The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-02
WHEN A MAN is KNOCKED OUT
How the blow Is Delivered and the Eject
and Sensation Thereof.


and Sensation Thereof.
From the New York sun.
Whati the Knockout blow? Ifyou had
ever received one you'd be so much inter
estcd i'm the proceeding that after you had
recovered from its effects you would in
vestigate the philosophy Of it. II you will
some day stand in the cellar OF n big
building and have all the walls and tim
bers knocked in on you. coming down
with all the force that is in them from
their greater or less altitude, and land
ing on you all at once on the head. you
will he made no more unfit for the or
dinary duties Of life than il you received
one Of the knockouts capably admin
istered. Surgeons explain the causes
in. no doubt, learned but at the same
time intricate language. In plain, every
day United States, Il Is blow that deadens
your faculties and sends you into the
land OF insensibility. To produce IL
there are different methods, but by far
the most popular, and the one most
strived at by pugilists is the blow that
lands on "the point OF the jaw" as IL is
usually enormously described. This
effective blow is, when IL touches the
right spot on the iawbone, an inch or two
away on either side from the point made
by the chin. The force Of the crack is
carried, as rapidly as any light hing ever
travelled, up through the base of the brain
and the brain itself. and conclusion of
the brain and paralysis OF the muscles
follow. The man who gets il fairly and
| squarely. as John l.. Sullivan, admittedly,
| hires il out, doesn't know what hit him un-
| ill he has been carefully attended by Sec
onds and restored to state OF rational,
| ity. For a time he is dead To the world
and the Inhabitants of the globe have no
more use for him, although couple of
| them do try tn put him once more in shape
for performing his earthly mission.
Exactly what are the sensations of the
| knocked-out IL is difficult to get testi-
| mony. The writer has sought out, through
many days, men who have been fairly
| ''done," but none would admit thar he
was "sent unconscious" The prizefigh,er
is n fellow of gentle dignity when you
mention 10 him any licking that he has
received. He will never admit that he
was defeated on the merits. In such-and-
such had not happened, at one time or
| another, he would never have lost the de-
cision. He invariably wants another
| chance at the man who whipped him.
Next time he'll follow different plan
of action or training, and "do him,
sure" so the search for information on
| that end was without much result, but the
testimony of Eugene Hornbacher, who
was knocked out for the only time i'm his
life, although he has fought twcnty-six
| ring battles. 10y George Dixon, the colorcd
fcatherwcight champion of Boston. is well
remembered. The day after that fatal
fight Eugene said To the writer: "When
lac hit me that POKE on the jaw didn't
know thing. Ii didn't hurt a bit.
thought that somebody had hit me with a
pillow these boys fought with two-ounce
gloves. just as | used To play at home,
There was no pain about il. l simply
dropped OIL To sleep, as il were, just as
am told a drowning man feels. But
didn't know anything until l had been
carried To my corner and rcsuscitatcd 10y
rubbings and applications to my nostrils
of ammonia. | was stupid for while
hut next day was as bright as ever"