Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-08

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ordinary tiesh and blood to see what fun
there is in standing In front of another man
to pound and be pounded with the fist OF
wickedness done up in a slightly padded kid
glove. The unhappy stranger to the joys
OF DO Sing secs only two men, whom he be
lieves to be crazy but doesn't dare to say
50, hopping around with the enthusiasm OF
/ young and misguided gamecocks, Oattering
each others faces out Of shape and indulg-
/ ing in varies gated assault and battery.
/ Yet every man who learns the art of
using his lists instead of the sword and
shield soon hnds out that the punishment is
/ not so hard to take after all Hundreds OF
( young men who shine in New ork society
have developed a strong liking for the tistic
4 science of late years ami the fever Of punch
| ing heads with care is rapidly growing.
/ Very few men who looked on the old time
pri o fights ever cared to cry their own
hands at that sort Of thing. The spectacle
Of a broken jawed giant staggering to his
corner with his snapeless lace dripping
| blood was not calculated to attract man
toward learning how TO get himself in the
sam. fix. But in 1878 arose Professor Will
lam c Mcclellan, a good man, and true,
Of middle weight, with a great and level
head The noble and truly good marquis
OF IJueensbury had formulated a code OF
benefiC Cent rules for head and rib banging n
few years before this, in which he sternly
forbade back heeling, whereby the simple
minded slugger is easily made to stand on
his head in the midst of a round, or any
sort Of wrestling, which always gave the
heavy man the advantage.
on THE QUEENSBURIAN PLAN.
1t struck Professor Nc clellan that I
would be a beautiful thing to see pair OF
evenly matched boxers pound each ot'Ity
with thinly stuffed boxing gloves on tb
Queensburian plan He believed that PEI
pie would come miles to see such a setto, 50
he matched himself against handsome
Michael Donovan, and gave the tip to scores
OF young men about town They paid
fabulous sums of money for tickets to wit
ness the scrimmags, and they were happy
when they saw beautiful fight, with lot,
of science in it and no raw and bleeding
faces The professor knew more about the
marquis than Mr.. Donovan did, and he got
the best of him; but handsome Mike went
home and studied up Before the end Of
the year the pair came together again ia
the presence of 100 wealthy young men,
and Donovan had the pleasure of scien
tificaily pounding the professor twice as
hard as the professor pounded him
All this was done in the most graceful
and pleasing way, aud the young men said
to themselves that it must be tine fun, and
that boxing was not such a deadly thin ,
after all 81 they began taking lessons
from 10th of the fighters and thus came
about the renaissance Of fisticuf in New
York The more the young men knew
about sparring, the more they wanted to
zee glove tights Therefore, it was that
they hocked by thousands to Madison
Square garden to watch the immortal John
Of Boston, dapper Char .es Mitchell, OF Eng
land, and youthful Dominick McCatfrey, OF
Pittsburg, wait one another about a high
platform with beautiful, pillow like, white
kid gloves
Stand on upper Fifth avenue any fine
Sunday afternoon You will see ores OF
clear skinned, quiet young fellows in the
promenading throng, fsultlessly dressed ami
almost as iistless as the dudes whose elbow
ruo theirs You would not at the first glance
think there was a good fight in dozen o.
{ en-, but drop in at the New York athletic
club twenty four hours later and you will
sc how they can spar. Donovan. theiI
veteran tea her, says that four three minute
rounds apiece with two or three OF them
send him home tit to sleep for a week
THE BUSINESS Or A TRAINER
There are no quicker, stronger or clev-
erer sparring men in this world than New
Workers" said retired fighter, and can't
understand how they have ali sprung up 50
quickly. When began to fight for liv.
ing, fifteen years ago, you could count on
one hand all the amateurs in this city vino
were worth naming; now you can't throw u
stone on Fifth avenue without hitting
first-class heavy, middle or light weight.
How do train them: Well, that's a
hard question No two are worked alike
and a course of sprouts that would just
take the surplus flesh Of burly. heavy
fellow, would half kill a weaker man 1t is
hard to keep young and enthusiastic men
from OVERRIDING their training. l know a
very promising young amateur who was
putting himself in fettle a few weeks ago to
contest the biggest event of his life He ran
ten miles a day as hard as he could go,
punched the bag and put up dumbbells He
Hlied in the spare time on pully weights
What W as the RESULT He came up at the
call of time" with his face pale and thin
and his legs wobbliug. Why Because he
bad overdone it: he was overtrained IL a
man wants to make a good boxer Of him
msks sure that his hart and lungs and
other organs are sound Then let him pick
oYt competent teacher and 60 10 worG
under his instructions
If the teacher i, a level el-headed man he
viii make him use light dumb bells, say not
over four or fve pounds, to strengthen his
arms, and run him, first half mile, ami
then gradually increase the distance up to
three or four miles day, thus building up
his breathing power and putting muscle on
his legs and loinS The would be boxer
should take plenty of sieep-at least eight
hours a day-eat three plain, substantial
meals a day, and aoovs all, let alcoholic
Ii Iuors and tobacco alone. Not g them iu
moderation, mind you; but let th m alone
Tie old i'd as about half starving man in
training ami working him down to a sAe!e
ton, have gone out of date There's one
thing | nearly forgot, and it's important.
too. No man ever became a goo tighter
unless he had good heart By that
mean the pluck, or sand or whatever you
call it, that makes a man keep 6attlins as
long AS he has leg to stand on ami u tit
Of breath in his body. New York Star
Utilizing Her Husbands Gin.
I'VE had a rather peculiar business trans
action this week" sad a gentleman con
ne, ted with Duhme Il Co
Perfectly honest, hope"
"Oh, of course l mean that il was odd
A lady came into the store with silver
brick or slab weighing ll6 ounces, which
she had gotten in peculiar way. Her hus