Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-25
Terry M GOUern's
Hardest Battle
Terry McGovcrn'
what a nnme "A ~

Whnt name - W
The very speaking Of Il u IKE
gong that sets the Thoughts e. action;
and, like q gong. II marks the close
of the round al prcsent-'iay chatter
about prcsent-day lighters
An. what memories cone back with
the name
They rus like moving pictures
across the minds OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
d Fighter and hts battles. pictures OF
ether days pictures Of = fighter nnex-
ceiied. fighter unequalled. a fighter
without peer. And AS the film Of
memory slides swiftly by Il arousss
ana stimulates the vocal chords and
you say unconconsciously:
There was fighter"
Where Ii there another like him
one hears OF many kids" and bat.
tlers" Of the prize ring. but only ono
Terrible Terry" No fighter has
ever been bold enough to try and
emulate the deeds that went with Ter
RVS nickname
Even today In suite ~ his past mis-
fortune and his present weight OF i75
pounds. one can stiil see X-ray-llke.
the game little fighter that used q
bc.
We saw Terry at his place ot bust
Fiass-- Grand Opera house. Terry On
Joys the position OF "theater mann
ger" thanks 10 his old manager. sam
ris, OF Conan A. Harris It's "A Hfe-
Iona sob and he hasn't much work
20 do, so has plenty Of time 10 talk.
And he did He told us OF many
things. and among them was the story
OF his hardest battle
1T WAS one of the first that I ever
had. and funny. Il never happened in
the ring either Il happened in
BROOKLYN. Il did--on a sand lot Was
playing BALL used 60 could play bail
too--and the scrap started that way.
You know how kids have teams and
play. around the town? VOL, that's
what the team I had was doing-y'sae.
was captain, being kinda handy with
me dukes gave me the job. That
day. the day OF the scrap I am ga.
ing 10 tell you about. understand
NEE"
Certainly" we said.
That day We were playing team
captained by Charley Mally." con-
tlnued Terry.
"a purse al 81. half az which had
been contributed by each team, and
the whole Of which was 10 De divided
between the members OF the winning
/ nine, was the prize. and the game was
Tor blood, y'see. Naturally any game
with 20 much az stake was bound To
DE filled With tanglcs and wrangles
So was this game" laughed Terry
we used up about a dozen UNI
plrcs. An ump lasted about an in
Ming and half before he was tin.
canned-sOme not so long. They say
McGraw used 20 be rough on umpircs.
but he was III Lord Fauntieroy com
pared to members of that game down
there on that vacant lot near the
Thirty-nlnth street ferry, AZ last we
got 90 scrappng 80 much that. with
the game tie. Il was decided that
the best way 10 settle II was 10 let
Charley and 7 fight Il out 10 sec who
won the ball game II was getting
dark, anyhow.
I'VE aid
I'VE fought for over an hour and
half, ! think Il was, and we used the
baseball gloves for boxing gloves n
was sure q tough go. and 7 don't know
who would have won had not some
big guys stopped as,
Maybe we wus kinda glad that
they did. cause we were both get
tin winded ana sore and bungod IN
anyway. 40 the game was called r.
tie, aud we split the money and every
body was satisfied. ! guess Anyway.
Charley Maliy has been u good pal of
mine ever since
Aud II wus M. hardest fight
ever had. and had lot Of them
Say" said Terry.
what"
"s'lonE. I'm going "a work"
And he did
And today. what?
Well. not an that ne would like 10
have been no doubt, but otherwise
Terry IL well taken care Of lie n
with the same people that he started
with. Sam Harris and Joe Humphrics
Truly no man ever had better friends.
BlR hearted, generous Sam has looked
after Terry In a way that il benuli'
fui Terry made Harris. and Harris
made McOovcrn. Aud each appreci.
utes me other. Terry h nov living
IN Brooklyn ln home bought for
him NJ monster benefit In iot7. The
rest ~ the money a held IN t"urt Ter
hlr,. ana enns Harrla ntnfantran him