Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-14
M'GOVERN
OUTCLASSED
BY COUON
CHICAGO 105-POUNDER IN A
CLASS BY HIMSELF
LOCAL SPLINTER GAME ENOUGH,
BUT NOTHING ELSE
Van Horn Has a Shade Over Rube
Smith, and Austin and Rivera
Go to Punk
Draw

After his battle last night glance
into Johnny Coulon's diary would prob
ably reveal an entry something like
this: ION Friday the 18th, I met
and defeated Young Terry McGovern,
the gamest opponent 1 was ever put
into the ring with, and who will have
TO be watched"
Such an entry would at least express
the thoughts of every man in the CABIN
last night who watched the 105 cham
pion of the world decisively trim Young
Terry McGovern, a whirlwind product
of the local preliminary class.
This decision is rendered after seeing
a perfectly trained fighting machine
outgeneral and outpoint an adversary
who was sadly lacking in experience
to cope with his conquerer, was young
in years, but a veteran of every trick
in his trade.
However confident of victory the
easterner might have been, he gave
Terry all due respect, and although
carrying the battle into McGovern's S
territory every minute of the time, took
care to avoid the wallop of the local
boy. which is hailed as the exact dupli-
cate of his terrible namesake's bread
winner
Coulon was backed chiefly by his
father. who pestered around until the
scales were brought in for the splinters
to pledge their good faith in the matter
of pounds upon.
McGovern hoped on to the platform
shoes and all and barely wavered the
balance rod. while Coulon discarded his
rags down to his bearskins in order to
register quarter of a pound under the
limit.
Coulon showed his superiority in the
first business-like move from his cor
ner, and Terry displayed a suspicion of
stage timidity They SPARED carefully
for an Introductory moment and Nc
Govern gave away by his first swing
wildness which became more and more
evident in each round. Coulon slipped
a light tap to the nose for feeler, and
after another clinch, with Coulon dig
ging out, they SPARED for the gong.
CouIon Feels Terry Out
Coulon hestated in finding his right
temperature and contented himself by
following his opponent about the
square, punctuating the trip OCCASION
ally with spasmodic rushes and swings.
Terry stopped his adversary's progress
for a brief second with right flush to
the Jaw, but CoulOn drove Terry's head
back with a poke to the beak, which
foretold of more of the same kind.
lOulOn struck Ills pace Win lut Cplll-
ing of the fourth act and after an effort
by Terry to stop him with uppercuts,
he rushed the dark boy across the ring
and floored him with right flush to
the. Jaw McGoVern took three tolls and
came back doubtful. They spared
around the ropes and the Tourist almost
put Terry on the canvas with vicious
hooks to the face and head.
The fifth was almost n repetition of
ht1t i11n1np6
an opportunity in the beginning of the
sixth, when McGovern was slipping on
a wet stop, to almost call down the
curtain then and there. Coulon rushed
like a tiger at McGovern and smashed
him repeatedly to advantage, but the
local boy kept up such gallop under
cover that Johnny couldn't find loop
hole to get in the fatal shot
In the seventh Terry was groggy and
on his way to shelter most of the time
and after hot chase in the eighth was
driven to his knees with a terrific jolt
to the jaw.
McGovern entered the next to the last
session with the best of intentions, but
was unable to stay in the going and
went through the ropes out of ham,
mering clinch forced al 1.-The way by
Coulon.
Only a very polite and short time was
spent in the last round for the formal
ity of touching mitts. and Johnny
started on a frantic campaign to give
the fans a sight of a knockout. He
had his victim rocking from the first
swing and carried a terrible rush to
McGoVern for three laps around the
ring, but the bell came in time to save
Terry from the ammonia bottle
THE PRELlMlNARIES
Joe Rivera and Jimmy Austin could
have given much more for the money
in their imitation of a six-act prelim-
mary without being over generous,
but as far as it went draw Will do
them very well for meal tickets
With few pounds of his luxurious
fat in the garbage can Russell Van
Horn would have possibly landed Rube
Smith more emphatically on the short
end of the purse, but the Denver boy
also had a little gossip in the out of
condition line
Their ten rounds, except for the un-
Inistakable advantage given the New
Englander by flooring the Rube almost
before the echoes of the first gong had
died out, We're legal tender for any
mans admission pastebOard.
Van Horn exhibited a badly shat
tered wrist after the go, which was
certainly an excuse for slowing up. but
the Dutchman carried his injury so
gamely that it was not evident in his
work.
The mountaineer had haymaker in
each hand which left spots on Van
Hons skin but was unable to get it
connected with the tender places.
The tenth was RussellS best round
and he set a terrific pace which the
Coloradoan was not able TO follow, al
though he did an awful good best.
Smiths head was kept bobbing during
the last minute from punches from
Var Horns feathers.