Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-07-27
Bill Nye on Boxing.


gore as | write.
81 needed little healthful exercise, aud
was looking for something that would be
full of vigorous enthusiasm, and at the
same time promote the healthful flow OF
blood to the muscles. This was rather
difficult. tried most everything, but
failed. Being a sociable being Coke,
I wanted other people to help me exer-
else, or go along with me when exer-
cised. Some men can 90 away to a des-
ert isle and have fun with dumbbells
and horizontal bar, but TO me it would
seem dull and commonplace after awhile,
aud would yearn for more humanity.
Two of us finally concluded to play
billiards, but we were only amateurs,
and the owner intimated that he would
want the table for the forth Of July 50
We broke of in the middle Of the first
game and paid for it.
Then younger brother said he had
set of boxing gloves in his room, and
although was the taller aud had longer
arms. he would hold up as long as he
could and might hammer him until |
gained strength aud finally got we'll.
accepted this offer because had
often regretted that | had not made my
self familiar with this art, and also be
cause knew fit would create thrill of
interest and fire me with ambition, and
and that's what hollow-eyed invalid
needs to put him on the road to re-
covery.
The boxing glove is large, fat nit
ten with nm abnormal thumb, and string
at the wrist by which you tie 1t on, so
that when you feed it to your adversary
he cannot swallow it and choke himself
| had never seen any boxing gloves be
fore, but my brother said they were soft
and wouldn't hurt anybody. So we took
off some Of our raiment and but them on.
Then we shook hands. That was to show
that we were friendly and would not Stay
each other
My brother is u great deal younger
than | am, aud so warned him not to
get excited aud como for me with any
thing that looked like wild and ungov-
ernable fury, because | might, in the
heat Of debate, pile his jaw up on his
forehead and ill his ear full of sore
thumb. He said that was all right, and
he would try to be cool and collected
Then we put our right toes close to-
gether, and | told him to be on his
guard. At that moment dealt him u
terrific blow, aimed at his nose, but,
through clerical error Of mine, it went
over his shoulder and spent itself in the
wall of the room, shattering small
holly wood bracket, for which | paid
him $3. rs afterward | did not wish
to buy the bracket, because / had two
ut home, but he was arbitrary about it,
and | bought it.
We then took another athletic posture,
and 10 two seconds the air was full Of
poulticed thumb and buckskin in mitten.
| soon detected chance TO put one in
where my brother could smell of it, but
| never knew just where it struck. for
at that moment | ran up against some
thing with the pit of my stomach that
made me throw up the sponge along
with some other things.
My mother then proposed that We
take of the gloves, but thought | had
not sufficiently punished him, and that
another round would complete the con-
quest, which was then almost within
my grasp. took bismuth powder,
and squared myself, but in warding OF
left handler forgot about my adver-
sary's right, and ran my nose into the
middle of his boxing glove. Fearing
that | had injured him, ! retreated
rapidly on my elbows and shoulder
blades to the corner Of the room, thus
giving him ample time TO recover. by
this means my younger brothers fea-
lures were saved, and are to-day as
symmetrical as my own
| can still cough up pieces of boxing
gloves, and when | close my eyes | can
see calcium lights and blue phosphore-
scent CLEANS across the horizon but |
am thoroughly convinced that there is
no physical exercise which yields the
same amount OF health and elastic vigor
to the puncher that the manly ar: does.
To the punchee, also it affords IA large
wad of glad surprise and nose bleed,
which cannot be hurtful to those who
banker for the pleasing nervous shock,
the spinal jar, and the pyrotechnic con-
cussion.
This is why shall continue the exer-
cises after have practiced with mule
or cow.catcher two or three weeks.
and feel little more confidence in my
self.