Then, realizing that Mr.Butler was keeping his feet, Cadet Holmes leaped in, feinting blow after blow with such speed that the yearling was dazed.

Suddenly, with a new feint for the yearling's solar plexus, Holmes suddenly raised, driving in hard on the left side of Mr.Butler's jaw.

That sent the dazed man down.

He went in a heap, then unfolded and lay limp.
Time-keeper Connors began to count, though perfunctorily.

There was no reason to believe that Mr.Butler could wake up in time, and he didn't.