The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-04
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4 1904

full to the referee when he interferes.
By stopping any mill the referee does
a humane act if the occasion war
rants. He takes away all chances
of complete knockout. which does
not after the ultimate result. Still,
just the same, it is a knockout with
cut the brutal features that would have
attended it had the referee allowed
the mill to continue"
Carroll's opinion is that 1t is not
necessary for man to lie on the floor
and take the count to be knocked out.
''I have known many fighters to be
knocked out standing" continued Car
roll. about fifteen year ago, in In
diana, a fellow named Brennan met
another pugilist known as Flynn. The
scrap was even until the fourth. In
the fifth, though Brennan rushed and
swung a hard highlander to his OPP
ponents jaw. Suddenly, at the top of
his voice, Flynn began to sing and
dance. He did not know where he
was, and when the referee declared the
fight against him and touched him on
the shoulder, he said: Take your
partners for waltz Yet Flynn was
knocked out and standing up at that.
A man who refuses to pay wager
on a knockout if the referee stops a
battle is welcher pure and simple.
I've seen fighters deliberately quit in
a ring by lying down and feigning a
knockout. Yet it would be unjust to
say so because when a man takes to
the floor from a blow, whether the
punch is hard one or not, and re-
fuses to. get up he is knocked out.
1t is different, however, if a man in
the possession of all his senses says
that he has had enough and refuses
TO go on with the match. He is
then a gutter in the true sense OF the
word But in cases such as the late
Hanlon- Corbett encounter the referee
should be the sole judge. II he says
Hanlon was knocked out, his word
stands, and nine cases out of ten any
referee in the same position would
say that the battle terminated with
knockout"
"Of course I'll admit that no man is
beaten until he is hors de combat,
said Elmer, "but in half of the tights
where a referee interferes you can
wager that the man who is prevented
from continuing is in bad way ana
doesn't know where he is at. A game
fighter after being knocked down a
couple of times gets to his feet by
sheer instinct. His only desire is to
stand up, but just how he accom-
plishes this he doesn't know. He may
keep his equilibrium until finally laid
insensible, but before the decisive blow
is delivered he is all out. saw
fight at San Francisco between Char
ley Golf and another man. The fight
was a vicious one and it was hard to
tell who was going to win. After go
ing to his corner Golf suddenly col
Iapsed and was unable to come to time
for the next round. The other man
was all right and ready to continue.
Yet Golf was knocked out and his RI
val got the credit. This may sound
strange, but it is nevertheless a fact.
"a fair minded sport never kicks on
a fair deal, yet whenever there is a
chance to complicate wagers on a box
ing match there are always few men
around ready with an argument to
protect their coin. Any one who Is
not willing to let his money go on
referees decision should never put
down bet. OF course, there are some
referees who are not strictly on the
level, but I'm speaking now of honest
men. Even If a second losses up a
sponge that counts for a Knockout
against his man. He does this to pro-
tect his man against further punish
n1ent."