The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-22
TERRY M'GOVERN HAD
BULLDOG TEMPERAMENT
Famous Little Fighter Possessed Gameness Courage Aggres
siveness and Puck-The Terrible They Called Him,
Never Had Fear of Any Man-showed Pedlar Palmer
That He Didn Quit Until the Last Bell

est u4~n IN the bantam division. He
vas as clever bantam performer
as the -ss7ie ever produced and he
packed a mighty wAllop- The bout
WAS scheduled TO go twenty-five
rounds and not even the widest Mo
/ Govern partisan cared to wager mIcn
+ on Terry's chance or scoring Il knoc,-
out The GnglShman' defense was
considered .i1pregnAble to a sleep wal
lop.
/ But Terry McCTovern was a winner
via the knockout route h9fore the
FIRST round rad ended
Confident Of Victory.
Palmer felt confident OF victory. Re
fore the battle he boast ed that
through 4 careful study OF Terrys
tactics he had perfected defense
that would turn aside every Nc
Govern onslaught. He dgured 70 beat
Terry a. his own gsme--to rush the
American with the tap Of the first
gong and to batter him down with a
| fusillade OF punches But his plans
failed
The echo ~ the hrrt he'll haHn {
! dted away before Palmer Was on
tor Of Terry, swinging lefts and
rights The Briton's rushing tactics
surprised Terry and during tho first
ten seconds or 50 he continued to
pdAFA away BttdI " pNsS MS
foe Once more Palmer rushed,
stumbled 8 hit--and then Terry was
or him.
| Like an enraSed tiger the American
hurled himself toward Palmer with
both hands swim E1ng like fails. The
blows came so fast and so furiously
that Palmer speed marvel and mas
ter ringman that he was, &C uldn't get
ont Of their way, He tried several
times to hank or tn side step, but
slvsvs Terrv we% on. him. sending
crashing lefts and rights tn his head
and body.
Palmer tried to halt the terrible
Moo ovsrr with ishe 10 the face.
hut Terry kept after his prey One
terrific blow after another struck its
target and II looked as II every new
runch would be the last 1t didn't
seem huus My possible for man 70
stand up longer before the cycionic
NcGovern attack. A solid right land
ed on the Briton's taw--he Stagsrnr-
cd and then. above the din on the
fight -maddened crowd. the clang OF
the bell was henrd-
Time So< Tp.
Rut the rourd WASH t over. The
tin1ekecper had struck the bell in
error. Just the Same tho milling
ceased ard Palmer dragged himself
to his corner Ent hardly had he
sat down when George Si.er, the re
force, discovered that the round had
gone only two minutes. that another
sixty seconds OF lighting was left SO
he ordered to the fighting to be re-
Sllr1ed
| Palmer came out Of his corner IN %
steadily. Terry came on the Jump
, For ten seconds or so the Briton
lodged or blocked the heavy McGov-
err lea DIS. nut q left hook came too
fast II caught him on the point OF
1.-THE chjn-anA down went Palmer. He
arose at the count OF six only TO he
met by another volley OF blows.
shifting the attack from head 10 body
and then back to the head again,
Terry hammered out the la st bit Of
strength in the wir~ Briton's hody
Then Terrible Terry stood away,
measured Palmer and sent a terrible
right hander TO the jaw, Palmer COL
Ia psed-a7i Terry McGovern became
1.-THE undisputed bantamweight cham
/ ion of the world.
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