Show MT FIGHT ENIDS ENDS FATALLY walter waller croot dies from concussion of brain INJURED IN PRIZE RING never regained conscious consciousness noss alter the knockout knock out blow was givon given nim by jimmy barry at the national sporting club london monday night might barry is arrested end and arraigned on it a charge of 0 manslaughter itis bis seconds also arrested but all Relo released asod on bond I 1 london dec 7 walter valter croot ot of new castle england En Rland who nho was d defeated feared for the bantamweight bantam weight cham of 0 the world at the elie national sporting club last night by jimmy B carry it r ry of chicago died this morning ot of tile the injuries received in the eo contest r besl the knockout knock out blows conal consisted 5 te d ot of severe punches punch over the heart lie art and a nd then a crushing right hander on ahe th jw croot lemal ned unconscious so long ions that thal medical assistance was called C it 11 was found that he hid had sustained bained a severe concussion ot of the brain lie he never regained consciousness and expired tit at 9 this a morning harry barry was arrested and was taken to ilow dow street police court the affair lias has caused peat gloat excitement in boxing circles barry Is greatly depressed by the death of 0 croot but all the papers papare 11 hah alc h publish reports ot of the ight fight pay tribute I 1 to tho the Amer americans leans fair fairness riess in figh lighting thic they bay that s a better exhibition hibi tion of science than was was displayed by darry barry and crot croot is 13 scarcely possible the referee had to caution croot several times limes for low hitting and too much clinching from the seventeenth round barry appeared to bo be much stronger than croot abo w ho came up for the twentieth round looking tired ills tactics showed lie he had been instructed by tila itla seconds to force matters mailers in tile hope of obtaining a verdict at the end of f tho the round up to this point the contest had been an excellent one in this round however it a miscalculation in loll 1011 upon the part p a t of croul crot brought lum him too near hi his a opponent and he lec elved a sharp right hander on tile the chin which dazed him and another blow drove him to the this barry landed his left and right without a return from croot who was virtually beaten and showed shoed signs ot or physical distress croot crool ho however evor attempted to ward ort off barry barr but the lie latter melne the game was waa in his own onn handi hand siept up c lose close andi and landed lit hla left over cron caroots t s heart fol following loing it up with till a strong right hander or the iho point of the chin croot failing lay motionless in tho the ring and tile the reveice began to count at the expiration pi ration of the ten len seconds second tile the referee amid loud foud applause announced the victory of the chicagoan I 1 tod soane ioane SS the american jockey was among the first to congratulate larry barry it li is now recalled that when pedlar and lennett knocked croot outs out a few years ao ago tho the latter was very long ions in recovering barry white find and watley iho ft ho were caroots C r 0 0 ti s se seconds e 0 n d s the n manager ian F lg r of the th e national h Z a t to ial S sporting 1 0 r t 1 nr clu club b I 1 B 3 P F ong ancle le and the referee and timekeeper of last fatal fight wore were placed in the prisoners prisoner sr dock before james vaughan the maT magistrate istrate at bow street police court this afternoon and for or bially charged v lilt manslaughter the court wn was 1 crowded with interested spectators counsel appeared opp eared for or mr angle whose case Is the eanie as that of tho the other defendants the police te testified stilled that barry was very much distressed at the death of croot and said paid he had not made the slightest attempt to avoid tile the warrant continuing the police said I 1 mr ir angle ancle conducted an ail officer to see aeo caroots body which was only superficially bruised there liere ere slight alight signs aletta or blood in the nose but there aas im none on tho the gloves or lu in tile the ring earry barry who was present N when hen the police viewed the body broke down and died cited 1 I never did that I 1 all the prisoners were ere lemandel lem iem tor or a week hall ball in e each h case being accepted in the sum of fao 50 sir george chetwynd Chetwy nil became surety for or mr angle anele find and the proprietor of a newspaper devoted to sporting matters became surety for barry and white bat barry ry in fit an I 1 interview riter view today sold 1 I am U upset lis et and can hardly say pay what nhat I 1 think I 1 had not the slightest enmity toward croot crol we were good friends and there was nothing bitter in our fight I 1 never had the slightest thought that my blow would do more than stop slop him for a few cw minutes |