
visitors saw him He had dong his reg
uiaf morning work OF six miles on the
/ road, yet his appetite for outdoor work
I was so strong that he simply had to go
out again and stroll along the roads and
( across fields. Charley AIayhood was
with him, and on the Wey they latd
/ picked up the middleweight, Jim Guids.r
and a few other friends, so that when
I he returned to Johnsonis the road party
was good, big company.
! Down jerome avenue they came at y
I brisk pace, Terry in the lead. J0hnson's
porch and the sidewalk for two blocks
around was fringed three deep with
I eager spectators. Tt was quite like the
old championship days. and when Ferry
saw how big and how interested the
crowd was his blue eyes danced for joy.
/ Nevertheless. he modestly took A short
cut and climbed the porch to the side
door, Cor he is afraid Of being openly
3raised, and he'd rather take har7
punching than lot of applause. Queer
thing about the high class fighting man
i'm many ways he is as sensitive lis a
child
It was a treat to see Terry's face.
| round and REQ a a Baldwin apple. His
eyes were clear and bright his skin
4 clear and smooth and sunbdrned to a
/ vivid pink right down to the collar line.
How are you2" he was asked
Never better. thanks" he answered
and he certainly looked it. There was
+ not a trace Of nervousness about him
and he seemed buhbling over with en-
ergy.
But when the boy stripped to hex.
one could see at a glance thar the lit
of fat he had picked I'D is good, honest
tissue, the kind that viii gather upon
iany healthy athlete Who rests for 4
while. McGovern had rested at home
for ten days before beginning the pres
ent training. a week ago. and the rest
seemed to have done him world Of
scCd. There was not 4 trace of fat Ylsi-
tble on his legs or about the waist line.
The little accumulation had grown upon
his back, shoulders. neRz and face.
There was nothing fabby about It. none
Of The appearance that comes from
high living so called. He weighs 1876
pounds stripped.
And then one can not help con-
trasting Ierry's appearance with what
u was nVe months ago, when ne was
training for his fight with Tommy
Murphy. At that time Terry had just
emerged from a long and painful III
ness which had left him Tor months