Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Knock-Out Blow Is Fatal. [ARTICLE]

Knock-Out Blow Is Fatal.

Frank Welch, the pugilist, died Tuesday at Easton, Pa., from the effects of his fight at Cedar Park, Phillipsburg, N. J., on New Year’s eve with Paddy Donovan. Welch’s case is one of the most remarkable on record. He had not been conscious from the time he collapsed in the ring until he died, a period of over a week. Welch, whose real name was Frank Grabfelder, was 21 years old and lived in Philadelphia. Warrants are out for the arrest of about thirty men connected with the fight, and Donovan and several others are in jail at Belvidere, N. J.