The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
FIGHTERS LOSE WITS.
Are Knocked Out and Fight When
They Know Nothing Of It.

They Know Nothing Of It.
Perhaps the prize fighter is not the
most intellectually perfect Of mel, bur
he Is probably the only man who could
had ceased to work
Jack O'Brien fought six rounds without
knowing what he was doing.
While boxing Mike Scnreck ~ chicago
he received a punch on the chin in the
second round and did not know where
be was until the call Of time Tor the
eighth. Despite this fact he went
through all the motions of boxing, ana
no one but his seconds knew that he was
a mere machine without coherent thought
There are other CaSes-seyeral Of them.
Jack Mccormick. now handling Marvin
Hart. tells Of a fight in which Peter
Maher took part and fought SIX ROUNDS
without being aware that he was In the
ring. Peter, Notwithstanding his QaIed
condition, put up a good fight and was
cheered for his efforts when the bout
was oyer.
when he came TO his corner after receive
ing the blow that took away his senses.
there is some guy over i'm that fellow
corner throwing boxing gloves at me.
If ne keeps 1t up ~ 90 over taere ana
knock his head OIL
Jack tried TO make Peter understand
that he only imagined such q thing, but
MaheF kept up his talk until after the
fight was over They took him to the
dressing room ana gave him rubdRwn,
when he came to-
How did the fight come outg' asked
Maher.
Mccormick told him about 1T. and then
for the first time Maner realized that he
had fought six rounds unconscious of
what he was doing or what was going on
about him.
Mike CouIey. who was one of Jack
DempSey's seconds against Bob ElILsim-
mons at New Orleans, says that the same
thing happened to Dempsey. Jack Nc
Auliffe threw up the sponge Tor Dempsey
I'm the ninth round, but Dempsey. who
was webbing around the ring, refused TO
stop fighting
When the round ended Jack was as
sisted TO his corner but jumped up at
the cali of time. He squared off and
went through his part as If De was c9a-
ruent OF victory, but when the bout I'm
ally ended poor Jacks seconds discovered
that he had fought the closing rounds In
q semi-ConsciOus condition and although
he refused TO quit fighting, he was total
ly ObliyiOus of anything he had done IN
the last few rounds
The most remarkable case on record.
though is that of Emil SANCHEZ, better
known as the Cuban Wonder
Sanchez fought i'm Milwaukee several
years ago, and was hlt on the Jaw LA
tne fourth round. lie. however. was not
knocked out completely until the eighth
round. Sanchez seconds carried him to
the dressing room and put Oh his
clothes Ihen the party took "a tram Tor
9VbFn the train reached the Windy
CITY Sanchez came 10. lie opened has
eyes, ana his FIRST remark TO his man
agcr was
say. OLD pal IN win this fight tonight.
sure
lie was informed that the eight was
over au,- that he was knocked out lu ihe
eighth round. The shock almost took his
breath away
Sanchez never remembered having been
ia The ring. and would NOT believe what
his manager told him until be felt sore
spot on the back OF -ls cranium where
bis head had hit the floor when Doe was
sent down from the knockout blow