The Washington times., 1906-01-13
RICE KNOCKED OUT
IN TWELVE ROUNDS
Couldn't Answer Bell After
Eleventh Session.
"ST0PPED" is MISLEADING
Should Be Dropped From Ring Parlance
Because Of Confusion With
Knockout"
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

/ will beat Old Subscriber, Fight Fan,
and the ether busy letter writers u IT
by announcing that in my opinion the
Kid Sullivan-Austin Rice fight in BaIti-
more last night before the Eureka A.h-
iatic Cl'o went twelve rounds and that
Rice was Knocked out
In the eleventh round Jack Hanlon,
Rice's maHager, tried to throw up the
sponge, bIt Herford insisted that Rice
was not lady hurt enough to stop the
bout and Referee Jim O'Hara kicked the
towel out Cf the ring. After that SuIIi-
van landed some terrific body blows on
Rice, and although the New London boy
tried yaliantly TO wade in and stave off
the inevitable. he was IN a bad way
when he went TO his corner. lie and
Hanlon had a talk and HanIon posi-
lively announced that Rice would not
continue, as he was on the verge Of col
lapse. This was probably true, for Rice
was plainly in very bad state.
Avoided G,aney's Mistake.
In this contingency Al Herford showed
that he had his head about him and pre-
vented the making OF the fool mistake
Eddie Graney made IN the Fitzsimmons-
o Brien fight when he called the bout TO
an end between rounds. He yelled to
be, rang for the twelfth round. OHara
10 owed instructions, and when Rice
G.d not respond To the bell gave the
nEut to Sullivan.
Therefore, my opinion is that the
hght went twelve rounds and h;ce was
knocked out. as he could not respond
10 the call of time at the end of sixty
seconds, much less the ten seconds pre-
Scribed for recuperation when a man Is
put TO the floor in the course OF
round.
stopped" Should Be Dropped.
As a matter of fact. the expression
stopped" should be dropped from box
Ing parlance, as TO say that a man is
stopped" but not knocked out, Is a dis
tincuon without a difference, which is
unnecessary and leads 10 confusion II
a man Is so badly battered that he IL
taken out OF the ring 10 prevent his op-
pOnent from handing him the final
punch when he is In d helpless condi-
ton, or II nghter collapses in his cor
neT between rounds and cannot answer
the going. that man is as truly knocked
out as II he were clipped on the Jaw and
sent 10 sleep.
The word Knockout" has become
confused with total Inconsistencies,
and many Tight Cans have an idea that
a man Is not knocked out unless he is
hit on the jaw and stretched on his
back. absolutely incapable Of rising
and insensible TO all his surroundfnFs.
This is manifestly wrong. and I
should say that whenever a man is
incapable OF responding to the b,ll
or the count OF ten because OF blows
/ fairly delivered. or is taken out Of
the ring because OF his helpless con-
ditiOn and 10 save the further cruelty of
the finishing punch he is knocked out
and bets that he would not be should
be paid
Rice's Clever Defense.
There was little to the Sullivan
Rice bout Rice was obviously a lamb
for the slaughter and did his part
He had absolutely no steam in his
blows and was running all the time
on the defense, he furnished one OF
the CleVerest exhibitions imaginable.
He had n way Of brushing Sullivan 8
blows aside, which caused the Wash
inStonian to swing around and get in
such a position that in-fighting was
almost impossible. II was an eX-
tremely clever trick, and he was fire.
quently applauded for IL.
Rice is an old-timer, and wher Sui
liVan Gid land on his body the swats
counted for their full value. It was
this constant hammering which wore him
down and caused him 10 accept the
losers end after he had gone eleven
rounds.
Sullivan wes In good shape, despite
hands Of the much heavier INK Rus
sell on Monday night, and forced mat
ters without let-up, He was quick
with his right and left swings, but his
judgment of distance was OF color and
he missed "A number of openings.