The St. Louis Republic., 1904-02-21

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Who will re-enter the ring this week as an
opponent of Jack Munro.
punches have not disturbed him overly
much.
If Munro can land the proper sort Of
blow. he seems to have at least an even
break in the pending battle. Many be-
leve that he has an advantage. That he
is a cleverer boxer than Sharkey is the
opinion Of those who have watched him
at work. The question at present is
whether he can stand the terrific rushes
and swinging which characterize Shar-
keys style OF battle.
II should be a fast fight at least; and
ing which has done the best work, even
II the affair goes the limit. Should Munro
Ia" deemed the better workman Of the
pair. a match with Jeffries may be eA-
pectet.
HevIving a pugilist in battle is Just
as much of an art as the proper train
ing Of a scrapper. Naturally this is tho
supreme duty of second, but very few
of them know how to do it properly.
The other night. when Jack OBrien
dicrs, introduced a wrinkle which saved
ahf hts dny fGF % doWn paneh
and is, in distress. his second throws wa
ter on him to revive him. Under the
rules this is not permissible and is some
times punished by disqualification. But
the referees are not so strict in the mat
ter as they should be, and many infrac-
OBrien went TO the floor from a left
hook which Ryan delivered after the lat
Ter had been knocked down by OBrien.
and took the, count. OBrien was seem
ingly in a bad way and 1t looked as II he
would not be able to get to his feet be-
fore the ten seconds were pp: ,a.
which he had in the corner and. dipping
# in a bucket of cold water. threw It with
all his bS fores en at psss 1hs1 In thu The small ef
the back and the blow caused the water
TO spray all over him. The cold water
yived O'Brien. who struggled to his feet
and was able to last the round out.
When he returned to his corner his SEC, sec,
onds labored heroica1ly and brought him
around for the final round.
OF course, Mccoy. in doing this. came
within an ace of losing the bout tor
the ring 1t is usually done as token of
defeat. But the referee could not act; as
o'Brien got on his feet before ne had
the Quaker pugilIst was ready to continue
tho encounter. Mccoy said that the same
trick aided him when he = met Joe vCfT Choyn, n
tho Horion-law days.
Choynsd had knocked Mccoy down and
everybody thought the battle .sas..S vas S'el, H.
leave the building. McCoy's brother Homer
was one of his seconds in that mill ana
he struck the I'D with sponge srn;e apd aps re 70
regain his feet when the gong sounded.
Frank Erne thinks that cold water Is
more beneficial than smelling salts as or otn-
er artificial means in any circumstances
lie says that 1t should be used In all cases
where a person has lost consciousness
n y1E riG Etoe to reyiTe one must 90 Il sRi
fully You must be careful not to pr3dnce
too great a shock. for instead OF helping
It may be Just the reverse; It s,e Is slways tsss
is usually where the hghter feeis the must
effect after he is smashed.
THE cold water refreshes him ana ms
bofogged faculties soon return Or course.
If he is not too far gone. he Will be aDte
TO get up unassisted. but when the puncn
has veen very powerful there is no chance
Of bringing him to in hurry. There 1s no
real way of preventing a man from pelns
knocked out, but mostening mans tenn
PIES with viii, cold water as .heara me ,saye nsinns
him to Withstand any sudden shock or Jar.
Constant iabbing or swings VIII make
InocRont sS oNSi But as a"H long as his temples are
moistenad his nerves are strengthened, and
10 may be able to resist the shock. Smell
only give temporary relief, and often do
more harm than good. In many instances
l have known smelling salts have clouded
a fighters brain. and at the first punch
made him feel groggy."
indications point very clearly to the
fact that before very long there Will %
two distinct and separate sets Of pusilistic
champions in America. Ono will be for
white men and the other will be for those
whose complexion varies from light-choco-
late to Joe Walcott The colored man or
negro has always figured conspicuously
in the prize ring almost since the day Of
its origin, Way back in the early & days ys.n OF
pretfy clever with their fists. and many
Of them were quick and soIses strong But sa% ;e
strong physically, the black fighters were,
IT was always charged against 1.-THE them nth that
streak of cowardice that once reached vas
their undoing" writes R. H. Kain OF the
..If was generally believed that 81 the
safr was put to a black tighter long
enough and hard enough he would quit;
I.atter-day ring history. however. has failed
to confirm this widespread belief. for
many of the colored boxers OF the present
time have taken enough punishment to
show that they are. in some cases al
least, Just as game a. the white fighters.