Sport: Ring Death

Last week Max Baer, second rate California heavyweight, won a bout from Frankie Campbell, San Francisco Italian, by a knockout. In the second round Baer fell in Campbell's corner, half-slipping, half knocked down. Campbell went to a neutral corner and stood with his back to his fallen opponent, looking out over the crowd. The referee ruled that Baer had slipped, motioned him to get up. Baer rushed across the ring and while Campbell stood with his back turned hit him terrific punches. "I feel as though something in my head had cracked," Campbell...

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