A MEMORABLE ring battle took
ilace on this -date In 1900. when
"Terrible Terry McGovern knocked
out Tommy White in the third round
at Coney Island. Later in the eame
year White again fought Terry in
Milwaukee, and was again defeated.
This brace of defeats at the hands of
the "Terrible" one seemed to dis
courage Tommy, and he retired from
the ring.
White was a native of Chicago,
where he was known as the Board
of Trad Pet, an while he was never
featherweight champion, be was one
of the strongest, cleverest little men
the ring has ever known. His first
real ftght was in 1889, when he
fought a fifty-four round draw with
Tommy Morgan. In 1892 be went to
Minneapolis and fougbt ten rounds
with Ike Weir, the "Belfast Spider,"
and, although it was called a draw,
the pet had the best of the affair with
the man from Ireland.
In the same year White fought a
thirty-two round draw with Austra
lian Billy Murphy, and in 1893 he got
a draw with Young Griffo, the clever
Australian. In 1896 he fought an
other draw, this time with Georsre
Dixon, the featherwelisht champion,
and knocked out Eddy Santry- In
1897 White fought a twenty-five
round draw with Solly Smith, who
soon afterward became champion,
and defeated "Gentleman Jack" Skel
ly. In 1898 be again fouglit draws
with Dixon and Dolly Smith, but was
defeated by Dixon in Denver the fol
lowing year.
f HARLIB Mitchell and Patsy Car
diff fought a five-round draw at
Minneapolis on this date In 1886.
