The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
KVOCK0UT'SNOSE
is S0METARGE
Dan Morgan Says He Can
Stand Stiff Punches
There.
NOSE WALL0PS HATED
Sees Brown Working in Gymnasium,
Taking Nose Blows and
Picks Him Up.
NOSE WALLOPS HATED

New York. March n.-"The truest test
Of gameness -ad courage Is a terrific
punch on the nose femarks Dan Nor
gan. the New York impressario Of prize
fighters. Nothing can so quickly take
the fight out OF a fellow as a smash on
his sneezing apparatus
Hit man under the Jaw and II stuns
him. but only for moment Hit him
along the beltline and IL takes the wind
out of him. but he can come back In a
minute or two. But send one smashing
against mans nose and he'll think
the world has come TO an end.
a straight arm slam on the sneezer
will temporarily paralyze a mans face
and seemingly his head. II viii send the
blood rushing away from his head and
leave him faint II will make the man
think that every bone In his nose Is
broken and that not only his nose. but
his entire face Is swelling at the rate Of
an inch every two seconds.
There Is only one man within my
memory who can take a punch on the
nose and not have it effect him. That
man Is Knockout Brown, and whose
ability in that line was the real means OF
his coming to the front In the ring, and
winning for himself over $4,000 in fiye
years.
"a number Of years ago when. had
Just started in the fight game. and was
looking around for a few fighters to take
under my wing. ] happened in gym
nasium. where I saw fellow named
Brown working out He was pitted
against a fellow who outweighed him at
least thirty pounds. yet the kid kept GO
ing after the big chap as though the big
fellow was a bantam
Watches Brown Fight.
"Just about the time got there the big
chap swung a terrific punch that landed
on Browns nose. In the next round he
reached that nose again. which by that
time had swollen to nearly twice Its size.
When the second punch landed, an or
dinary man would have quit right there.
But not Brown He just shook his head.
as though trying to shake away the pain,
and kept after his opponent Twice after
that the big fellow reached Browns nose
and each time he carried every inch OF
his weight in the punch But Brown
never WINGED 1t was a beautiful exhibi.
ton of gameness.
"After the sparring match was over.
sought cut Brown.
Didn't IL hurt you when you were hit
on the noseT I asked.
Brown looked at me In a sort ot
scornful way for a moment. and then ir
his strong German accent. said:
"'Sure II hurt-hurt like das duyviL But
a feller vat fights he must get hurt and
nod say nodding'
Right then and there I figured I had
found a new man for my string OF
fighters and I signed up Brown.
Brown was pretty much of a novice
when i first got him. He had no defense
That was one OF the reasons why SC
many fellows were able to land on his
nose. The first thing did was to build
up his defense. Then I developed his
already terrific punch. got some old-timt
fighters to show him a few Of the fine
points of the game, and then I turned
him loose.
Wins Large Sum.
Tn less than five years Of fighting
Brown cleaned UP something like s1i4.0oC
for both Of US. Early In his career he
was a whirlwind. He could stand any
amount OF hammering. and always came
back for more. Fighters, knowing what
a punch on the nose does, landed a few
on the beak OF K. o. But they had no
effect X. o. breezed along just as strong
as before and he grabbed of most of his
fights.
success and We4itn, however, were
bad for K. o. He got into bad habits.
Despite my orders. he'd slip away every
chance he got and drink from ten TO
fifteen soda waters a day and eat a half
dozen cream puffs and several coffee
cakes. tried to head him OF, but 1t
was no use.
Lookit, here, Mr.. Morgan he would
say to me when tried to stop him from
eating that stun or drinking sodas. Ven
wass a kid didn't haff no money und
never could get no sody wassers und no
coffee cake. Und now dat 1 got money
can have dem und IN going to han
dem. eefen IL Id do make me fat. BY
goliy. a feller what's got all de money l
han ought to have some sport
Eating those things fattened Brown up
and he was in no condition to fight In
the last few months, however. I've got
him to-quit that gluttony and he's train
ing back into shape again. Pretty soon
now I'll ttrot him out into public view
once more and have him show up a few
Of these alleged fighters around the coun-
try"