St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-04
KNOCKED COLD AS A WEDGE.
Pugilist Brennan Fatally Injured
by SIugger Garrard, of Chi

Pugilist Brennan Fatally Injured
by SIugger Garrard, of Chi
cagO.
CHICAGO, July Slack Ashton was
to meet Frank Glover tonight at Bat
terry D armory IN hard-glove contest
and 1900 people assembled to witness
the pugilistic encounter. The police
prevented the men from appearing, how
ever. owing to the fact that when the
time came anotherpugilist who had par
ticipated in one of the preliminary
fights that formed part of the pro-
gramme was seriously injured. The un-
fortunate was Mike Brennan, of Boston,
who, in a clinch with Frank Garrard,
suffered a terrific fall. Brennan'S
head struck the floor, knocking him
inSenSible. He had previously been
keeled over repeatedly by smashing
right and left-han ers from Garrard.
The latter was arrested. At midnight
the death of the injured man is expected
at any time. The fight between Garrard
and Brennan, although a minor affair
to the supposed leading number on
the programme, was generally known
to be ''for BLOOD" as the sports
put it, tor the reason that Brennan only
a short time ago severely punished
Tommy White, local favorite in fstic
circles, particularly among board of
trade men. Whites friends wanted
to see Brennan punished in re-
turn, knocked out if possible.
White led Garrard on the plat
form, and Brennan, who hailed
from Boston, was backed by John Nc
Inerney and "Sailor" Brown. The first
round opened furiously, Brennan strk-
ing with all his force and leading for
his opponents jugular. Garrard soon
learned to duck the blows, and in less
than a minute
COuntered With an Uppercut
that knocked the Boston youth
sprawling. The atmosphere of the hall,
where 1000 spectators sat in their shirt
sleeves, was sitting, and both fighters
we're groggy before the close of the
round. In the second round Brennan
saw that he was overmatched, and deSir-
ing to get out as gracefully as possible
made deliberate foul by catching his
opponent by the leg and tripping him.
Referee "Red" Gallagher understood
the motive and refused to allow the
claim of foul. In the third round Bren-
nan led again with his swinging blows,
but Garrard, the more active of the
two, avoided them, and invariably coun-
tered on the body or Jaw with telling
effect. During the fourth round Gar
rard began a series of knock downs that
continued throughout the rest of the
battle. AS fast as Brennan arose he
would go down again, each time grow
ing more weak until the fifth round,
when he could little more than stand
up and clinch. Garrard was also
partly exhausted, and when Brennan
1ell against him in the sixth round
clinching, he simply pushed the
latter backward and both fell, Garrard
on top. Brennan's head struch the floor
with all the force of the weight of the
two men. Garrard arose but Brennan
was unconscious, and was finally car
rIed from the ring. He was undressed
and cold water thrown on him, but
without arousing him. Seeing that the
mans condition was more serious than
simple Knockout. 'Parson" Davies
Sent for Physician,
and DR.. Francis Sherwood, of the Palm
er house, responded. He went up to
where Brennan lay stretched out on
rugs like one dead, and at once pro-
nounced his condition dangerous. His
pulse was slow and the heart beats barely
distinguishabIe. Every now and then
he would have slight convulsion,
gasplng for breath, which was accom-
panied by dry rattling noise deep in
his throat. The room was cleared and
Garrard was turned over to an officer
and taken to police headquarters under
arrest. Brennan's symptoms were
those of bad concussion of the brain.
After two hours working the physicians
said the unfortunate pugilist could
hardly recover. Besides Garrard the
police also arrested Carroll. Gallagher
and McInerny.