Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
POOR PADDING IS
CAUSE OF LONG K. 0.
Joe Thomas Bumps Head On
Hard Floor and is Uncon.
scious Over Two Hours.
RIVERS IS BADLY SCARED


There's one boxer who will exer
else lot of care the next time, ant
for a considerable number OF times
after the next. that he climbs through
the ropes to do battle. And for thi:
same reason other scrappers shoult
do the same thing as this article ex
plains,
The first thing a boxer does, &C
cording to ordinary custom, is to gazt
across the ring at his opponent tc
see whether his hands are incasrd ir
hard or soft bandages, and his man
agcr and second usually are on the iot
to take a peek before the upholstered
kids are slipped on the mitts,
But it won't be that way with Jot
Rivers, the Californian, when he goes
into the ring again. Rivers will put thu
business of investigating the tape W
to his manager and seconds complete
ly, while he will attend to the business
of investigating the padding under th'
canvas on the floor of the ring
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to probe around the edges of tn,
canvas to make sure that there's
enough felt there to prevent his op
o,en. tLa h,;n ,on. ~. othsr ing r;o"s % ;n;rrn y !,
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Rivers experience of a few day,
ago in New Orleans, when he kuocket
out Joe Thomas, a Crescent City
scrapper, in the third round, has
taught him lesson he will not soor
forget, hence his desire to find ou
how much padding there is on the
floor of the ring in the future. Wher
Rivers landed the blow, a right acros;
the jaw, which sent Thomas flying
clear across the ring, the latter's heat
colided with the floor with a dul
thud. His right leg went flying up il
the air in weird fashion, and as ht
Law on the canvas he shook from sten
to stern.
Physicians worked on the PROSTATE
form OF Thomas tor hall an hour witt
no success and then hurriedly sent a
call for all ambulance, and the boxer
was carted off to hospital, where he
was unconscious for two hours. River.
and his manager Bob Laga, were
scared stiff, and they admit they be-
lieved they we're mixed up in ring
fatality.
Visits Foe at Hospital
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sat a. Thomas bedside silently root
ing for the boy he had knocked out
and when Thomas opened his eye.
and seemed to have recovered hi.
senses Joe extendd a hand and tolt
him how sorry he was that he hat
been hurt, to which he got the sur.
prising answer:
Let's fight some more"
Thomas didn't even know he hat
been knocked out and thought the,
still were in the ring instead of ir
the hospital. 1t was not Rivers
punch on the jaw that did the nearl,
serious damage to Thomas. 1t wa.
the lack Of padding under the canvas
for when Thomas head hit the foor
there wasn't enough felt there to pre-.
vent his suffering severe damage.
The police authorities of New Or.
leans quickly realized this, too, afteI
an investigation, for they have issued
an edict that every ring in the Cres
cent City must be supplied with ar
extra padding of felt, or no license.
will be granted.
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