Show FAKE FIGHT cans allowed to knock him out chicago dec 14 the times herald its account of the mcgovern gans fight bays in a bout ted with crookedness terry mcgovern became the lightweight light weight champion ot the world at last night by putting joe gans into a state ol 01 apparent helplessness in two minutes and five seconds after the opening ol 01 the second round singularly enough the result of the contest conformed in every respect to ithe betting offered wednesday and repeated last night at tho ringside by men who passed through the audience with hands ull ot bills offering the false odds ot even money that cans would be knocked out by the brooklyn terror referee slier admitted that the fight bad a bad look he did not see any blow that should have put gans into a state ot in the first round it gans actually made his best showing last night he Is so tar by that no other lightweight light weight on earth need ever expect to equal terry la a encounter in a single statement to the times herald terry cGovern says 1 I did tot lake that Us a certainty I 1 tried to finish tho fight as soon as I 1 pos could but I 1 arast confess the result was somewhat ot a surprise to me joe gans in a signed statement to fhe game paper davs the better man won that Is all I 1 can give in explanation ot the result I 1 did not lay down I 1 was hit hand early in the fight and that beamed to take the wind out ot me I 1 dont think there Is any one who can stand up before mcgovern at the haht limit the tribune in its ot the fight emch atts written by george tho referee of tho contest says the fight it such it can be termed lambea lambed five minutes and five seconds and was the poorest and weakest from the gans end that waa ever witnessed in chicago I 1 do not wish to accuse any fighter of taking but it gans was trying night I 1 da not know much about tho game gans ot course is entitled to the benefit of the doubt aa to whet ber or not ane numerous body blows which terry pumped into him in dose quarters during the early part of aie fight weakened him but the fact remains that the few blows he dell bored were the weakest ever seen from a man of his known hitting abilities the tribune in its account ot the betting says not only did the betting shift remarkably in mcgovens McGove ms favor yesterday in chicago but it wag reported that thousands of dollars were sent to other cities to be placed on mcgoven it was also reported that gaas was up nearly all night wednesday night and ithac colored sports all over the city ware bolting on mcgovern yesterday they having received a asp tsp na to the outcome the record bays terry mcgovern knocked out joe cans at Tatter last might in what appeared to be a take contest the end came after two and five seconds of ing in the second round gans falling to rise at the count of ten in Ms sixth knockdown knock down from blows which seemed hardly strong enough to jar him perhaps the most suspicious feature waa the betting until a ew days the betting has been one to two chiat thiat mcgovern would win by a knockout then a report gained ground in the levee district that gans was to go out and there was a hurried effort to hedge by colored porters and others who daxl on gans last night at the ringside ring side the betting had ed ito even money that mcgovern would win by a knockout knock out and this in italie daae ot the tact that gana had to stop mcgovern to gain the decision the chronicle says gans made a aniser ablo showing tor a man with championship aspirations in tact BO bad was the work done by the colored man that many ot the big crowd de ceded that italie contest iwas not bonest ly fought it have been the bc titling just before the tight as well aa or two days previous showed that somebody might given out a tip that gans was not going to do his best on the other hand it can scarcely be eaid that mcgovern could bo a party 0 o such an affair for he foughty the color tri man with all the ferocity of a tiger |