Show FAMOUS GANS FAKE WHICH KILLED BOXING GAME IN CHICAGO THE TEE rAKE FAKE WALLOPS Pictures posed especially for tor tIlts tills paper by two young bo boxers ers to show th tho in close-in and weak punches that knocked o out Gaus In his notorious fake with McGovern I t 14 s 44 k JI 7 t t I You SEE YOU OU J LAt LAV DOWN IN T THE E 5 4 a 8 Ti H ROUND ROOND I k 6 c f 4 Lc 4 V hi N 4 hi V 1111 ll LA L A t j 4 t f V J I By HUGH S. S FULLERTON Among tho numerous fakes tokes that have brou brought ht tho game to Its present low level lovel and which almost ended boxIng boxIng box- box Ing Ins In America drove It from tho majority ma ma- of ot stats states s an and cities dUes and made It Ita Ita Ita a mockery cry am and a b byword ord tho the worst was the fight I ht between Joe Gans Cans and rand Terry McGovern staged at Tatter aIl In Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago on 1 tho evening of or December 13 1301 1900 It killed boxing in Chicago o wrecked a score of ot reputations and arid netted the crooks who tempted poor little Joe Cans Gans to his hla fall a sum sura which was estimated d at Never er e before or sin since co has a CI fight ht been arranged for or Chicago that attracted as much attention In tho the sporting world Joe Gans Gang the greatest little boxer of His 1113 time who lio as tho the light weight champion had for Cor or years ears reigned ne 1 unshaken was the tho Idol of or tho the sporting world His record was free Creo from taint There was no doubt that Guns Cans wa was a trifle past his best beet but few ret of ot his ad believed cd he lie bad started back to defeat Quo One of ot tho greatest ring generals gen gen- that ever cr stepped Into a ring ging game samo clean popular the little bla black k boy has an honor to his bitt race and to the tho game same Against him they matched tho the Terrible Ter Terry Tc McGovern a a. bulldog ba bat t- t tier of or great reat strength Just coming to his b best st and thousands thought ht that the ru rugged strength tho the rushing fierce at attack attack at- at tack tack- that had swept away would break down the wonderful defense of ot the clovar clevor black bo boy Chicago never nover was ns as excited over any fight Tickets wOre Vre at a premium The betting three days before the fight was 8 to 5 on Cans Gans He looked in condition the experts declared him good One Ono afternoon I strolled around I found oun that a tl great quantity of ot monc money was being placed on McGovern an and tracing it It found that the mos most t of it was coming from men inca closely allied to the promoters of ot the fight and und that one ono large sum had come directly from th the Gan Gaas crowd I I was writ told that Sam Harris manager for McGovern cGovern was placing It in lumps t I was as Up ed twice from persons close to Gans Gaas to set get wise and and get ct ln In That Tho t evening I took the tho matter up with George Slier who was to referee the battle Slier an an honest man and very proud roud of his record had hod been worried and ond nervous an all day George Geors there's theres something rotten here I remarked Do 10 you know anything she he demand demand- ed d. d Vvo Ivo heard all sorts of oC hints hint that this is framed I J cant can't get an any facts Half Halt a a dozen r fellows h have ve said it was Us bad and It looks ba bad l. l I cant can't find an any basis bails for tor the charges The next day tho the betting was lighter more mora Gans Gaas was t 6 to 5 and held hel at Rt that or even money until late on the afternoon of ot the fight Twice that day I was told flatly that the fight was framed and urged cd Slier to be earful careful I never er saw him so 60 worried Se Sc said d I dont don't think McGovern ni knows if Jt any anything thIn is 13 1 and anti I J dont don't think Joe would lay down I cant can't believe e It In the evening tho tim crooks bolder tho the me men stepped Into the ring the crowd that engineered the dea deal sent t In In- huge hugo sums of ot money and laid It at eveh even money would out Gans Inside of or four rounds lounds Whim When the men weighed I in at Harry Forbes Forbes' gymnasium S the fact tact that the fight was waa a framed bec became me evident Guns Gans weighed pounds and was 11 H pounds over He was worried and looked sick and scared I was wis working on a morning paper per but eo so rotten did the thing thins look then that I hunted up the sporting editor of ot an afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- paper an and urged him to get s-et out an extra exposing the fake Cake and try to tosao save sa the money mone for tor tho the suckers He lie earned carried tho the matter to the editor who tC feared IW to do It ItI I full fully funy expected Slier would call oft off all beta bets in case the tho fight proved a fake take There Thera were crt more marc than persons packed jacked Into Tattersall's when they en entered entered en- en the ring Gans appe appeared red frightened McGovern merely nervous Gans Cans to protest before entering the ring an and H was rushed on Tho The moment ho ha stepped to the center the persons hear the 1126 ring turned In disgust The bo boy bos' was shaking and seemed In terror not of McGovern but of ot the tho crowd cro In tho second minute he be W was S knocked knocke down m b bv by a a. a 5 soft t Jab and ami the gang or e wro nue nad prearranged tile trie fight hastened to 10 collect the tho bl big sums sum of or mone money the they had laid that McGovern would score the first knockdown The rhe Continued on pa page pago o 9 FAMOUS CANS GANS Continued from page 8 crowd crowel was hooting Jeering and screamIng screamIng scream- scream Ing take fake In the next round Cans G went down again then n again ln and looked pI pleadingly toward Slier Siler who seemed to hesitate Slier was v v s white hUe as chalk and appeared to be striving to make the men fight tight An Instant later Cans Gans dropped and Slier Siler counted him out It took him according to several watches fourteen seconds to count ten He lie evidently c hoped Cans would rail rally and try Before Slier could make a decision tho the crooks were I busy 1 s Police PoUce leaped to the ring the fighters i were rushed to dressIn dressing dressing dress dress- In ing rooms room und and tho tim crowd loft left to storm and rage Later Irater poor little Gans repentant told how v ho had tempted an and how needIng needing need need- ing Ins money he ho had fallen But tho the boxing box box- big ing game ame tIon was wai dead In Chicago dead Chicago o dead bo- bo yond r ft rind n d I fO probably bl forever fon |