The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Fighters Lose Nerve
After Being Put Out
LaViqne, MCGOVern, Erne, COrbett, Sharkey,
and Dempsey Are Examples-AlWays in
Fear of Dream Punch.

deserted him. and he was comparatively
easy for other pugilists. Gus Rubin
had no trouble IN whipping him, and
Bob Fitzsimmons took his measure
with a knockout in a couple of rounds
Since then he has suffered defeat after
defeat. Yet before the last Jeffries
fight Sharkcy successfully stood oil
FitzsimmOns at San Francisco, knocked
out Rubin with Il punch, and polished
off both Jim COTbett and Kid Mccoy
without much trouble.
Frank EIne's Downfall.
Frank Erne's downfall came after he
fought Terry McGovern at Madison
Square Garden. Prior to that Erne had
never known what it meant 10 be
Knocked out. but Terry did the rick.
As the contest was at catchweights,
Franks lightweight championship hon
Ors did not suffer. But it was the be-
ginning Of the end. for when he met Joe
Cans the second time at Fort Erie he
was put to sleep in jig time. Then
came his combat with Jimmy Britt at
San Francisco, who also clipped Erne on
the jaw for the fun count.
Jim COrbelt is another example OF
the fighter whose successful career was
nipped in the bud by knockout. Prior
TO COrbett'S contest with Bon F1tZsim-
mons at Carson City the ex-champion
was looked upon as 1nVlnCiDlC- But
Fitz put him hors de combat with a
peach in the solar plcxus, and after that
Corbett went 20 the bad. Jeffries took
his measure when they met at Coney
Island. and repeated the dose wren they
fought again at San Francisco last
year CO-bett lost TO Sharkey. and you
know how he Jared with several others.
/ OF course, ne whipped Kid Mccoy, but
| that scrap was denounced as being a
/ cut and dried fake and / guess from
| facts at hand il was a phoEy victory al
/ best. John /. Sullivan never fought
again after COrbeJt put him away at
New Orleans / guess II he had he
wouldn't nave amounted TO anything,
| Tor the drubbing Jim gave him TOOK
/ all the starch out of him.
Dempsey Never Recovered.
Jack Dempsey never got over the
! beating he received at the hands OF
Rob FitzsimmOns and died from a
! broken heart, and yet there was no
gamer fighter in the ring than the Non
/ pareil Peter jackson soon fell by the
| wavsidc after Jim JeffTies knocked him
1 out and died about six months later.
The two defeats which Jeffries gave
/ FitZsimmonS have evidently not injured
I the Cornishman 10 any extent. Although
knocked ont twice, Fltz is still w and
/ doing. and no one since has been able
/ 10 repeat the dose The reason that
/ FitZ has not lost heart Is that he was
/ whipped by a man his superior in
weight. build and strength. Had t1tZ
| been conquered by man in his class
/ it's a cinch THAI he would have been pie
/ for some of the boys who can fight at
/ anywhere near his weight.
/ George Dixon has really never tasted
/ the sensation Of q knockout in a cham
pionship contest He was once laid low
! by the Kentucky Rosebud at Philadel-
| phia many years ago, but on that occa-
/ sion ne received what is known in fistiC
/ experience as the double cross But he
/ could beat all the EOsebuds in creation.
/ and dpruOuSrra ed this fact satisfactorily
J a number OF times afterward True.
] Terry McGOvern decisively took his
/ measure but did not knock him out. as
! DixOn's seconds threw up the sponge IN
| time But that fight made Dixon fear
/ his opponents. and from the rushing,
| brave tighter ne became q timid boxer.
! The reason that he has been able 20
| win since then Is that his cleVerPess
/ has not deserted him. But he has lost
! the power to knock out others.