The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-30
| required on The side bone of the Jaw. but with
al conditions favorable the result would be The

required on the side bone of the Jaw but with
al conditions favorable the result would be The
same.
The pugiIisi. his followers and the chroni-
clers OF his prowess generally believe that
small nerve runs along the lower edge OF the
jawbone and connects with the brain, and that
when this nerve is struck it causes temporary
iDseDsibiity ("putting man TO Sleep" in The
yefnacular of the ring, and that II fatal re-
suit should follow The conclusion produced by
the fell, and not by the blow. is the cause Of
death.
been exploded, although an ordinarily careful
autopsy aud slucy of the structure OF the
bones of the skull would upset II at once.
"If you Will visit a school OF anatomy or
museum OF natural history and examine a hui
man skull you will find beneath and behind the
eye sockets an oss Gus strncaa e, call e the
ing part OF IL is a cuplike depression known as
the genoid fossa. Into this depression the end
or The iawbOne Uhe condOyle OF the inferior
maxilla) fits and works like hinge. Take off
the TOP of the skull, hold it up to The light and
look into the brain cavity. snd you Will see
that the little cups have very thin bottoms
almost as thin as paper. No other part OF the
skull, exceDt the inner surface OF the eye SOCK
cts separating them from the nasal passage, Is
so fragile. The c0ndOyle Is strong closely
knit bone. When the skull had brain In IL
the outer bases OF the brain were over the
glenoid fossa.
Now then, il the lower jaw is struck with a
forward and upward movement when the mouth
Is closed, the cOndyle is driven hard into the
cup. Ii the blow has sufficient force 1t Will
break the delicate bottom of the little cavity
and rupture blood vessel az the base OF the
brain. Should the mouth be half open when the
jaw is struck the lesion would be almost GER
tain. With the mouth closed blow could be
delivered with sufficient force TO drive the con-
dyle through its cup and into the brain.
Whether this thin partition be broken or not
by the impact the shock TO the brain as result
OF striking the jaWbone would be something
terrific. 1t would De len times greater than
blow on the crown OF the head and with half
the force exerted.
"The theory that conclusion of the brain
could be caused by falling on the back OF The
head will not be accepted by any intelligent
psychologist Nature has made the skull extra
| thick at that point 10 guard against just such
accidents. The conclusion that causes death In
a pugistc encounter is due directly to the
blow on the lower jaw, which sends the shock
through the glenoid fossa-if 1t does not actu-
ally fracture Ito The most sensitive part of
The motor centers.
Therefore, the assumption is warranted that
| the more skliful fighter becomes in knock
| ing OUT his antagonist the greater danger OF a
fatal result. Who Will be the next TO run the
| riSk?"
| Bob Fitzsimmons has reduced considerably
| IN fish since he sent Riordan 10 his long Sleep
| In an Interview recently had In Chicago this is
| how FitZsimmOns told the story of his last
| bout with the Californian: Con had been
| with me just three weeks and l was taking
| good care of him. because l thought he would
| be great help to ME when began training for
Corbett." explained Bob In an earnest manner.
"Wny. would no more have nit Con hard than
would little child. / used 10 tell him that
| was afraid might hurt my hands by slappIug
as did, and he would tell me TO close my fists
when we boxed. l didn't like to do 1t, and
won't even with Mccarthy, who Is big. strong
fellow. That's sore yet from a tap 1 gave him
In indianapolis a couple OF nights ago." and
"FIZ" held np his right fist with its prominent
knuckles. 1t hurts only when 1 happen
to hit with The outer edge OF the palm.
You see, 1t couldn't have been the blow
that killed RIordan. for there were
we were ON the stage. Cons liver had been
troubling him for a long time, and he suddenly
pu his hands over bis belt and doubled up as
If in agony Then lie turned and asked the
captain 10 call time. No, keep on whis-
pered; i won't hit YOU With that he sat
down on the stage and looked up at me and
grinned. l thought he was drunk. and turned
away disguised. They SIT him in a chair In
the wings ana Dunfre came On 10 finish the ex-
hlDltlon. Rlordan spoke as he sat there and
refused TO allow he gloves TO be removed. lie
said he would be all right soou, but fell out of
his chair and seemed to go into heavy sic ep,
for he Snored as loud as any good, healthy m an
can. Everybody was joking about him, but IL
soon got TO be serious matter. AT midnight
the doctors SAID ne would die, and then was
taken 10 jail. When he did die they put me
under lock and key, and that nearly broke my
heart. for long before had made up my mind
that l would never be jugg ed
The best friend / had that night was a
policeman, named Donovan. who. l afterward
found out Is a brother OF the boxer who hal
died from the effects OF skiD-glove fight with
Dunee, the man who had finished out wi Ii me
that night. Wasn't that strange? Donovan
cried like baby. and it didn't take long for me
10 DGedk uOW0 IOOs
'.Durfee did come pretty near knocking me
out that night. He's an awful puncher, and |
was careless enough 10 turn my head to look at |
Con in the chair. He te ched me one in the |
throat with his left and then popped his right |
on nv chin. l went down aud nearly out, and |
1t so frightened Dunfee that he wanted TO Quit
right tb re. l couldn't think clearly for a
couple of hours after il.
"At the time of Cons death was:getting
into good financial shape and was taking on
flesh RAPIDLY. The EXPENSES at Syracuse were
enormous, but l didn't begrudee spending the
money. The worry of the whole thing pulled
me down awfully. Two weeks before that /
weighed 1872 in ordinary Dress but now L am
down TO 164 or so stripped. / am under S1O,-
600 bonds slIll, bur as ii is generally believed
that IL was not my fault l may never be in
dicted.
II see that Corbett is practiclng to guard the
blow that Killed Con Rlordan and has a lot to
say about IL everywhere he goes. Now isn't
that too bad? wouldn't treat Jim that way
II he were in my fix. They say 1 hit with the
wrist. but I'll swear l never struck such a
blow, except by accident In my career. That's
what does the business" and "Fitz" doubled
up his left fist and displayed an enormous
knuekle, the first on the hand which stands
out ike knob OF flint, and is about as hard
Constant use of that peculiar left-hand blow of
bis and the landing on The objective point with
tDat knuckle have developed 1t to enormous
size. Ii appears TO be in perfect condition, too