Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-12-15 | Page 4 | Another Boxer Dies from Injuries

ANOTHER BOXER Donn DIES DIS fROM INJURIES I Berglund Bergiund Fails to Regain Consciousness After Knockout MINNEAPOLIS Mini Minn Dec 15 AP AP Harry Berg Berglund Bergiund Minneapolis light heavy heavyweight boxer boxer box box- er er Cl who was knocked out in the last round of a scheduled six-round six bout here last night died at a local hospital hospital hos boa pital early early- today Berglund was was' knocked down f fifteen fifteen if- if teen seconds' seconds before the scheduled end of his b bout ut with Carl Augustine of S St. St Paul His head struck the mat mat with considerable consIderable- force Early reports we were e that Ber Berglund's BergIund's Iund's skull was fractured but the cause causer of death was not announced at atthe the hospital He did n not t regain consciousness ss from th the time he was carried from the ring until he died Although Georges George Barton Barton- the referee ref referee ret ref said there was no doubt that the injury resulted result d from the from the fall rather than from the blow that sent him down police at the ringside arrested the St. St Paul boxer No charge however has been made against him pending action by the thero coroner ro I I Berglund lund who was 21 yeara years years' old had bad taken talen part In in numerous fights as an amateur but last nights night's fight fig was his bis first as a professional Ills His death was the second in successive successive suc sue days to follow a a. boxing con con- test Charles French light heavyweight died yesterday e at Hartford Conn following a about about about bout with Elmer Friedman Berglund's Berg death is la the first that has occurred in a professional ring in ii's Minnesota since boxing was le- le in the state in 1915 15