Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-11
THE PUGILISTS.
WORK OF THE
 BUSY BOXERS
Fighters Who Have Batfled
 Many Rounds UnknOw-
 Australian Cripps J A Good Man-NOteS.

The fact that Hn1lauelpnAd 1aetN O'Brien fought six rounds against Mike Schreck in a semi-conscious con Sdftion is not without precedent. j 3O'Brien got wallop on the chin ill the second round and did not know where he was at until the call of time for the eighth round Despite the fact that ne knew not what he was doing he went through the scientific movements that he is capable of and no one but his lseconds knew that he was fighting merely as a. machine without the nec- essary brain power to control his ac- 3tions. This may seem strange to many, yet there are many instances on record where similar incidents happened. Jack Mccormick, now handling Mar ! win Hart, tells of a fight in which Peter Afaher took part and fought six rounds without being aware that ne was in the ring Peter, notwithsIand- ! Ing his dazed condition, put up a good 8 fight and was cheered for his efforts when the bout was over.
 Say, Jack he said to Mccormick when he came to his corner after re ceiving the blow that took away his zsenses, s'there is some guy over in that fellows corner throwing boxing gloves. at me. If he keeps it up I'll go over there and knock his head off"
 Jack tried to make Peter understand Hthat he only imagined such thing, but Maher kept up his talk until after 1.-the fight was over They took him to 1.-the dressing room and gave him q zrubdown, when he came to.
 How did the fight come out?" ask * ed AIaher.
 Mccormick told him all about it, S and then, for the first time, Maher realized that he had fought six rounds unconscious of what he was doing or what was going on about him.
 Mike Conley who was one of Jack Dempsey's seconds against Bob Fitz- simmons at New Orleans, says that the same thing happened to Dempsey. Jack McAuliffe threw up the sponge ! for Dempsey in the ninth round, but g Dempsey, who was wabbling around the ring refused to stop fighting. When the round ended Jack was as sisted to his corner and jumped up at the call of time. He squared off and went through his part as if he was confident of victory. but when the bout finally ended poor Jacks seconds discovered that he had fought the *closing rounds in a unconscious con hilton and, although he refused to zquit fighting he was totally oblivious sQf anything he had done in the. last 1fSw rounds. s
 The most remarkable case on record, though, is that of Emil Sanchez, bet ter known as the Cuban Wonder
 Sanchez fought in Milwaukee sever al years ago and was kit on the jaw I in the fourth round He however. was not knocked out completely until the eighth round. Sanchez's seconds car ried him to the dressing room and put on his clothes. Then the party took a train for Chicago
 When the train reached the Windy city Sanchez came to. He opened his eyes, and his first remark to his mana ger was:
 Say old pal, I'll win this fight to- might sure" He was informed that the fight was over and that he was knocked out in the eighth round. The shock almost took his breath away.
 Sanchez never remembered having
 been in the ring and would not believe
 what bis manager told him until he
 felt sore spot on the back of his cranium where his head had hit the floor when he was sent down from the
 knockout blow.