St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
The Craze for Learning the
Manly Art is Spreading
Over st. Paul.
Points to Be Observed, as
Laid Down by a Veteran
With the Gloves.
Avoid Punishment Yourself
and Give 1t to the Man
That Faces You.
A Group Of WeH-KnoWn St.
Paul Men Who Frequently
Put on the MittS.


is the popular fad among young men of
America, and old ones, too, for that
matter, and boxing matches attract
probably more attention than ever in
the land of Tom Crib, whom the British
aristocracy hOnored so Signally in 1868.
And by sparring is meant an acquire
mentOf the manly art of self-defense, to
fit a person who makes any pretensions
whatever to being an athlete to take
care of himself in case of a scrimmage
with some tough customer.
Under such circumstances brute
strength is of little avail against the
manipulations of a clever, scientific
boxer, who manages generally to keep
himself out of harms way while he is
inflicting injury upon his adversary.
1.-The first principle of the science of
boxing" said Prof. John HI. Clark, for
many years promoter of sparring
matches at Philadelphia, but who re-
Gently came to st. Paul and established
school for scientific attainment with
the fists, sis to give all you can
without receiving any punishment.
This eXplodes the idea that has pre-
vailed for years that the man who could
take the most punishment could win
the fight, and this is what try to in
culcate in my pupils when am giving
them lessons.
Nowhere have ever encountered so
many men who considered themselves
clever fighters and boxers as l have in
this city.
"They have trained, or | should say
spared under the direction of men who
saw that if they punished their pupils
at all there was an end of an opportu-
nifty for making living, and conSe-
quently they allowed themselves to be
used the same as wooden Indians, and
after two or three lessons the pupil
would say to himSel, why, this fellow
can't teach me anything more; see how
easy it is for me to hit him when l
please
''Now, with my system, it is different,
for, at the outset, if pupil begins
HITTING TOO HARD,
] tell him You must not be so rough
and if he persists in pursuing this
course, a few practical illustrations OF
my ability to spar are enough to con-
vince him that he still has something to
learn. There are, however, some clever
sparrers among the gentlemen of ST..
dili ttllN COpOClollJ UiiooO VIM olO iIiOlii
bers of the Minnesota club. One of the
best all-around athletes and SparrerS in
the club is Mr.. Peabody, whom regard
as the clevereSt amateur with his
hands that | have met since | came
to st. Paul. And he knows how to use
his strength, and does not Over-eXert
himself as many who are learning the
art will persist in doing; and right here
1t would probably be well for me to give
something of the details that must be
adhered to, in order that man may be
fitted to become good Sparrer. There
are four essential features to be OBJ
served-first, positions; second, strik-
ing straight from the shoulder; third,
guarding and protecting in case of
counters; and fourth, in leading, to
keep the face protected and not rely
upon agility to get away. If a pupil fol-
lows out the Instructions given him
by his teacher in these respects, and
practices the same as he would any other
requirement, he will always be able to
take good care of himself. Almost the
first thing that an English lad learns
after he has donned his jacket and
trOwsers and entered upon His career as
school boy is what to do with his
hands, and from his youth up he be-
comes devotee of boxing and kindred
athletic sports. And this tendency is
one that is growing on this side of the
Atlantic, and will make good citizens and
temperate men out of many Americans.
as a teacher that some tough would
come to me and say: Professor, teach
me what to do with my hands; | want to
lick such a one.' My pupil might be of
a class of men who do not think Satur-
day has ended properly unless they
have whipped or beaten some poor
devil who probably did not know how
TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
"After giving such man course of
dozen lessons or so, the desire to take
advantage of his fellows is abated, and
it is only under the greatest provOcation
that he can be induced to take up a
quarrel.
at is an erroneous impression that a
good sparrer is always going around
with chip on his shoulder for some
body to. knock off, or begging pedestri-
ans to tread on the tail of coats conven-
iently dragging the ground for such a
purpose. As matter Of fact a clever
Sparrer is the last person in the world
to engage in fight, for he knows and
appreciates his superiority over the
rough and tumble fighter who always
has laundering after spelling some
bOdy'S cOuntenance.
"Then, too, the training man gets
while sparring is beneficial to him, not
only for the physical exercise, but also
because it conduceS to temperate habits.
especially so far as intNXicantS are con-
cerned. Temperance people should not
condemn boxing, for the leading ath-
letes of this country and good sparrers,
usually condemn drink and will not
touch it. Besides, it is beneficial to a
mans health in more ways than one,
the exercise that he receives in tax
ing a boxing lesson, for it eX-
pands his chest, improves his
wind, initiates his lungs and develops
his muscle, together with making him
ever Oh the alert With his eyes, and
thus helping his vision. There are. q
hundred ways in which man can be
benefited by boxing, and it does moi
necessarily follow that because young
fellow who goes into, society great
deal calls in sparring teacher to give
him lessons in the art, he is going
right out into the ring and engage in 8
hattie for glory or purse. Not bit Of
#. and the Young fellows of to-day are
Showing good sense in taking all the ex
ercise Of this description that they car
get. especially those who, during the
day, are crooked up in offices and KEEP
bending over desks and counters"
SOME CLEVER SPARRERs.
There is another clever young man il
this city, j. E. Stryker, who is develop
ing into good amateur sparrer, anG
he, like Mr.. Peabody, is member of the
Minnesota club; then there is Edwin A
Jaggard, a lawyer, who has rooms il