Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-28
SOME GENTLE PUGILIsrs.
A Few Facts About Females in the
Ring.

Ring.
Two red-cheeked girls and pailid
jewelry salesman were fellow passengers
yesterday afternoon, says the Philadel-
phia Press, in an elevator that groaned
its way upward through big white
marble building in the busiest part Of
Chestnut street. The girls cnattered like
magpies. The salesman's eyes bulged
and his ears stretched as he heard their
chatter. II cannot get that reverse
guard to suit me-" said the girl in the
checked top coat.
ION, that don't bother me Bit" SAID
the girl in the shiny, couical-crowned
Directory beaver, 'but Miss Antonio
always catches me under the Jaw after
lead at her. I've practiced the retreat TIL
all my joints ache and l can't make it
quick enough"
The salesman cot off at the fourth story,
vanished through the doors OF the whole
salers office he was seeking and said to
the man behind the railing: ''Great
C@sar's ghostl there's two women prize
lighters just come up In the elevator with
me-"
The red-cheeked girls went on to the
NTH floor and entered a door which bore
the inscription "Prof Findlay's lnsti-
woman, in close fitting blue serge dress,
arose from her seat before crate fire and
closed the book she was reading as the
young women came in. 'Five minutes
late, ladies'" she said, In a low voice
which Is such an excellent thing in
woman, as she looked at the chatelaine
watch pendant from her girdle. "Ob,
Miss Antoniow said the girl in the top
coat. sit was that stupid drawing mas
ter who kept me. Pm going to give no
drawing, anyway. This 10 ever so much
more fun, and healthy! Papa says will
nave to go in the country, where food is
cheap"
The other young woman had already
gone to closet IN the room. pulled out
TWO bathing suits and two pairs OF white
canvas shoes with rubber soles. The
shoes had long white hose stuffed in them.
Sne tossed one OF these outfits to her COM
panlon and babe her stop talking. Then
the damsels disappeared in larger closet
than that which had contained their
clothing. Ten minutes afterwards they
made their entrance in back room with
which a second door of the dressing closet
communicated. They were ready for
action.
Miss Antonio followed them, also
dressed for the ring. There was pile of
boxing gloves in one corner of the room,
and to these the young woman who had
worn the topcoat promptly repaired. "If
you think you are gong to put me of with
those pillows" she said, turning to her
lnstructress, 'you're very much mis-
TAKEN" Then she picked out pair that
would have brought down an injunction
from the Law and Order Society's pet or
nament of che bench, and asked for the
foot ball. Miss Antonio mounted chair
and affixed to a hook in the middle OF
4-loot wooden disk in the ceiling a rope
about the size of a clotbesline, to the
lower end OF bich tightly blown leather
foot ball was attached.
For three minutes the young woman
who had worn the topcoat danced pas
seul about the loot ball which would have
set Mesdames Gellert and Guiri In an
apoplexy of envy. She led with her left
at the foot ball. She cross countered at
the foot ball. She upper cut the foot ball,
and, above all, she ducked from the recoii
of the foot ball, which tnumped the disk
in the ceiling every time she struck 1t.
When she had expended her rage upon the
foot ball she leaned against a Chart of in
structiOns on the wall and painted,
'Stop," called Miss Antonio, ceasiug
the light sparring exercise which she had
been taking with her other pupil in the
corner of the room. "Never puff like that
when you go to your corner. Mend the
bellows gradually"
When the young woman's bellows were
gradually mended she took the middle of
the floor, and, with Miss Antonio as
second and referee, fought three rounds.
Queensberry rules, with the young woman
who had worn the shiny beaver.
First Round-TODcoat led with her left
for Beavers smeller. The blow was cIev-
erly stopped aud Beaver got in rib
ticker with her right. Miss Antonio
took the rest of the three minutes in In
structing Topcoat in Prof. FIndlay's
double guard.
Second Round-Beaver led savagely for
Topcosps lett lug. Topcoat duckyd and
executed the retreat step, to Miss Antn-
MOS appreciation. The remainder of the
round was taken up in cautious sparring
till the moment before time was called.
when TOpcoat showed Beaver q galaxy of
stars with an upper cut under the chin.
Third Round-Beaver felt her punish
ment and retreated across the room as
Topcoat led again at the beak. Pushed
to the wall, she got in a left cross counter
which staggered Topcoat, who retreated,
feIntng with bOtn dukes. Time was
called as Beaver was just getting in
rafting body blow.
The opponents then shook hands, and
bOu aibCt W aiu Wei y bdlklnR DlgI-
listic points as the elevator slid down.
ward toward the busting street. sit
goes without saying" SAID the teacher
after they had departed, that neither |
nor any of my pupils have anything
do with what may be called exhibition
boxing"
Sparring is no new exercise for women,
although Prof. Fiudlay 10 the first apostle
here. Billy Edwards has for some time
instructed New York society girls in the
art grown womanly OF selfdefense.
Many actresses have discovered that box
ing is the best form OF exercise, and
among them are Fanny Davenport and
Mary Anderson. There is a school In
West Philadelphia, which for some reason
is kept sub rosa. There are dozen
swell young women in Miss Antonio's
class, and Topcoat and Beaver are the
most advanced OF the lot.
SOME TIME AGO Herr Paul Won Ritter. OF
Basic, gave 300 900 marks for the furtherance