El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

I the bout would be a holly contested
! one. With the opening of the second
/ round the enthusiasm had reached ca IN On
( immense height. Terry AGAIN sailed
! into Gans's body and suddenly the
/ crowd saw the negro urOF TO the
! floor McGovern stood over him as 81
I Ter counted the 10 that ended the al
/ fair The impression can best be OBJ
I tanned from one Of those who sat at the
.The thing I recall most wildly
about the bout" he said, was the
deathly pallor of Ganss face as he lay
/ on the floor. Whether this was from
pain or from fear [ do not know. but
it is certain that Joe was suffering
/ from some tremendous emotion
The Exnct Blow.
No one seems to have seen the exact
blow which caused Gans's downfall
. The deuOuement came so suddenly and
so unexpectedly that the crowd was
stricken with amaZement.
As McGovern was proclaimed the vic
tor and Cans was waved out of the
ring the crowd started to file out.
I There were a few cries Of fake but
I the demonstration was lot violent
one by any means and in a compare
lively short time the nall was cleared.
Then in the street cars, on the streets
and in barroomS began the discussion
of the affair that led to the turning Of
public sentiment against the sport
Many who had bet money on Cans
cried loudly that they had been cheated
and many others were so disappointed
at the termination of the affair that
they cried for an eXDla nation. The only
explanation forthcoming was that Nc
Govern had hit the negro a knockout
blow The promoters maintained that
the event was strictly on the level and
for years there was division Of senti-
ment as to the honesty of the bout
SiIer Deceived.
That Suer was deceived in his early
estimate Of the affair seems certain
His actions in the ring indicated that
he thought that the knockout was an
honest one and in this frame of mind
he started for the office of the news
paper on which ne was working. Drop
ping into the Morrison hotel. however,
he encountered a torrent Of denunci-
alton and inquiry. A lot Of people had
just come from the fight and they
seemed determined to scold him for not
calling it no contest
This is fierce, George" they told
him. 1T is a sell on the public and I
mighty rough on those who bet their
money on this bout
SiIer evidently did lot Of thinking
on mis- way to the office for he wrote /
a story banning the affair in unmeas- !
ured terms and various other boxing (
reporters took a fall out of the bout
Probably the worst feature of the in /
cident was the impression il made on {
Chicago city officials. Most Of them .
were at the ringside and they were n !
mad lot when they left the building /
and kept getting madder as the min (
Utes passed. Alderman VIM. Mangler
probably summed up the situation when
he. said;
Sold and Sore.
We considered that we had been sold !
and We were sore because we had al
lowed the public to be sold Within an
hour after the bout 1 made up my mind
that We would have no more boxing in
Chicago. OF course if the bout was
faxed it was most cleverly done but
that did not save the situation"
Within a brief time the boxing pro-
mOters felt the displeasure of the city
authorities and the question of the re-
vival Of boxing in Chicago never comes
up without reference to this match.
The situation was not helped great l
deal by Gans's later attempt to regain
public favor at a time when he wanted
a match with Nelson by confession that
he had laid down to McGovern. The
Tattersall bout was a severe blow to
the negro, who was without matches
for a long time and unable to earn any