St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-02

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definition of the term, but in manly SYM
metry and the confidence and courage
that only comes with healthy bodies,
| strong, flexible and Well-knit muscles and
nerves that are strung by science and ex-
perience. The knowledge Of how to be
strong, agile and healthy-of how to pro-
tect yourself and the weaker ones around
| y0u-the art of self-defense in short, is what
all young men should cultivate, but what
only few succeed in doing Far be
| it from this article to inculcate
Or even hint at the brutal pastimes of the
professional arenas. AS a rule these So
called professional matches are degrading
| i'll their influence and they are to be depre-
Gated by all good people. The GLOBE and
! its patrons decline professional honors"
with thanks.
st. Paul has great many young gentle
men who, if occasion required, could put
up their dukes or biceps with many more
| pretentious boosters and not get the worst
Of it either. The gentlemen composing the
list herewith given have contributed greatly
J to raise Orelevate the standard of amateur
| athletic sports and pastimes. They are
amateurs in the sense that they make no
| pretensions to skill while possessing it, and
| in that they excel in intelligence, nlanliness
and dignity.
CAPT. W. S. GETTY.
! Among the amateur athletes of ST. Paul
none have acquired a more enviable repu-
tation in a gentiemanly way than the mod
est man whose name has just been given.
In looking at his slender form and almost
puny physique one would not imagine that
| he is entitled to take the featherweight
championship of the state. But beneath
ia eli ,t-,r,
an amount of muscular skill and science. of
which many men far his superior in ply
siQue and weight might well feel proud.
| Tipping the scales at los pounds win en- in
trim, he pulls stroke which is the envy of
many scientific rowerS, while he is said to
be exceedingly handy with the mitS. Mr..
| Getty was formerly the captain of the Min
nesOta Boat club. the duties of which he
discharged in highly creditable and salts
factory manner, and he is one of ST. Paul's
youngest and most promising business men.
LESLEY wANN.
This gentleman. although favored with
the brightest smiles of fortune being the
worthy son of one of ST. Pauls most sue
cessful and enterprising business men, has
not permitted the fine attributes with which
nature endowed him to become enervated
and dormant by idleness and slOth. Posses
! sing a line form, he has cultivated the
science of self-defense to degree but little
| short of perfection, and few men are more
apt in handling their biceps than Mr. Wann.
He is a fine boxer and has the art of hand
ling his dukes down fine.
FRANK A. SEYMOUR.
In everything that goes to constitute the
model man and gentlemen, Mr.. Seymour
can hold his own against any of them. AS
an amateur athlete he excels in dignity,
science and strength. and few so-called pro-
fesSiOnals would be able to withstand the
force OF his prowess. Possessing a superb
physique he has got the art OF
self-defense down to point little
short of perfection. He is tall,
ford, agile and tips the beam at about 1876
pounds, and it is said by those who have
faced him in friendly bout that his muscles
knit together like bundles of steel. Before
going into the banking business in st. Paul
Mr.. Seymour was engaged in business in
Saltwater, the home of strong.
armed men, and occasionally some
leonine lumberman with more brag and
Drawn than skill, hearing Dof his proves
would challenge him to set-to with the