The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-16

LICK that fsllowr'
pont - % sure" said MAyhood.
Hes good. but you'es coming along
Iess. ana II you ever get the chance,
Terry. believe you'll be the better
For . couple Of years Terry fousnt
along With great success. knocking out
his opponents - fast a they were
tossed In against him. He had begun
In ~ Some Of his Nights went twenty
rounds: many only . round or three or
four rounds. Each year he made them
shorter ~ he improved His natural style
OF hitting. He was perfect whiriwind
His longest hght was with George Mon
roe. who was knocked out In tho TWEEN.
ey-fourth. oam Harris was 0sorste's
manager then. Jimmy Burns, q brick.
layer was acting for Terry. Harris
made . proposition TO Mc0overn and
took chargs Of his match making The
combination was 10 result In q fortune
Tor each.
IKYow Tsry's Arst flght was with
I'm Harry Forbss. aftsrward ban
tam champiou. He knocked
Forbes out In fifteen rounds. Not ions
aftsrward he. knocked out bantam
champion Casper Leon In twelve rounds.
A. bantam champion Terry knocked
out number OF famous fighters In that
class and fsathsn and light weights q
we'll He became famous.
| Over In England was Pedlar Palmer
che clsvsrsst little man ever developed
In Great Britain bssors Jsm Drisoolrs
Tune Palmer had invaded America
once and had fought . draw with
0sorgs Dixon. He was coming over e
aght Dixon for the fsathsrwsight
championship Of the world. Harris In.
ducsd Palmsr's manager to match hin
with little Terry. bantam champion ol
Amsrioa. arst Nc0ovsrn net Palmer
at the boat. with . great band and
long parade. FiaSs were hying. band
playing. there was banQustung and
spsschmaking and much celebrating o
'hands acrosS 1.-THE sea-" At the West
chester Club In Tuckahos boxss wer,
cold TO famous men from all over tn,
world. 0ouhs and Vanderbilt wsr,
In the front rows. Richard Croker. 81
Thomas Upton. "Pssgy" Bsttinson
President OF the National Sporting
Club Of London. many other great mel
gathered at the ringstds.
The hxht-why. Terry simply rushst
across the ring. battered the Englis
champions defense to pieces In Q fev
seconds. and beat him down In lea
than Q round with . furious fus.llads o
CLOVIS that fell on every part OF hes,
and body like haiistones In Q storm. i
less than three minutes Terry Mc0ov
srn was bantam champion Of the world
See how Terry went after that night
Nothing could stand before him.
the rest OF that year he knocked on
Billy Rotchford. one round: Patse
rounds; Eddie Sprague. two roundl
Charlie Mason. two rounds: Frsckls
O'Brisn. one round; Harry Forbe.
two rounds; Johnny Richie. thrs
rounds: Fred Snyder. two rounds.
{ Then came the right with dsora
, Dixon for the featherwoight champion
> ship OF the world.
|, That was . great battle. Rushing
|. tearing In furiously. refusing to
|. even checked BY Dixon's despera,
punches. Terry drove the greatest III
, tie champion OF his day around an
y around tho ring like . leaf In an 81
tumn sale. Dixon went down an
. gameiy rose again and sgain, FINAL,
!. in the eishth round. McGovsrn's tsrrif
I body blows made.
0UT MoGovsrn went on and sstal
hshed Q marvellous record. Il
o - knocked out Eddie Santry. JAG
i Ward. oscar Gardner Tommy WIFI
a and Joe Bernstein. He knocked OF
= Lightweight Champion Frank Erne
d three rounds. and Joe Cans. sfterwaI
b lightweight champion. In two. .
. knocked out Aurelia Herrera. the ma
. velious Mexican lightweight. In ~
i There was no one to give him . nsl
= now. except possibly . young fellow
n Denver called young Corbett" HI
3 SAM Harris brought TO New York. qua
. anteeing $500 for nghting McGover
Terry left his show" q couple
4 weeks and trained a little at johnson
n road house. The nght was held In Hsr
. ford. Conn.,. Thanksgiving Day. 1901.
= THAT 800 a lurdaliua alua RlnA II N IA