The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-20
MANNED FIGHTER is
ABLE TO QUIT CITY
''Kid" Braun CrawIs From Cot
in Hospital to Car
rage

After lying unconscious for eight hours
at st. Joseph's hospital Kid Braun, the
Chicago prize fighter who was knocked
out in a battle with Jimmie Potts, of
Minneapolis. at the Amateur Athletic as
sociation Tuesday nightS crawled from his
cot last night was carried to a carriage
and left for the East. His condition was
very serious, but he feared prosecution for
priZefighting might follow the fight.
During Tuesday night DIR. G. M. Doran,
the police surgeon, and one of the house
doctors worked constantly over the Chi
cago fighter. Not until morning, when
respiration was restored, was it certain
that the life of Braun could be saved
When carried from the ring the fighter
had the appearance of a dead man. His
pulse was scarcely perceptible and his
heart action was SO faint that it seemed
several times as though he was about to
expire.
AT midnight there was no sign of i'm
provemert. but about 4 o'clock there was
a change for the better. Gradually his
breathing became more pronounced and
the heart gained strength. He fingered in
a comatose state, however, until after 3
o'clock.
planned of pain in his head, and the
suspicion of the physicians that he had
suffered hemorrhage of the brain was
strengthened. The physicians labored over
him during the morning and at noon he
was pronounced out of danger. SO rapid
ly did he recover that late in the after
noon he was able to be on his feet. The
pain still remained in his head, and the
physicians said that some time would
eIapse before he would be in condition.
Fighter Quits Hospital
Acting on the advice of his manager,
Gus Bernstein, he decided to leave the
hospital last evening and undertake the
Braun declared that he had no recollec-
ton of fighting. in the second round. He
said all he could remember was the end
OF the nrSt round when he was so stunned
as to lose control of himself. He did not
know how he got up in the second round.
DR.. Doran said that Braun was suffer
ing from a slight conclusion of the brain,
with possibly a hemorrhage. The effect
of the blow he received was similar to that
received from sandbag. and if no COM
pllcations set in the physician said, Braun
will recover. DR.. Doran was unable to
say whether the injury will prevent the
Chicago man from re-entering the ring,
but believed that he would not be able
TO tight for some time.
Braun told DR.. Doran that he had been
knocked out in a similar manner about
two years ago.
inexperienced Referee
Charles De Witt, a referee of experience
and a follower of the fighting game, was
present at the fight, and among. the loud
est in calling to have the match stopped.
He gave the following version of the af-
fair last night:
1T was simply case OF the referee
Knowing nothing about his business. With
a man who knew anything about the
game, or even man with common sense,
such thing could not have happened.
I can't think of any other excuse for the
referee than that he did not know any
better. and should never have been al
lowed to enter the ring. He didn't even
pay attention to the fight, but appeared
to be more Interested in the crowd. Had
he paid attention to what was going on
he could have counted Braun out several
hi
punishment. Braun wasn't in condition
and l and everybody else knew he was
whipped ten seconds after the men met,
and by the time the first round was over
it was as plain as day that he didn't have
any show. He could hardly shuttle to his
chair when the first round was over and
when the second started he might as well
have been up against Jim Jeffries for all
the chance he had. He didn't know what
he was doing OR even where he was and
why the referee let the fight go on L
was SO diSpleaSing to the crowd that they
shrieked and howled to have the fight
stopped, but no. Finally somebody went
for the club officials, who We're in the
business office, and asked them to stop
the fight and even then the referee re-
fused. That sort of conduct smacks of
mental disarrangement of a serious
nature. Whenever the crowd is con-
WINGED that man has had enough it is
time for the referee to agree"
Wallace f. HentOn, who has seen every
fight of prominence in the past fifteen
years, was of the same opinion. Said he:
Il don't know the referee, never heard
his name, but in all my years 1 never
such a piece of work. I have gone thou
sands of miles to see fights, and 1 love a
clean fight but I can't stand for brutality,
and that's what Tuesday nights affair
amounted to. The referee was either ig=
norant or so badly ratified that he did
not know what he was doing. The fight
round. [ yelled for it and everybody
about me did the same. Another thing.
Braun was not in shape to fight. 1 sup
little easy money here without any trouble
and suddenly found out that he was up
against a first class man. He and his
seconds are to blame to a certain extent,
but the whole thing was up to the ref
cree