Show Pollock Recalls Is IsBy Fal Fake e Fight Which P t Boxing Out of Chi Ch By day Abe Abc Pollock HE fight that put the boxing THE gamy game out of bus ness In Chicago and over fight fans on the bum was the one when Terry McGovern the Brooklyn terror and Joe Gans Cans the lightweight champion pulled off what the critics called a rank fake faIre I often wonder how bow a feels when he takes the count and some of oC them get over o It in a few minutes and the next day you see them around looking the same as ever I asked one of them about it it and he said that after ho got his llis he he didn't t know anything that happened One fighter who just regained conI consciousness consciousness con con- I after having been knocked out said aid to tome tom me Im I m the guy that put the cult Bait mackerel in the Great Salt bait lake and in this fight game there is no time that I 1 had to knock the copper off my bet I took In many a scrap in inny ny y time I and when a man goes down for the count inside inside of four rounds all the fight fans peg It for or a fake and holler that they got cheated What they want wan t to see Is a scrap go forty rounds for their money Nobody knows vs when a fighter is out by the medicine man and he is In doubt half the time lime I was to one go they pegged fora for fake but I couldn't couldn t prove it What I t Idid Idid did prove and I had lots of witnesses was that I I hung around for a long longtime longtime longtime time waiting for the free lunch Getting to my story tory the ring was lit up at Tattersall's Tattersall s for a moving picture outfit but the moving picture I saw was v George Slier handing out some dope to Gans and McGovern and a mob of con men with little grips vi with shoulder straps trying to I place their money at 3 to 1 that McGovern McGovern Mc- Mc Govern would win When Siler Stier called time McGovern stalled a minute and pulled a haymaker haymaker haymaker hay hay- maker that landed square on Gans Gans' right mitt milt Gans uppercut at Terry with his left It missed by hy a a. couple of blocks and they clinched SlIer Siler split them apart Terry swung far tar out and ml him Gans felt fell upon the floor and was up in time for tor the gong Round 2 The men moved cautiously to the center Gans bleeding freely treely from a scratch I on his elbow received from unstable condition of th the floor noor McGovern bleeding from both ears listening for the gong Gans leads Terry follows suit they clinch Gans complains to referee Terry is holding Slier ller cautions Terry on foul tactics They break Terry follows Gans by bya byn a n pivot blow on right hand glove Gans Cans complains complains' of foul tactics Slier again cautions the men and ond Terry with all the science and speed for which he was noted spars for wind and waiting his chance pulled a aright aright right hand corkscrew blow that landed square on the spot and Gans rolled across the ring down and outTo out To show you vou how Gans and his followers who were mostly crap crapshooters shooters shooter got away with the long longreen green reen I saw shines parading on the le eo with new scenery 10 patent leather shoes sho s 2 neckties and 6 Stetsons Stetsons' that were lucky to be wearing wearing wear wear- In ing straw hats and overalls This was the last fight that was wall ever e allowed In the city of Chicago by the authorities There Is no question question question ques ques- tion that thit got away with a alot alot alot lot of money but it didn't do the boxers the managers or the fight game any good and there is no tellIng tellIng telling tell tell- ing if they will ever allow It to open again in the Windy City |