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THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907. |» BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK .« ia titties AND WELL WRITTEN | TERRY M’ GOVERN, GREATEST LITTLE FIGHTER OF THEM ALL : STORIES OF - SPORTS _TOLD BY EXPERTS ERRY M’GOVERN | i GREATEST OF ALL HE NEVER, SORE if TARY MAN ae LIVING = | ttle Brooklynite. Waded Teal ightweights " in_the Days When Great Little ‘Men Were Common. in Series | “Champions I Have Known.”’ ERRY M'GOVERN was the Breatest little champion ‘of them all. He fought when! great little men were common. Erne, "Lavigne, Santry, Gans, McFadden, Dixon, Broad, Gardner, White, Her- rera,_ Sullivan, Hanlon, _ Palmer, Forbes, Leon, Bernstein, Kelly, “ 3 v Haley, Lenny, other famous ringsters’ Rah a $ REN \ tofled check Mack wants 10. prove to flourished tn Terry McGovern's day— fr : BE Bence sh : ’ A ‘ g SNES wc IE A Bie SEE ipa ees ‘and Be utclaseecgthom all.” He i . £m 2 = : = 2 secre Mersey arrer wiatr recent Te ¢ 2 va zi jo_‘and that. the other light-welsits : —> miowld Battie for It.” Mack fevis co >} fident that—Dardwin= has as Kot ne chance of winning-it as the other men! - Temey- usHed \FRANK es DIKON= Ge: mee. ERNE OFF HIS FEET AND a IKROCKING HIM OUT "FoR THE FEATHER “NITLE.- : Leet RIN Gi fatal : Ss y Dp FURY. have been walting patiently for his 4 z j z Candidates. In that class. If the llght-wel: It We will bi 1 ‘ 4 * : .4 not Deen fourfluahing about being “a equal to appear. We will have long z ; se Bet backing. for $1,000 or to wait. . F ; % Sree \ 3 : ‘¢ Beet tye tee ting. M K _MeGovern was a fighter, right from| ube TORN, OLEOCR fonges epiing Mack's first time he entered a rinx. He loved fighting. Outside of the equared light-weight fighter, of Boston, Humphreys Quits. Burke. Joe-Humphreys tana longer the manazet of Sallor Bu: weight whom J quietest—Hitle fellow you—could—meet-in—a—day's travel. “But ‘once let ‘him hear the sound of the first gong and he became the very has backing to meet any map Tat his weight In the-country-—Jobnny_ In Genco ue day sent a cer-| 7°! i Z| It 1s expected 0 ‘ uttack was sudden and Irresistible. He | Mack, hig, manager, Co~ @evelop into th welxht chamipion| that Morgan. will Jo likewlee, he 2 piteeonol Mee aa Pinan Mer TEN Leer MADE JOE GONS _ titted chedk for $2500 to the Cincinnat! | some day, Joe accuses Durke of re te ae Bri tthey terms’ septate feoon of eating fie nian, down tk rays only-“Joe"Bornatein- Went mers | — : : - : inquirer with a challenge to” mateh {take on men whom he itl) Murphy-Aiready Down: to- Weight. p nul WEES Secleboigfe, ee Maa a - eligi) Conse OY Hishtcasieh is wi fentone’ apex Route nt ; - — [Rie world-at 133 pounde weigh ina) 1070'° Bhortiy in * champion, bu Gadi anata x 5 2 E GANS admita that he laid| {Ar below, the weight iboleee hues : | the Hing side, 91,000 of which is to go] Mumpareys, failed” > a 5 Neti teases’ Chi But lusted only three, Joe Gans, present tae fa aide det, $1,000 for weeny and a I. 1 have Ys r F isctocbe cided @hetace! ‘down to MoGovern cago, |Hgneweight champion, wae knocked out $ Bas smeeonteats E jas appearance, In posting th! ht the “men imate ubere and n AccO, on Wednesday nix if he dia Terry knew nothing of it. = cron Wabi ee Glekinel oti anon aio: | Mucohi (iiMolae hla) trating we thea a. careleds of hard training, Terry eer 1 tid him to make hie own But he didn't quit. Terry went down tat {owas trough with him, Good | Jin ‘ ge Memsic, ing he recplved, and he never made anc fusiliade of blows. Gans stayed | othier good fieht. Terry hadn't low tia Gem. (The Knockout was genuine, The wallop, After x couple of other’ fents Way. Into the Pockets of Mill- OF SPORTING EVENTS| Montana pusilla, who are to battle (wei Baldwin to Fight Sullivan. P Hertford, Gans's mandgor, was dotting | ogo}, “arelons of hard t pelea fans i ribsica set atthe number of rounds the fight would | iglidy: torca, week totes, ted toa | 00 ee Fie wanted (box Phi on: a Sa eet acters ‘Gans was to hit tho floor inthe eoune Corbett at Hartford, ounE Cor- SCAT anna he “ ‘ i he But Terrible Terry, having in| Pott, tnocked hin: out with a Curious would gat us all in bad, 1 sugested that | West Has Produced’ Good Fightera. idea nd awing in two rounds. Terry, he box either Jack Miackburn or § a ats eel aT Ricci otear head “nething but the ee aa HenrtsDro ken) cole not understand it. di and, he promptly. informed Qn eral good fighters h peer fanbase there to fight and to le returne:s rooklyn for the first Vie! no. prere colors tie H ¥ ast tweiv nthe, ‘a knockout as quickly as posaible—| ime #5 4 defeated fighter. WHATMAKESRACING.. | Fatiatlec a this “remark (hal ee he always did—ealled into Gans | to Losleville and wi PPA Pa Be i eck a WHAT M AES RACING. Mylan. ously. beat him all over the ring,| ven in fifteen rounds. ‘Dave wasn bed 'B r = Tard [inant Syma DI TT vacnd round sont him down |(¥e Weeks trom: the effect of the beats ulk of the Money nally inde Its | THE MOST PROFITABLE 3 Thomas God Ketchelliecet $1,000, die freee aed Walter joa Thomas, the ‘California middle dy Mensic, Papkp and. Ke Weight. and George (Young) Ketchell, th Zs y j fake -knockout planned in Gans's camp | po gai. aha rencieso nt, fiye rounds ate baseball oark in San sete | Matty Baldwin. Weck ereatirionlen rae pudgy, broad-shouldered lttle Deny. : + . | on A fight at ite stat tat atng en Serr ON alre-Lrack- Owners, ms ts sted a altnilar ieee ‘bett-ts the only man whe : eulpped. MoGovers=- wil — en — ~Average. dally. attendance... 2 ks pay aja ,Sumrantee tmal ho. wit) brit |S [SES CU eee Perey ie ra rLLIONS of dollars are spent each year In racing. Magnificent racing | WetImiated attendance for season... --: Sotcrs : “Driscoll May Fight Abe Attell. 38 ton law, were carrying on ty of | enocked out.tough Eddie Hanlon tn four | re amber of thoroughbreds in trainin Sima) Drlecotte tee BagUen: feather it’ nightly. HENS werner of rounds. Hanton had fought Corbett = plans are maintained, the State {s enriched by hundreds of thou- 3 gE. . Gannand | sacl fo ecole Bai feather weinht ‘Chances {or an asyiring y¢ draw. sands through an annual tax of receipts, racing associations declare “Estimated admissions pald.. be Soe ea en aa 000, saunter in a few wegka and vmicet_ Abe At | Amount of money wagered t dally: saeeee aap ene eitic “AG. of Low Anmeles; cal. for | erweight title, Matchmaker Moca: Fecelied A ipablegram from Driscoll recently nw neiietiman hat ‘he + 8,908,789 9 | would come over -and-Tight Attell if ha-was ost immediately. ® skeleton, his mind was affected: ald out in salaries to those employed in -varl- Amount of money wagered during season py. zune oN any Fon Hal tecovered “anal pve hecnion [Lees aa oes ne the-nionumentat-tund-trom which all] PStimated annual receipts of*local tracks... fan. Casper Laon. teioniesely—drove him into the ring, {CUS capacities. An: ox (| Money paid-out-in stakes and premiums Soe Kelly he quickly Secame| Cant to ght a shadow, unfit to take a|Of the foregoing must be drawn and who reaps the benefits? Cost of th "sk jum Harris: Jert his laundry | blow, Terry faced T At nae ‘ost oroughbred’s keep annually, nd became Terry's manager, xcod Tommy Murphy: For| The answer {s easy:--August bu Winnings of biegest stable ‘ ——— — a moment Murphy drove: Terry back | mont, Harry—Parne~ Whitney molngstotbieges testable: (Js rceKecne:s) x HEN -camethe-tamous hettie-with--nnd-battered “nim SOOUl the rig Then lilies Vanderbilt Senator Hey nowdy. Pediar Palmer, anj Terry's repu- | McGovern’s clasa told.’ Pulling himsel¢| Tim’ Sullivan, Pat McCarren, Ja d| his “associates. Few loca! transit com- siiccesaful horses, are not paid off so tation became world-wide. towether. fora dying effort,.he suddenly | R--Keene. Andrew. Miller Phil Dw : ! anoan. + season | Palike make more money, a cheaply, As a rule 10, per cent.of a mechere-to-fight-Dixon for | smuasted Murphy—down-with-one-ot-the; “tighten Beach" Engeman end some at ti ——— Se aiatas Cees -Winnings xo_to ihe —tratnar, ‘world's ctamplionship, Foxy Har- | old-time McGovern right handers, Mur-{ others not so prominently “idinttfi i . ‘ rt eae a certain; sum idebunding; ehUrely: big days when 0.0 on the purse won, h k: ie Koes to the jocke: Upermunded Peggy Bettinson. Pal- Aiwa tnd be beinesked Oa ris again and | laine hatiteasrrcearaem nena mn qut. but day for day What the traning and Hecke secrentea sind I HBN Terry took sick. Run down valuaae: dividends, owners, trainers and jockeys reap rich and fabulous Log tnencie riety pe and fight club manners stttomt ust ballor-tie J. Webster Hall, 713 t na-promineat 4 a allowed enough expenses McCarey cabled! | 2,447,789 Pi back that ne would kive Nii $1,000 to luake i 709 J, the trip here. 4 7 380,000 Abhott to Referee) Quill-Glover Bus 3 Fuivey Ase Eleventh The Sporting: none Who with be Thornton, FL knows the’ rules t Ribot maya gives entire satisfn: ‘ager, to take on young Terty | tne Faience contis one: H Oend OF The xeason of & succexsful stable foot up can onl; e threw up the—benefictaries of the great amor ur oney Eas At} asa dativ outpouring hits the mark asi be a |” Gardner Signs to Box Morgan Joa’ Tampere veri as a sort of appetizer for | xponso: Ferry, growing stronger, fought| making Institution known as tho ¢ e|near ay possible. There are about %0| nee ed nD Keats ee eae eee =r ose Teepe cate ‘9 bf others, ie will the big fight to come. Terry and Samj Battling Nelson six” savage. ‘rounds, | rece- eaciaaiy Mel ihe no every cent they had, and | Pammered Jiamy Britt for ten here cacetre ska tern se hinds of thesa eure New-York, Vor y-aoud: Here can 8.) $ha- aye Hd met “Vout Gornete moneys. opure._tn H : b tl jirse.. ‘The Heh [ceintnas Perea 5 ee : ae third. patron ‘ i etiverite ‘i RY mt 2 $ Y Then Terry's mind slipped a cog, Hel Poe yy aaa arte z , umn was sont away to a sunitarium, aii ae Jon, Itpas tS Dio weafted jon, any selunrh f [racing assoclations, ‘i romney fighting} ofthe: eraatestbenofite-ever tendered a horse could. be traced ital Z : <“Fanutous aa this secms; tony gives” a fighter was elven him under San. Harttis—progress would finally part-|a partial dea of the—w nagsment at Madinon, tequaret gafo of the racing r| and changing hands on | Pacing daya on the local tracks. apaantiiate iy be Tep= ber. “weers— a0 Terry —canje—ont+ tte known, z s boskimaking—emi a = the members feel in the ag . Rreckles | again, cured... To-day 7 | f ta Is not by any means ae at = vient “CIUD {0} be eainea trom the tact tha len. and Harry Forbes An the |-clear ‘an eve Hut Terry McGovern, | the lst As_neir_ag can be gauged, wealthy men haVe already volunteered, thing-about nil this was the |once the greatest Httlo man with hia, Thia year has been acm 176,000 s wagered o ts : ae] rs Bt NOL one of the nine lasted | set 1 the. wide world, will never) one for the “track, The ¢ pach day. rats raat Ee Mit Ee ead: Offer Trepk3—fer— an EA peste, CRUE ony * } | iT 3 i ' = Fhough to hear the bell“clane at bf the re s Ored San z ni re a perry ring haye surpassed thore of any—oTTey rod dave—ot—this orate means that athe ballots tie. seco id rounds .Even | have, puss ed into other hands, and in 3n and -the-popularity. of + his Kees for about $15,0,00 are staked inn season dubs havea very warm spoiin thelr te ringstde, + would x the ‘publle outside of) admission: hearts for Sir Thomas, who has always [been a generous patron of the sport in : ae | ' _ Sahai bah CH ia sh Tin baitirs for the hone i ¢ ars Ne held #0 long atl $0 Wel Risen | i Beat U ste Sart LON Ga Wir attey Saki terri ceator mre variour aialseccom eed ines wear Ss Chance to compete in American| races of the. clas t Terry's name wis tr y ve ineeanseremsmat bed set Bi waters for a big-yachtingstrophy Race_for “Wholesome - Type.” | were tilied. witen toe.praised 7 aids —Thosug.f0 Rolex rtf ihe-plane-of-the-Brookiynt America’s wil uF Te Sslul Beason. pMEtY “yeara membership and intends in seh rank ng rida. followed iim onthe atrests: Bsa ' to being ee are on hand d the balt in ape i ! Cowan: Brotha ton ) tee long “years ttle George UY x others. seater ents a “bankrotie ins 6PORTSMEN'S GOODS. is Rennes >) OUT TO-DAY! Spalding’s — Yacht Club go through, and the Irish remberet, was for a race> of Barénet won't have to—bring over a ‘wivicsame type .of boats “in the ae KUV=S1RT= Too chiss,-of whieh: type-the:, Had been the sot ngeTK A eefiain law. are created teak racing machine either. [with big’ winners. John W.-Gates was Tho Brooklyn club, which has taker; PAO Punt Dy Maney aia Gleiow, for] 1 ail of 2.00 ahead “hes he quit and agreat-tnterest in long. distance races. | King Haward Cup jasc yeat in Ite fit | y “good: Charley Elilson, th? last being that to’ Bermuda for the | competition.js-rewarded- as a— worthy. ShnnveWal: cup given by Commodore Maler, 1s try- |example. While this type is not as fast | a tedihers -welght champion of world. a mater, Tel . = 2 smd as much of semtouny ae iki it Was in the Days the vstere : Tattle! Chocilate could eves teal A maisa, . [the Trish of ancienf“tum |day. ing now pdavoiils ee in.Great to the | Cash, Maxie Rlumenth: The two crreatast suctie | [pish Were On the Job” ‘lout otal comers. An! American Games at Celtic sera "Billy. Dubois and Ing to promote a raos for-An inteena. (DY minutes aa, tne -eliance, the fact | OFFICIAL 4 ae Sse [it was no soft echnap the ra Sievers Bau | Ntodes tional cup, in_which_all_forelgn—clubs no fear in crossing the Atlantic In the! k tB At pizoniees 10 Do the Saxons. nnand Pirbolks had to kvep Park To- Morro | wil) be Invited to compete, the con-|foumer, ‘while the encoursgement to | aSKket ba [tight “Uttle tale safe from ¢ jditions being along the lines suggested want a comfortable crulser with speed nceeine’ Sir Thomas in the Challenge: which and seaworthy gualition® would be a nta-aate—te_sent through the / Ro; yal” Ulster |help to vache eee, wate te ¢ $389 000, Club to the New York Yacht Ciub, but/the. leading organization on: Long a c rare which waa turned down by the steam | Island, ie rane oD otra eee thy, OF re well al o inke | [ita That tho Sencingy commiadon TACHt syndicate. Gare of an international race of this! iayln says Is paid out annually in a As a starter the club has authorized (ing. Further acelmance, were it re- babs | premiums. 2 | Commodore Towen to appoint « commit-jquired, would be given. by the other | aricles on How to eora: Naan ot-ten Tee to consider the proposition out- et the outvide course required for the | 7 Price 10 Cents ime. rat desper- - ly with all nus skill at jclawa of the Itomans, de heal ety py peas te aagetnevains “ SEE é n World that} Danes and other shkally: fury. tore hia Kuard to tatters. xmaspeil |: throwin’ the Javelin In to be one/thried to butt th Hepa eran! i © new faycherx at. the| thing anys sets ; [mame of the Trish-Amerl n, Club to-morrow in. Cattte Of the next seventeen tightern who the noted expert. Jo! Keone’a winnings, Phe Even’ Guide wr 1908 macives an and wil fghy ft welgnt, and Athietic; “‘McGraney who wrote th raid book entitled “The Skiddoo of ay. Sozlonk telis_how Trish army, tuo: tae nthe Inimy #! Hig) dnd hot, Jtead of a wire one Fast Men to Start for ho’ withou 1 total or 4 satisfactory Mined above, and {twill report at the Cup event. and the commodlous sete ROT res pOuids beniey clone in eangual Wimeating to iiopbe neldise held in. Decem- quartera on Gravesend Bay make this | AS; er acatae| é Bese sowing What a =m nxtitu: Bat «| Mon racing really ts for those directly -Nassau Street | srores | W. 42d treet foregoing slould be x { sted. In a other Paste RA the of: a | eh money hi Sled, and! reaps tewards and at the same wa} Cross-country running x to be a great) Parade Grounds. Brooklyn. © feature of outdoor wi: the Puoite| A: M: Curtis High School, My Bryant Waste a J effort to ru. Ha hem haye it good Jam x fase HC beg obs Ose aGon tine urn Imuch pastine and), 7 WBullivan, Prosident of the ALA. UL ; Clty Oct. 0 | ka) the. wa eikighiedl the ; ihe wUiilatation to thoubanda'or hus| “We Dave now renohed the stage tea of “a mile track; the rere RACING AT Pes. appointed the following committee IA. Mat Hchmond Hil Wenlans let fly Uieir Javelina, and w Peer S a Monat f fi fad SENSES AMOI CRN Ne LBAEN Wa Chor GIES I emteceecey ras arm we a, Fhee| “on PARK Staiasalst the High School boye in thelr ool, Richmont HMM, Nov. 8 | do you think?” en and this | ‘The horses themselves are Insianif- | cular track racing, but I want to| wmy (aur L the racing Sport hait- }cant = is ‘ one. Parade Wasa port. A half- | cant In away, accor hich figures PAVe our car take part in just one | Second—The track stall be the al OCTOBER Ki ess anit sec ps W. L. Jon 10 ALG Cu They Overcame It ded event that has i commisston's | report best suited for track racin ti {Trains leave ©. ota Bt + 2 B10 Ar? y aon yap oy 4 Ng automo- |,” Ty, i G, whelrman’ P. J. Conway. Iriel-Amert: | Staten" Taland, Sov. 3 big diahtance tc | Pb en ee a eo Well Li et e far tie) more contest, this time fer. pport andl piles and ite selection’ is in’ the | 12 Ae tte ees erdt foul Ost" T, 12 and V ganiA. C.; Thomas Hughes, Mott Haven {School of Commerce, ah ANG HK A racine for ithe ‘honor of Ameri ee scabrdn | Ree ant are eo on are ur he pee WA. C.i EB. T. Hart, Mohawk A. C.; How. |5 20 A. M. Vauld McCarthy, “*t 5 Up ingly, challenge the Renaut and the } three cars. Purlgr care on the 11-30 ang 12.40 traing Pa 4 eae esoaee + Cs A Renend practice un over the or Wwoow Fiat to a sinxie oar, twenty-four hour ‘Accidents from racing on circular le om i Binh at neue ASE OW BIT: ‘i Sa OM Velontine, New York A. C.; Rovert | ctiaraplonsiiip course be held on Yer counthr and yer men ith the Th Flyer, and on ita tracks," Mr. Thomas continues, “are the, Tur ‘| A. ‘Timothy | Noy. 2s at 10 A. M. This course will: }¥ proper sir, that rece mith the Themes ver caused by the entrance of too many | *R ree on pale Waldorf-Astoria. Fifth: Aye 4 nn Thomas | be in the vielnity of Celtic Park, Lenk volley ut jaye 2 r N a loonclusion. I will retire premanenily carts: GH ener 0b ot Cte) hd cannot | nue, Vote and at Pinkerton's. 57 Broadway. fh homes | Mand nerun for the city chame {te alr And every Wan of t cular track racing, as it fs now stand the gruoiling test of a long rac st Pastime “A. Ci Michael | Honwnip Will taka place at Celvic Park | clane througl a galley ful 7 u eaiciad Gn'tracks not sulted for ash of tila Kind.-the ‘recklossnens, of inex~ |= us Pastine A, C.; John Kelly, {on Dec at2 FM. Bnd sank the whol out The twico-postponed double-century The laree number of entries will in- | COD ,Perlencad drivers and. tho unprepared- of MEN AND WOMER, Ue Bis @ ter nundered Gasoy. | rim promoted by tho New York state | sure a goo! Tun and @ moat enjoyable ena j Rese of the tracks, In this race: none e. Joh igen? ft in this way. jn quitting otroular 1 pu are, John It's Diviston af the Century Road Club of | time, Cyclists wishing to complete only | track contests, E, R. Thomas paves tie i Su itmy, cones are Apel aay have AtigRlowaenane fea wil start from Redford Rest,| @ single century can do so by riding in way (or 8 climax 19 the 1901 automobile | 220), arovadn thele ste pats yin : Txperienced erom-countre runners will | ,,;O1ve ls a dh A. C45. J. Farrell, New York | yo Tr charge of each of the above run | Tia a fne his John J. Daly, Irish-Ameri-| to tnstruot the boys in the art of cross. |% Comfort for at country running ond to cuard against, But wean't it a Ame ! to /8NY over-exertion. The'ttophy for the | #{4-foot-an'-a-half javelin a mile with Eastern Parkway and Bedford aye-| either the night or day century, and ning @ hard cont of this kind, the 7 Practice runx ara beine atranged £2 | team mplonehin ae the foal, min {te strinth of the hand? nue, Brooklyn, promptly at 7 o'clock | thus qualify for the souvenir gold pin. reangna forthe of tla Ciesla) drivers are old, experienced men’ and i the track will be the best) that can be has been presented by ot on yer TL, Jones, | said John. “It WAS) this evening, and tries wil be re-| ‘Tho second century starts from Bedford | Mr. Thomas Retart trom the Toliowing pointe: Far High Bebool, ea spska ay. | Tale imopey es wontbem yest, by te|| ern A EASE ches Tagan, | celved up to that time at Bedford Rest, | Rest at 7.39 A. MC Bunday, First The care ty be dng! Thomas | FOUN eo) of Com | medals will ibe given, tothe fire five Mate Moureth, Hobart Eddgren, Should rain make the roads unridable| A, handsome gold wa PEG riyer wou 4 Femaees it ise mm (ueriden end Chale Gable, will’ compete the event will again be pestpened, oentugy Leet i | rears Png Sg ag 4