Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-02
THE PUGlLIST
HOW HE DIED
Tenny Was Pounded Even After He Was Counted Out Other
 Fight News.

San Francisco, March 2.-Harry Tenny. the bantamweight fighter. died yesterday afternoon from injuries he received in the fourteen-round battle in the prize ring Wednesday night with Frankie Neil, as announced in the Democrat yesterday.
 Neil and the following members of the fight trust" under the manage mont of which the fight was held in up 10 the police: James w. Coffroth, Willie Britt, Eddie Graney, Morris Levy and Mark Shaughnessy. They were charged with manslaughter and were released on bail.
 The fight was brutal one. Tenny was outclassed from the first. and was literally beaten to death. He fought gamely and as long as he was con- scious, struggling to prolong the un- equal battle
 Penny was really knocked out twice in the final round. and it is probable that his death is due to the fact that Referee Roche did not hear the com pletion of the full count, owing to the shouting of the crowd, and allowed tt- defeated fighter to struggle to his feet just in time to receive the blows that laid him cold and limp on the canvas floor of the ring.
 Frankie's swinging left-hand blows did the damage, and the first knockout sent Penny ill lump in the middle of the ring. The crowd Shouted and yelled like madmen, and the timekeeper counted Tenny out. Roche. however. did not hear the count above the noise of the cheering spectators. and the beaten | man staggered to his feet. As he did | So Neil rushed at him, pounding aid swinging with all his might, and liter | ally beat the boy to the floor.
 Tenny first dropped against the ropes. and in this groggy condition was hammered down by his conqueror. Howls of derision greeted the referee's action, but it was too late. The clever fighter had landed his death dealing blows and in few seconds Tenny was carried from the ring.
 1 The defeated fighter was carried to l his dressing room and later was taken | to q bath house. Here he regained con sciousness after an hour had elapsed. and complained of racking pains in his head and stomach. A doctor was | called, and after an examination said that Tenny was not in danger. The pugilist was attended closely by Mark Shaughnessy, and at o'clock yes:sr- day morning walked with a great cry | of agony.
 Tenny was doubled up, his face was ashen pale, and he could not enunciate. A call was sent for an ambulance to take him to a hospital, but he dieil in frightful agony before the conveyance could reach the bath house.
 Tenny died of the rupture of a blood vessel in the. head. The autopsy sur geon declared that death was due either to a blow on the head or Oh the \ stomach.
 Some of Tenny's friends declare his death was induced by excessive injec- lions of strychnine given by Dr ker- sen, who treated the boy for heart fail | ure.
 The case is complicated by reports that Tenny had an epileptic fit two days before the fight and by the charge of Tenny's mother and brother that the boy was doped before the fight. The most plausible theory is that the excessive use of strychnine paralyzed the system instead of helping the hearts action.
 | Until 10 o'clock yesterday morning news of the fatal end of the battle was kept from the police al attaches aS | the coroner's office. but at that hour Captain of Detectives Burnett was ad- | yised.
 | Consternation reigns in sporting cir cles over the tragic turn taken by the affair of Wednesday night. They see in 1t the death blow Cf the fighting game on the Pacific coast, for time at least. and are loud in their denunci- ation of Billy Roche, "the Bowery Boy" referee. whom they blame for the entire matter. He allowed Tenuy to 20 on after he was fairly counted out in the fourteenth round and il was probably the last few terrific punches delivered by Neil after his opponent had staggered To his feet that caused Tenny's death.
 Feelings of the keenest rivalry had been in existence between Frankie Neil and Harry Tenny. two of the cleyerest | little fighters the world has ever known. for some time. As a novice in CoIma on July 2s. Tenny fought Neil twenty five hard rounds. and the cham pion won the decision after the tough est light of his career. with the possible exception of the twenty mill in the National Sporting club In London. fin which he was beaten by Joe Bow. | ker.
 When they faced each other weanes- day night. however. Nei. was deter mined not to allow Tenny toTepeat the fine showing he made before. and to f Spider Kelly. his second. he said:
 "There'Il be no kidding tonight. Its q serious proposition this time"
 The tragic ending of the hattie proved that Nell spoke with deeper meaning than he himself understood.
 THEY FOUGHT EVERYWHERE.