The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-07-06
THEY DIED AFTER THE FIGHT.

THEY DIED Aztec HE HNu' w
List of English and American I"k' ~
lists Killed by Their Opponents. w
New York World.l d
While the great aim of the professors
If the manly art is to settle all dltneul' "
ies with natures weapons only and to G
do away with deadly strife, there have l:
Noon ,nsnv pugilis,s who have met a
their death in the prizs ring or shortly t.
after the eight. Malice, however, Was O
not the cause Of these. unfortunate fatai U
ORGANIZATIONS as the surviving prInc'pa.
has generally been acquitted Oh tr'a'
or received a nominal imprisonment 1
and there is not u single case on recoru s
of the offender having been hanged. ,
In most cases Terminating iutaiiy the .
hackers of the men have been to blame
for permitting brave fellows to be
nounded into insensibility after nature
has all but deserted them, in order,
nossible. to win their wagers. Inc
Following list of fatal prize tights IL the
frs, that has been printed.
A determined mill took place III
England between Turner and Curtis III
october, 1916, ending in the de'eat "
Curtis. The odds were to on Cur
tia. who had recently been in the hos-
n,tsl and who entered against me
wishes of his friends, saying he Wou,d
win or die. Turner was sentenced 10
two months imprisonment at New
gate. , 80
m their way to the second fight be-
tween Dan Mendoza and DICE Hum
3 nhrevs at oldham, England, January,
I I7ss Watson was killed by blow in
the stomach.
4 lam Bates aud Clayton fought in
ENGLAND April IS, 1917. Clayton was
I getting the best of it when terfiDle
iblow on the jugular vein rendered him
= se,seIess. aud nc died in about TWO
n hours. There was no auimosity be-
e tween the two men and nothing un1alf
, in the contest. Although found guilty
\. of mausaughter Bates was hteu
Dt smiling and imprisoned for SIX months
~ desperate battle came OIL IN I'm
ii gland April 4, 1928, between watts
Id and Smith in which, nj the END OF one
"a hour aud ten minutes, Smith receive.
es blow on tue carotid artery which
ne rendered him senscless, ana nc o'e'
IN the next day.
a. scott aud Brown met in Englant
n. November 8, 1924, for purse, ou
no when time was called for the twentie'l
nv round Brown was scnse:ess. Hc uie
a in about twenty hours. GA triai III
n, ;nrv gave their opinion that the ma
m, died of over cXertion anu cHoheEa'e
hit Scott.
of owen Swift, The Little Wonder, :
nd he was called from having wen htee
battles out Of seventeen Wheh ohiy :
me wears of age, met and defeated Anthon
~ Noon for the second time June =
3" 1884, in Andover, England, Tor too
IN side. After fighting seventy
ser rounds in two hours and Six minute
AT Noon received a blow when prove
ur- fatal. Swift surrendered anu was III
oil prisoEed for six months ut "'hc'es'
castle.
an swift and Bill Phelps, better know
ing "a Brighton Bill, 'o"g". "a. Nv, ~ 100 1e7
as. The baltic lasted one ho"r anu .h'f'
,,,. five minutes, eighty five closely co
.,h ,ested rounds being fought. The l.
h, ,Is Wondor was declared the viclor,
We thouch both were taken from t
ron gronnd ipsensible. Phelps died Mar
,cl, IG from etfus,on of blood to the btai
. result of the punishment receive
,sr swift, upon hearing OF Phelps dea,
me- fled to France, where, after ae'eatl
lis. lack Adams twice, he returned to l.
4 If gland aud was tried at the Her'tu
let Assizes aud acquitted.
part simon Byrne, champion OF lrelas
.ery and Alexandria, alias ''Sandy' Mch'
champion of Scotland, fought the s
in oud battle at Selcey Forest, Eugiai
!, in June 9, 1880. The men had previous
here fought in Scotland. The second mat
be was for GOO side, aud after fear
use forty.seven rounds in tifiy-three M
ex~ ,;tes Sandy was knocked scnseless Il
died on the following Ihursh'
hey Byrne was tried for manslaughter
cor. the BuckiughamAssizs and acquitt
James, alias "Deat" Burke, cha
nout pion of England, met Simon Byrne
rive No Mau's land, England, May
art 1888, for .sI0O eide and the champ
in ship. In the ninety ninth rou
ssful Byrne fell senseless. The fight
If lasted three hours aud six minu
nan. Byrne died three days atterwar
picai Burke was tried for manslaushter
ffer- tho first degree at the Hertford Asst.
ad- July IL CT the same year and acqa's