Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-26
Local Fight Fans Anxious to See
Clifford Tackle Little Benny
Yanger
FACTS ABOUT KNOCKOUTS.


prove very interesting are now on Ia
PTS but whether they viii take place
according TO schedule is something
that time alone can determine Man
ager s. j. Kelley Of the shamrock i,
trying to secure return match be-
tween Jerry McCarty and Nose Lnfon.
tse to take place at Pocatello, and an
other match between Jerry and Indian
Joe Gregg TO take place at Helena. he
also hopes to land a fight here between
Jack Clifford and Benny Yanger "a
take place on the 10Th OF next month
and this is the particular contest local
ring ioliowers have their hearts SCI Oh.
ianger mas been heard from ana Is
wiling 20 take on clifford. although
the latter VIII have some advantage IN
weight. Yanger has had more expert
ence, Is hard punlsher and beiieS rs
he can take ample care OF himself IN
an argument IN the roped arena with
Clinord The latter has been anxious
for the match for long time and since
his return to Butte ne mas been In ac-
tive training for the mid In the opin-
lon OF those who FOLLOW the game and
who have seen botn men WORK they
are pretty evenly matched and II they
come together The bout should be a
hard one.
Concerning the proposed match be-
tween Red Robert Fitzslmmons and
George Gardner, Otto Floto expresses
himself as follows;
II believe that q Fltzsmmons- Gard
nsr night would cause more talk than
any other combination that could be
made at present. Now here IL man
who firmly believes that FitzsImmons,
old as he is, carries just enough OF his
early cleverness TO land on Gardner
once. | think that he has that old
punch left and all he needs is 70 get
TO the younger fellow once or twice be-
fore 10 rounds have passed Gardner,
he claims, is fellow Of the rushing
type, who would sooner or later leave
himself open to those needed punches
or Fitz's. Now, OH the other hand,
there are those who see in Gardner the
master Of Jack Root, And Root. II
must be admitted. Is some pretty tall
class himself. Gardner has yet to be
extended these latter days and | think
he has SIN something up his sleeve.
He taxes the care OF himself and has
science
Those opposed TO ring fights and
boxing contests have always held that
the Knockout blow was brutal in itself.
To this, however the medical frater-
nifty seem to have taken exception, and
the medical News describes what caus-
es the Knockout and adds that Il is ab.
solutey harmless and never fatal. me
News says:
'Inasmuch as all boxing contests
which terminate speedily are, as
rule ended by blow on the point OF
the Jaw, the physiology OF II Is OF great
interest, man struck with any de-
gree OF force upon the mental area OF
the Jaw, although he may be In perfect
physical condition, Instantly colapses
and falls 10 the ground. The attitude
assumed IN recovery, which may be in
Simultaneous or delayed some minutes.
IL most characteristic. He squirms
about raises his head and rolls his
eyes In an attempt to locate himself.
lie tries to get on his side and elbow
lie endeaVors TO rise upon his hands
and Knees, IL he regains his feet he
staggers like n drunken man, and
Mould he proceed to open hos.ilities ne
~ usually promptly put out by his ad.
seIsary me bloW Is practically never
fatal the hearts action is noyerth6less
accelerated, the pulse and respiration
are normal, the pupils are normal.
there Is no headache, no sweats. no cold
eNtremities, no pallor--nohe of the or
binary signs of shock or conclusion,
James o. Duncanson british Med
lcai journal April 4, 1909 believes the
condition to be due entirely to a shak-
ins up OF the endolymph in the semi.
circular canals. When the blow is ud.
nlnlstered there Is a violent overty.st-
ing of the head. which ia held i'm its
ante posterlor position by the muscles
whlch, compared with those lnHlctlng
the dow are small and puny. The re-
suit 10 that the head flies around with
y JERK and the nud In the canal is slb-
lected toa greater disturbance than any
other trauma, There Is little reason 10
aouot tnat This 10 the interesting path
Slosy OF me well'known but little un.
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Harry TuthilI, who is training WI
ne Fitzgerald at Lakeside Inn, has been
hhhollhg hghters Tor more than q duz-
sh years and was fighter himself
back In the sos. His opinions OF tbe
lights OF the glove business are terse
them: VI
'Jenries is 80 big that no one can
peat MIN until he loses his ability"
cans is the hardest hitter OF his size
N the ring. lie can whip any other
tour nghlwelghts in one ring in one
evening. '"o
Young Corbett will last couple of
years more as champion of the UttIe !
fellows His hitting power viii curry |
him through.
"Corbett Is quite fighter yet, but |
ne overturned for his fight with Jeff- |
'les, ana IN consequence could not re- |
over when he was hurt.
Hanlon and Nell, the new coast |
lshters are coming stars, They are !
ads my
Willie Fitzgerald can beat anv NJ
ne lightweghts except Cans.
"tItZsimmons is looking lust as po.d
Is ever but is not as fat as they have
'een saying he Is, He Is really anx |
Gus TO fight again.
The old-time fighters did not COM
'are with those of today to my notion
Win the exception of Jem Mace. /
aw him box as cleyerly when he was
o as most Of them do at %.
McGovern was never as good as
Young Corbett
ne reason the English fighters are
whipped by Americans is that they
lavn't as good heads and don't figure
helr men out They don't understand
n-nghtlng.'
a dlspatch from New York says:
Watches with champion and ex-cham-
p D pusllists hqrinE Az prinnIpHJs