The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-02
BLACK EYE FOR
The FIGHT GAME.
Death Of Tenny May End the
Battling on the
Coast.

Journal Special Service,
San Francisco. March 2.--Further impetus was
given to the move to discourage boxing on the
Pacific coast by the fatal result of the frankie
Neil Harry Tenny fight in Woodward's pavilion.
Followers of the game say the bout would not
nave ended So disastrousy had Referee Billy
Roche done his duty Roche permitted the con-
test to continue after the timekeeper had count
ed out the unfortunate Tenny
Roche admits that he heard the watchholder
shout Out" but in his anxiety to give the
spectators full satisfaction for their money, he
paid no attention to the protests Of NeiIs
first collapse he was in no condition to defend
himself after he regained his feet. and compe-
tent followers around the ringsde say that
Roche should have interfered, as was his duty,
when the beaten man officially declared
knocked out. = 81 #. 81. q III
= Neil at first was disinclined to batter his
opponent further, but seeing that Roche still
had an interest in the battle, he resumed the
unpleasant task of making punching bag out
of the helpless Tenny. s." - IN
Blame the Referee.
The antifghting element, on the strength of
Roche's failure to announce the termination of
proceedings. after Tenny had been knocked out
for the first time, places the blame for Tenny's
death on the referees. shoulders. or course
Roche today regrets his action, but pathetically
declared that. 'altho he did not want to see
Tenny undergo further furnishing he thought
there was some justification for allowing Neil to
slug Tenny. .-.s e. e--. ~. -.
81 heard the timekeeper say out as Tenny
was rising said Roche ''but thought
would give Harry the benefit of the doubt (Which
means to give the sports q run for their money!
by letting the fight go oii.s | am as sorry for
Harry as his own mother could be. He was
one Of the gamest lads that ever put on a
glove. He took frightful beating, and up to
the fourteenth round was, as far as could see,
in good shape Any attempt to stop the fight
then would have been unwarranted. I suppose
will be condemned for not interfering when
he timekennar Dted hut who
could have imagined that Tenny would de- g.
4 Neil Heartbroken.
| Neil is heartbroken over the death Of Tenny.
He respected the dead youngster much for his
fighting ability as he did for his good fellow
ship and manly traits. and the loss of so worthy
| a foe is severe blow to frankie. r.
| ; II did not feel like hitting, Harry after /
heard the timekeeper cry out" said Neil, "but
as the referee made no attempt to leave the
ring order me to my corner I knew that 1t
| was up to me to keep On fghting.''
The death Of Tenny, it is feared, will kill
the boxing game on the coast. Several state
and city officials known to be vigorously
opposed to pugilism, and Tenny's demise Will
streng then the 2agitation to abolish the bouts !
! Neil escaped without a mark and said he
would at once challenge Joe Bowker, the Eng
lish featherweight champion, who got decision
over him in London a year ago.
When TENNIS death was announced to his
relatives they claimed that he had been drugget
and that overdose brought about his death
of the brain. and while the police do not believe
the dragging story they have requested that ths
stomach be submitted to chemical analysis. II
:. 1t was said last night that Tenny's dealt
will not affect the municipal permits given fn
: fights for the balance of the year. 6
80. ...., Second in Month, T.,
II TENNIS death is the second resulting from
, ring contests here within the month. sOn tn
night of Feb.rs5aaAlex Doevin, was beaten t.
death by Chiefly Johnson in an unlicensed anna
Err1,f Of (No1r
sss r xas wits Ri
j all the time and he had no chance to get any
, thing that was not regular. I think Tenn:
:; 81 know few nights ago he had At, an
: last night he had another one. intended t
ask some of the family If he, was subject t
! such attacks. -, never heard that he was unit
) someone told me- OF the attack. r He scertainl
q acted as If he wasin it, and II believe tina
, he died in one" "a I
Neil declares that the charge is absurd, be
; cause a man would have been unable to fight a
l hard as Tenny ifF he had been given a. drug
: l. Attorney Porter Ashe, who appears for the fight
ers, thinks it probable that the use Of strych
nine had as much to do in Fastening death a
anything else. - s* r-.:a
/ The body shows "a badly battered eye and
slight abrasion over the heart. Mayor Schmit
saws that he will = Investigate the, death Q
Tenny, and if negligence concerning the cond
ton of the pugilist u.s. shown he will recommen
! to the supervisors that no more permits be ii
sued for prize fights ., $50 :. s
Coroner Investi eating.
e After making the autopsy Coroner's surgeo
: Cussack announced that Tenny's death was du
to cerebral hernorrhage, caused probably by
! blow It was discovered that strychnine an
: possibly other drugs were given Tenny durin
Y the night, SO the stomach was removed and sen
S to the city chemist sfwho will analyze the COZ
r tents. = M .-.';..>-. - X
q The mother Of the dead boy, Mrs. Israel Tel
= nebaum, this being his real name, asserts tha
= The was poisoned. a brother, James Tennebaun
7 charges that the little fighter was 'doped'' bt
:. fore be entered The ring. This sensations
n charge is. denied by Nell and others connecte
), with the tragedy: Mark shaughnessey, one
4 his seconds, says shat he fell in fit afte
. Eleaving the ring. i r.