Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-14
~ BOXING GLOW rs.
FAIR HANDS ACC u9F'NG SELLlN THC
ART OF SELF DEFENSE.
What n Professional T-Rr .er says ON the
subject Dith"uIt I" Teach "a Lady "a
Close Her Fiat The PLY -icaI Benefits ni
>parriug Hraithfui Exercise.


In one or hi, JapInr>r rrman.r- Fran
.i~uue Sarcrv saws. -Dnr does taxi. a pa>
ION ns he does II cold This may be- true
# iht, tender passion. huturArurlrIlt uu-.u:
q bc heard u.Iurr We arcrpI It udIclum
.eg..rimg femiuin.. craze for m.,lrIty A.
the New York Atmivi- c!ur has recent "
lone ia your city, the s",llhly exclusive
Sparring club Of Phiadrlphia has been
accustomed to give al annual festival uf
games The sport, have generally in
cludcd sparring except during tn, rrlGn
of innocent old Mayor King who by
special proclamation forbade anything Of
the kind and feature Of such occasions
has been the assemblagc of bright faced
ladies' who attended As the guests Of the
club Last falls festival was a memoTa-
BILE one Many Of the best known and
most respected young gentlemen in the
community put on the gloves against each
other
The spectacle was very entertaining
one. The young ladies present. ever in
search Of new sensation, caught at the
idea Of learning to spar. Teachers were
i'll active demand before the first frost
fell, and the rates have since gone steadily
upward. young dentist OF our ac-
qaintanCe shortened his office hours under
the preteXt that he had been appointed an
assistant in the dental department OF the
University OF Pennsylvanla. The TACT ls
that he gives two lessons OF sparrlng every
afternoon IN the nelghoorhood OF Kitten
house square. His pupils are young ladies
and as the nature OF his teaching Is con
hdentlal the feminine passion lor "a strong
guard and prompt "cross-counter' IA
Hkel- to grow.
A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER S CHAT.
Having occasion to pass part OF an after
noon recently IN the company OF probes
sl"nal teacher OF the heretofore eNcluS
lively manly art, the writer asked hin
for some Information regarding the
growth among ladies OF TINS 1ancy Tor hstl
cuffs My remarks must be promised Dy
an explanation that the teacher IN ques
ton has met the BEST men Oh MS uay IL
this country and England, though neNel
for money or with bare kIuckles. lie L
graduate OF Dulwlch college, III the sur
rey suburbs Ot London, ana was Tor sew
eral years private tutor in one OF the
best preparatory schools OF Phlladelphla
He is gentleman in his Instincts, anc
loves the art Of self-defense as many
good American dotes on polo, rowing OF
cricket. He admitted TO me that ne wa:
teaching several ladies TO spar, but sale
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sTp1rrxc WITH rur oprxp,ru
1ou mistake me- sald ne. II Is 'ht
most dlfncult thlng Imaginable 70 teact
lazy 10 close her hst Even aIter yot
thlnk she mas oeeh suinclehiIS warned o!
the danger she Will lmPulsiVely lunge al
you with her open hand-the nngeF
straight out ana rigid Iost one oi my
best pupils just before Christmas IN thai
way. She had taken ABOUT Inlrty lessons
ana was very enthusiastic. L lhouSht
mad broken her OF the lauit OF thrustihE
out her nngers, out wheh leu ior hel
forehead she stopped me neatly enough
ana followed oy what was INTENDED Ior
cross-counter, with her lett. one cauSh'
me on the cheeK bone Win such lorce al
TO Knock TWO OF her nngers completeI! ou'
OF JOINT. mat settled her' Inc pain "at
excessive. ohe thre" OH the gloves aho
sat down 10 nave Sood cry. examined
her hano ana ADVISED her 10 can surgeon
at once. she mad very oad hahu. AL
her courage mas since departed. fFlor tI
that event she would stahd any amount
OF WORK. She generally prolonged mel
lessons TO forty minutes, and she caughi
several hard blows laccldentally gwen ol
course) during her training; But wher
she injured herself the sport iost It's charr
to her entirely. She Will probably make
the Bryn-Mawr tennis ana archery play
ers, but the vigor Of her aroused woman
hood has vanished"
DO you candldly regard the sport as g
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