Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06
WHAT KNOCKOUT
BLOW REALLY IS.
Ii Does Not Always Mean
Fighter Being Put to
Sleep.
SOME FEW CASES IN POINT.
What Such Men as Jim Wakely, Bill
Elmer and Brooklyn Jimmy Car.
roll Say on the Subject

Very few followers Of pugilsm really
know what constitutes a Knockout In
prize fight Alter many important
contests, especially at battle for the
championship, whore a referee stops
an encounter because one man has
scant chance OF winning, the newspa-
pers receive queries as TO whether such
and such a man has been knocked out
Often wagers hinge on the correct an
swcrlng Of these queries, but often the
decisions do not satisfy those who de-
sire TO see the questions decided.
A number OF excellent iistlc judges
contend that a man is knocked out
when he fails to come 10 time In the
prescribed 10 seconds after being floor
ed, no matter II h. Is not unconscious;
while Others say that he Is not knock
out unless he Is put to sleep" or rem
dered Unconscious for a brief space Of
time. IN the recent contest between
Eddie Han0n and Young Corbctt the
fight was stopped by Referee Graney
in the sixteenth round. Although Han
lon was not Unconscious when he was
prevented from continuing the mill
VIII go on record az n knockout for
Corbett.
Jim Wakely. Billy Elmer and Brook
lyn" Jimmy Carroll, who are In post
fion to know, say that Hanlon was
knocked out and give plausible rea'
sons for saying So
IAN bets made on Corbett winning on
q knockout should be paid without de-
lay" said Wakely. THAT Is the only
way TO look at II from a betting and
fair standpoint, Graney lnterfered TO
prevent knockout which would sure
" have happened Perhaps Hanlon
would have been fatally hurt. too. Han
lon was practically out, and when D
man ls In that condition he II knocked
out. OF course, some folks insist that
man has to be sent dead TO the world
before he 8 knocked out. That is sim
ply absurd.
zone often hears the expression that
a person Is Knocked out when he has
exerted himself to any extent. He may
still be able 10 know what he Is doing,
but poweress to act in the same way
as he would when In the possession OF
all his faculties. II would be n crying
shame for any referee to allow any
game man 20 be beaten into lnsensl-
billy. What's the good Of that? II
a man II beaten and hasn't any show
10 win he ought TO be grateful 10 the
referee when he lnterferes. BY stop
ping any mill the referee does hui
name act II the occasion warrants lie
takes away all chances Of complete
knockout which does not alter the ultl-
mate result. sim just the same, II Is
Knockout without the brutal features
that would have attended II had the
referee allowed the min TO continue"
CAROLS opinion is that 1t is not neces-
sary for Il man TO lie on the floor and
take the count to be knocked out. II
have known many fighters TO be knock
ed out standing" continued Carroll.
about Is years ago, in Indiana, fell
low named Brennan met Onther pugil-
ist known as Flynn. The scrap was
even until the fourth. In the NTH,
however, Brennan rushed and swung n
hard right handler to his opponents
Jaw. Suddenly, at the top OF his voice.
Flynn began to sing and dance. He ala
not know where he was, and when the
referee declared against him and
touched him on the shoulder he said.
Take your partners for a waltz Yet
Flynn was Knocked out and standing
up at that. A man who refuses TO pay
wager on a Knockout II the referee
stops battle Is welCher pure and
simple. I've seen fighters deliberately
quit in a ring by lying down and feign-
Ing knockout Yet II would be unjust
10 say so because when a man takes
TO the floor from a blow, whether the
punch Is a hard one or not, and re-
fuses TO get up he Is knocked out. II Is
different however, II man in the
possession Of all his senses says that he
has had enough and refuses 10 go on
with the match lie IL then Quitter
IN the true sense OF the world hut In
cases such as the late Hanlon.C Orbett
encounter The referee should be the sole
judge. II he says Hanlon was knocked
out, his word stands and nine cases out
OF 10 any referee In the same position
would say that the battle terminated
with a knockout"
"Ot course III admit that no man Is
beaten until he Is hors de combat" says
Elmer hut IN hhlt NJ the fights whore
referee lnterfetes you can wager that
the man who Is prevented from contin.
uing IL In bad way and doesn't know
where he is at A game fighter after be
ing knocked down couple Of times
gets 90 his feet by sheer instinct His
only desire Is TO st0nd up, but Just how
he accompllshes this he doesn't know.
lie may Keep his equilibrium until fin
ally laid lnsenNhle, but before the de-
oisiye blow Is delivered he Us AN out. |
saw fight at San Francisco between
Charley Con and another man The
fight was Vicious one and ID was hard
to tell who was gulng to win. After no.
Ing 10 his corner Gon suddenly cOllaps.
Cd ahd was unable Go come to time fog
the next round The other man was all
right and ready 90 continue. Yet Gon
was Knocked ont and his rival rot the
credit. This may sound strange. but 10
Is nevertheless n fact
"a fair minded sport never kicks ON
q fair deal set Whenever there Is a
chance to compllclte Wagcrs on box.
ing match there lw always feN nm N
around ready with am argument to pro.
tcct thcIr coin Anyone who is mot win.
INK 90 let hts money go ON referee.
decision should never put down a bot
OF course there are SOME referees whp
are NOT strictly ou the level. but rm
speaking now 90 honest men Etcn N
o second iossn' up "a sponge that count,
Tor a. Knockout against his man. m,
does tn'a lO protect hs man AGAINST
further punishment