The morning call., 1892-08-22
THE DYING PUGILIOT.
Little Hope of the g. Terrible
Swede's Recovery.
Sports Agitated Over His Condition - His
Death Will Be the Kuell Ct Pugilism
in This City.

There was no change for the better in the
condition Of Max Fenuer yesterday. At Il
O'clock last night when DR.. Hawkins, his
physician, left his bedside he WAS still In
great danger. His condition, the doctor
said, was very pfecarious. A change for
the worse might set in al any moment He
was under the influence Of sedatives, which
were administered about every hour and a
half to relieve him from an intense pain on
tile top of his head. The symptoms are those
Of congestion of the brain. External ex-
amnations have failed to disclose any frac-
ture of the skull, though there is possibil-
ity that the Uranium may be pressing against
the brain with such force as TO produce
lesion of that organ.
The patient is conscious at times, aud
then he suffers so intensely that he can only
ask to be relieved from his pain. He can
not rest on his left side at all. but lies on his
right side or back. Tie only nourishment
given him is milk. He Is not allowed TO
talk about the fight, and hence has made no
statement relating to the cause OF his in
jury
No one but his physician and nurses are
permitted &c approach him. The strictest
injunction has been issued to keep ali visitors
away, as the only hope for him lies in all
solute quiet. He belongs the order Of the
Sons Of Hermann, aud members of that
society who have called at 5l9 Chestnut
street are met with notice on the door re-
questing them not TO attempt to see their
brother till the crisis ia his case has passed.
VIEWS OF THE SPORTS.
Among the local sporting fraternity there
was much talk last night about Feuner's
precarious condition. The sports regretted
the occurrence very much, for the reasons
first that Fenner is very popular and
always bore reputation of being an honest,
square and gOod-natuTed athlete; second,
because they feared that the sport would be
put under the ban if Fenner should die.
1--WE Will never have any more fistic con-
tests in this city as we used to have Them
and the Eastern cities viii get all the big
fights IN the future" said one who made
fortune in tho business when San Francisco
was the center OF attraction in the world Of
sports few years ago.
Referring TO the La Rue Mcbride affair.
which occurred in the palmy days of the
local prlZe-ring, he said that that unfortu-
nate occurrence killed not only Mcbride but
prize-fghting. also. and this city has never
recovered from the howl of public indigna-
ton that was raised at the time.
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
Upon the remark that it was singular the
Fenner fight should have occurred in the
same rooms and under the auspices Of the
same people as the one which cost Mcbride
| his life
THE OLD SPORT BECAME INDIGNANT.
at is all on account of calling that old
| rookery on Stevenson street an athletic
! club" he explained. at never was club
at all. a man BY the name Of Jones. who is
running q saloon. leases the premises
| and calls il the Golden Gate, the Pastime OF
| the Phoenix Athletic Club. just as his
| fancy dictates. Jones is the club, and Jones
| runs the institution for what money he can
make out of II. No respectable athletic
| club would allow 'grudge' fights to be
| settled In any ring they control, and neither
| the Fenner-Ripgy nor the La Rue Mcbride
| contests were egulariy-arranged profess
| sioDal battles. They were started In Jones'
saloon on the spur OF the moment, and the
| contestants lacked science as well as train
| ing in both cases."
A number Of other well-known sporting
men conceded with the expressions quoted
and left no doubt that Jones Stevenson
street place is in bad repuic in sporting
| circles. They all blame the practices car
| ried on there for the downfall of the prize
| ring in this city.
THE swEDE's ACHIEVEMENTS.
Max Fenner has lived in this city for
about four years. He came here rs sailor
and acquired athletic fame, first as a strong
| man and later as a wrestler. He achieved
| seYerasvlctOries, both on the mat and in the
| ring, and soon became professional boxer
| and wrestler. His last public appearance e
here was when he acted az anchorman for