The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-01


a real knockout? The question has
been put TO many fighters. but as q
rule they can offer little explanation
except to say that they know abso.
lutely nothing OF what transpired, OF
that they heard beautiful bells ring
ing. The latter has been the usuai
explanation.
Nowadays knockouts are not 80
/ frequent as in the past, as the mod
ern referee is careful to stop a con-
test IL he sees that one boxer is out
classed or on the verge of a knock
out. There are different ways Of ac
complishing the knockout, and a
London authority explains il thus
ly:
"A knockout results from a blow
in one OF three places: In the neck
| In the pit OF the stomach, on the
lower jaw. The latter is the most
usual. This sends its recipient down
like an inert mass; the legs cannot
sustain the weight OF the body: the
arms drop. and the whole body is in
a. state of syncope that often lasts
| several seconds.
IF the blow on the chin, be not too
hard IL often causes only feeting
obfuscation Of the senses, q vague
dizziness, accompanied by a buzzing
or ringing in the ears. Complete
loss of consciousness is rare, but the
stunning sensation and blurring of
the sight is almost constant. The
fighter is often conscious while the
referee is counting him out, but Is so
paralyzed by the blow that he is un-
able to move before the fatal ten
"Au of the big league clubs car
ried too many pitchers through the
past season. says James Dunn,
Cleveland Indian owner. six pitch
ers are plenty for any big league
team. AS a rule any ball club gets
the best results when the manager
has four good pitchers who can work
in rotation and two good pitchers
can be held in reserve" Dunn says a
sensible thing in such tight times as
these would be a player limit OF
twenty men, to comprise six pitchers,
three catchers, six infielders and five
outfelders. Dunn also favors the
140-game schedule for next season.
1t is likely that there will be a TWEEN
ty-two player limit in effect next
year.
Mike O'Down i'm winning the
middIeweight title from AL Mccoy
restored supremacy in this division
to the Irish race. He's the first Irish
middleweight champion since Jack
Dempsey. Jack lost the title to Bob
Fitzsimmons in 1891. After Fftz
outgrew the middleweight division
Stanley Ketchel came to be recog-
niZed as the champion. After
Ketchers death a combination Of cir
- n
George Chip as middleweight cham
pion. whose real name is AL Rudolph,
fiattened Chip, only to be knocked
out in his turn by O'Down.
A large colored battler named Kid
Norfolk is causing quite a little
worry in eastern fistic circles. He
has shown so much speed and punch
on several occasions that 1t is get
ting to be a hard matter to match
him. Norfolk is a light heavyweight
and is willing to take on any white
man anywhere near his weight.
Quite a number Of the best have de-
clined after the invitation. Recently
the colored Kid surprised one and
all by outclassing Billy Miske most
ali the way in twelve rounds. He
has too much speed for Miske and
too much punch.
Guy Buckles, one a likely welter-
weight, is now in the army. He's at
Fort Bliss in Texas. Around 1910
Buckles was meeting some pretty
tough opposition in the ring and was
winning regularly. Then he, met
Jimmy Clabby just before the Ham
mond. Ind, middleweight made his
first trip to Australia. Clabby
Buckles in the thirteenth
round and soon thereafter Guy quit
the ring game. Buckles was heard |
of for the first time in years when
he boxed Harvey knight a ten
round draw at Fort Bliss the other |
night. Guy is now in the artillery,
ready to do his bit for your Uncle |
The past baseball season hung up |
a record for shut-out games pitched |
that has not been approached int
some seasons. There were 248 games
pitched in which at least one OF the
teams failed to score and there were |
three of these in which neither con-
testant scored. So you VIII see II
Won have a head for figures that
there was a sum total a. 25l times |
that teams failed to score last sum- |
mer. In the season of 1915 there
were only 2S7 shutouts and in 1918 |
there were 234. The White Sox |
pitchers had twenty-five shutouts to |
their credit, the Washington Senat- |
ors had twenty-one while the Phil !
lies led, the National league with |
twenty-one. The Athletics and the |
Dodgers came along at the |
tain end of the procession with seven
shutouts apiece.