The Washington times., 1906-03-15
BAT BESTS TERRY
IN SIX ROUNDS
OutpOints McGOyern in I'm
satisfactory Bout.
NELSON PROVES TOO STRONG
Brooklyn Fighter Plucky, But Fails
to Stop the Danes
Rushes.
By TAD.

by LAD.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 10
Battling Nelson has yet 10 meet his
master. Last night at Philadelphia
Terry McCovern. the toughest and
hardest-hitting little fellow IN the world.
failed TO even make an impression on
The sturdy Dane from Hegewisch.
The bout was a very unsatisfactory
one. and went the full limit of six
rounds. Terry stayed the limit by his
ring generalship and cIinching tactics.
1T was thought that Terrible Terry
would wade into the Dane and fight
him punch for punch II was a sad
thought. Terry did the same as the
Others have done while facing this
demon of the lightweight division. For
one or two rounds ne tried to slug with
him. he took a few wallops. and rough
cd it.
lie figured HIS chances then. and from
The third round on. contented himself
with holding. backing away, and trying
10 stall the vicious plunges of Nelson.
Not Like 0lden Days.
Terry did not fight as be did in the old
Gays. Then he was the terror who tore into
his man. fought him toe TO toe. and
battled until either he or the other fell
low went to the mat. Last night. he was
the crafty one who wanted 10 hold.
fight in close. and keep his jaw well
covered on the side of Nelson's arms.
He did not want TO swap punches with
this tow-headed terror. Three or four
times in the first two rounds he swung
flush on the Danes Jaw. but he might
Just as well have thrown them in the
street. They had the same effect. Sports
n -
landed; We jumped in our chairs expect
tngto see Nelson go 10 the floor
He rushed in faster than ever Terry
was surprised and taken off his feet by
The onslaught. He was outpunched.
Outgamed and backed from one corner
10 the other.
Nelson's Every Way.
Nelson had it on him every way you
figure IT,
There were times il is true. when II
looked as though Terry might sparkle
They lasted but a few seconds perhaps
for the Dane belted in so hard and swift
that Terry was back TO his clinching
tactics before we knew it.
McGovern is game. he took the cruel
ing like a little soldier and never falter-
ed for a second, but he was against
tremendous odds.
Terry did not seem to have the
strength 10 battle with his young op-
ponent. lie whaled away hard enough
the blows might have dropped other
Fighters, but Nelson shook them or the
way duck does water and jumped into
The fray again.
Had the referee broken the boys apart
during the fight, it is a question wheth-
he did.
Terry Knew His Business.
In these mix-ups Terry had Nelson's
left arm under his right, and he fought
with the left for the body, while Mel
son chopped his right to the back of
Terry's head and back. The crowd
hooted, the referee yelled his head off,
but Terry knew his business. and
Clinched like a burr in woo'sa
sweater
Nelson was wild in his endeavors to
free himself. He backed Terry against
the ropes, bumped him into corners and
whaled away at the top Of his head,
but IL was useless.
As they entered the ring Nelson
seemed the nervous one. Terry smiled
TO his friends toked with his seconds
and seemed right at home. Nelson sat
IN his chair, rubbing his hands on his
legs, pulling his robe around him and
biting his lips.
There was some hitch about the tame
10 be used, but it was all over in a
9iffy. and Terry's seconds bound his
hands, fitted the gloves and had him
ready for the fray in about four min
utes.
Nelson Takes it Easy.
Nelson. wise gent that he is. coached
by the wiser Mr.. Nolan. was slower
tapping his hands than a fat man climb
ing a hill. His game was to keep
Terry in the ring longer than usual.
worry him by the delay and get his
nerves right on edge.
He wound the tape slowly, looked at
mo one, wound IL some more, took all
OF about ten minutes had Terryis mere
for fair The bell changed and they
went at II like two tigers Both
missed lefts and went into a clinch.
McGovern was walloplng away with
his left at Nelson's body, and the lat
ter was sticking his right into Terry.s
anatomy as fast and as hard as The
other was.
Ii was an awfuIly tiresome thing az
the start. You could not tell whether
Nelson was trying TO wrestle Terry
tired. or whether Terry was holding
for fear of a wallop.
The gong sounded with neither hurt
and the crowd sore
Backed Terry Into Corner.
McGovern left his corner like a bull
Jet from rifle in the second He
swung a left over Nelson's head that
would have torn a building down had
81 landed. Nelson battered his body
with left and right. and backed Terry
into a corner. where he whaled him
with boiling hooks on the jaw. They
fell TO clinching again and scuffled
across the ring four or five times, jolt
ing one another with short lefts and
rights.
The crowd howled for smuggling, but
the fighters wrestled around the ring,
one trying to outpush the other Nc
Govern was the offender, however. Ne
held that left OF Nelson's and watched
OUR BOOK BEER is OUT