Show ONCE WEALTHY HE DIES PENNILESS Former Champ Has a Son Who Vho Is 19 Years of Age S By J Jack G k V dock International News Service Sports Editor NEW YORK YOnI Feb 22 2 Terrible Terr McGovern ex ox featherweight I champion chamPIon o of the world who died heretO here tO today a two days das ago applied at the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital for fOI medical aid saying he was penniless penniless penniless pen pen- and death camo to him In the charity ward as a result of pneumonia and complications His wife was notified of his serious condition She reached his bedside just juat before he look the last count The passing of or McGovern marks finis i ito to the career of one of the greatest if 1 not lIot the greatest of all featherweight I champions In the heyday of his career I McGovern G w was a tiger in the roped P arena He N was rna a veritable I a erd demon le of the gea ring I for he had had the had the fighting heart the speed and th the durability that was characteristic I of all of the great champions of bygone days elars I EARNED THOUSANDS As featherweight champion of the I Ivo world l McGovern o n earned thousands I of vo lj j I dollars He was one of the most popular Ul fighters who ever wore a pugilistic crown I and he had often been ranked as the greatest of or the great quartette of ot former featherweight champions of which he was a member The quartette with McGovern McGovern Mc Mc- G Govern consisted of George Dixon the great negro Frank Erne and Young Corbett I That he should die In the charity ward I of oC a hospital broken and nd penniless seems I a twist of fate but like many other gr great at fighters McGovern threw Ws has I weal wealth lb awa away NEARLY THIRTY McGovern was born In Johnstown Pa Pa I in 1880 Had he lived until March a 9 he would have been 38 ye years rs old He was of Irish American parentage and his I given name was Joseph Terrance At the age of 17 he lie started his boxing career around his home city of Johnstown Johnstown Johnstown Johns Johns- town and rose rapidly ly as a featherweight In four short years earl he had risen to Ih tho top of the Ilip class elass for fOI it was in June of 1900 that ho lie knocked out George Dixon in eight rounds in this city a t won the worlds world's orld featherweight title titie As featherweight champion of the world McGovern earned a fortune in a afew afew few short months lie He did not confine himself to hi his own class fo for for- ho he stepped out to meet men who had an advantage I on him in weight and his Ills terrific punches stopped every man who faced him in t 1900 his one bright year ear as champion In Inless inless I less than ten rounds I LOST TO CORBETT In 1001 2901 McGovern lost his coveted till title I to Young Corbett of Denver who knocked I him out in two rounds at Hartford Conn Conri McGovern at that timo time was growing glowing out of the featherweight clasE class as was Corb Corbett Cor Cor- I b bett tt and later both bolh stepped out of or the featherweight circle to enter the lightweight lightweight light light- light light-I weight division Though Corbett fought with success as a lightweight for a It time McGovern was unable to fight his wa way to the top S SHe I He continued in n the ring for four years rears after losing his title titie and was active durIng during dur dur- ing lug 1903 when he attempted to win back the featherweight crown only to take the count lount at the hands of Young Corbett a second time ime being knocked out in eleven rounds at San Francisco McGovern had made Brooklyn his home for some sonic time The family's main source of oC revenue was an allowance set aside by Sam Harris though McGovern's son Joeeph Joeeph Jo- Jo seph who Is 19 years old has contributed to his fathers father's support |