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Show Coast Scrapper Seriously Hurt PITTSBURGH. Aug. I (UP) 'johnny Page, Los Angeles prize , fighter, wss near death in St. , Francis hospital today as the result of Injuries suffered In a bout with ' Eddie Zlvic of Pittsburgh last night. Psge was pronounced In "critical" ' condition as he lay In a coma. "He has- never shown any signs 'of regaining consciousness," a hos-' hos-' pital physician said this morning. 1 "He is suffering from concussion 'of the brain and probably more ' than that," the doctor said. Page's serious condition would not permit ' taking of X-ray pictures, he said. Page was felled by a heavy blow to the jaw in the ninth round of a scheduled 10-round bout at Hirkey i park. He was mixing with Zivic in the middle ef the ring when Zivic aroseed a left to the jaw. , Page fell and when efforts of , attendants failed to revive hint he , was taken to the hospital. |