Telegram-herald., 1890-07-06

curssng ana sseaFlngs there being 20
eseape ffon <. II the second place Il
vii Do more 70 injure the National
game than can De imagined. The pub
lie shoaid not d no hassy IA pass.ng
Judgment or coBdemning tase ball.
however, simply because t~o players
make loafers of themselves. The maa-
agemeut Is cerlAlnly lnRo wise 10 blame
for Their actions. and the nanager Of
TIE Torontos did perfectly rlght .n plac-
ing 4 heavy me on both Of the men.
Bail players, A. rule, are 8 gentle
manly lot Of fellows, but il seems I'M
possible 70 keep out the quarrelsome
element altogether. Wood and Nsw-
man deserve more than they got, how
ever. They should he blaekllsted.
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The killing Of Brennan by Girrard at
Battery b. Chicago, Thursday night,
has caused no end Of excitement among
sporting circles. and i viii probably
pat aquietus ON prlze lighting ia that
city Tor some time 10 come. was
talking 10 an eve witness OF the hight
last night. lie IS Rochester u. ~
newspaper man, VINO is at present stop
ping al Sweets Hotel. ana his version
og the affair differs materially from ali
the published accounts. lie says that
when Brennan and Glrrard entered the
ring II was noticed that they
meant business, and u Was
only a question which one was
the Hrst 10 get ms man wholly IN ms
power Ia the first raund, both GlTgard
and Brennan exchanged some heavy
blows. and after the round IL WAS evil
dent that Brennan must have received
= stunning blow, for ne went TO mis- cor
ner partly dazed. In the second round,
Glrrard punished his man unmerci-
fully, aud II was 100 10 l tnat be had
Brennan whipped, but ms second must
have gwen nm instructions not TO
knock brennan out, but whip him un-
I'll ne was exhausted. III Gallagher, the
referee, acted according to the rules of
lighting, he would have gwen the fight
Ut the end of the third round 10 Girrard
on foul, Brennan having caught Cir
rard by the legs as the latter knocked
hlm between the ropes. Seeing that
Brennan wanted 10 save himself from
the sledge-hammer blows by clinching.
Glrrard began TO punish INN without
mercy, amld the howls and cheers OF
the spectators. The round finished by
the Brooklyn boy having TO crawl TO
MS corEer. Here is where the
fight ought to have ended, hut the
feeling existing between the friends of
the fighters rose TO the utmost pitch ana
cries of "knock him out" etc, were
overheard. The gamey little Bremen
came up TO the scratch, however, when
time was called. The fourth round
was a sad sight, one of the fighters be-
ing hardly aole to stand and the other
was dealing him 'up shoots" and
blows right from the shoulder" which
were received without an attempt to
check their force. They were telling
on the exhausted victim. Brennan'S
shoulders and neck were raw and he
had TO be carried by his seconds to his
corner. When time was called at the
fifth round little did Brennan expect 1t
to be his last. Willing as he was TO stand
the punishment he was receiving with
out chance for protection, and loyal
TO his admirers, who cheered him, he
stepped into the middle of the ring and
was dealt blow after blow. Whenever
the chance came he would clench his
antagonist. 1t was in the middle of
this round, after Girrard had dealt him
hard blow IN the face that
Brennan clenched him and both
went 10 the floor, Brennan strik-
ing his head first. Quick as lightning
Girrard rose and waited for the boy TO
rise, but he laid apparently lifeless.
His seconds rushed to the ring and tried
to stand him on his feet, but 1t was use
less. 1t took six men to carry HIM Off !;
and every one present was Of the opin-
ion that his neck was broken. The
greatest excitement existed. He was
carried to one of the parlors, where he
died in the morning. "Parson" Davies
saws Girrard could have whipped his
man III the third round, but he wanted
to let hIm Oft lightly, thinking when
time was called Brennan would not
come TO the scratch. twas the fall that
killed Brennan, and not the result Of
blow from GlrTard. PAsK.