Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-05
FATALPRIZEFICHT
A Savage Struggle Last Night in
Chicago,
In Which One of Contestants
Received His Death.

After Being slugged Numerically He
Falls on His Head, His Opponents
Weight Superadd ed to His Own.
CHICAGO, July 5.--Jack Ashton was
to meet Frank Glover Thursday night
at Battery d armory in a hard glove
contest, and 1900 people assembled to
witness the pugilistic enbounter. The
police prevented the men from appear
ing, however, owing to the fact that
when the time came another pugilist,
who had participated in one of the pre-
liminary fights that formed part of the
program, was seriously injured.
The unfortunate was Mike Brennan,
of Boston, who in clinch with Frank
Garrard suffered terrific fall. The
back of Brennan's head struck the floor,
knocking him insensible. He had pre-
viously been keeled over repeatedly by
smashing right and left-handers from
Garrard. Garrard was arrested.
At last accounts the death of the in
iured man was expected at any time.
The fight between Garrard and Bren-
nan, although minor affair to the sus-
posed leading number on the program,
was generally known to be ''for blood, ="
as the sports put it, for the reason that
Brennan only short time ago generally
punished Tommy White, local favor
ite in fistic 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 platform,
and Brennan, who hailed from Boston,
was backed by John McInerney and
Sailor" Brown. The first round opened
furiously, Brennan striking 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 upper cut that
knocked the Boston youth sprawling'
The atmosphere of the hall, where
1000 spectators sat in their shirt sleeves,
was sitting, and both fighters were
groggy before the close Of the round.
In the second Brennan saw that he was
overmatched, and, desiring to get out as
gracefully as possible, made deliberate
foul by catching his opponent by the leg
and tripping him. Referee Red" Gal
lagher understood the motive, and re-
fused to allow the claim of foul
In the third round Brennan led again
with his swinging blows but Garrard
the more active of the two, avoided
them, and invariably countered on the
body or Jaw with telling effect.
During the fourth round Garrard be-
| gan Il series of knock-downs that con
tinued throughout the rest of the battle
| AS fast as Brennan arose he would &c
| down again, each time growing more
weak until the fifth round, when hi
! could do little more than stand up an(
clinch.
Garrard was also partly exhausted
and when Brennan fell against him in
the sixth round, clinching, he simply
pushed the latter backward, and fell
Garrard on top. Brennan's head struck
| the floor with all the force of the weigh
of the two men. Garrard arose, but
Brennan was unconscious, and wa
finally carried from the ring. He wal
undressed and cold water thrown OF
him, but without arousing him.
Seeing that the mans condition was
more serious than a simple Knockout
"Parson" Davies sent for a physician
and DR.. Francis Sherwood, of the
Palmer house, responded. He went III
to where Brennan lay stretched out OF
some rugs like one dead, and at onc'
pronounced his condition dangerous
The pulse was slow and the heart-beat
barely distinguishable.
Every now and then he would have 1
slight convulsion, gasping for breath
which was accompanied by dry, rat
Ting noise deep in his throat. Th
room was cleared, and Garrard wa
turned over to an officer and taken t.
police headquarters under arrest.
Brennan's symptoms were those of
bad concussion of the brain. After tw
hours working the physicians said tn
unfortunate pugilist could hardly re
cover.
Besides Garrard, the police arreste,
Carroll, Gallagher and Mclnerney.