Telegram-herald., 1889-06-24

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~a@ sot ia Aay @iss entitled BsyOed teas
aud more In DoFbaaE a. the sleDe4L ot o4so-
ger Ia s4d senooi azatiax tue lularirs
are almost Invariably Eras p.0f&ry Ooth ne
tar aad ya14alsasd recovering com
Piet<iy ~ttBia a fss days aftef tie
nxs1 Ia the socall~d sIuxginz school a
man Is llabAe u break lis hald wrist Or
arfs aid 80 receive fujuries tASt may
thereafter pat 2A sac 70 his career.
The moosra school s~e4rs u Eo IA fer
this sort 0f work and appsrsnsly grows
worse from day u day fhegaestiea used
u De. has ns science" nos a-tays II i.
Is BE a siu <ges" If you read the reports
about kLnen, Cardiff aBd other men Of
receas prominence, You viii IND this 10 DC
the os4ly poiBt dilsIed upon
The credit of making science subordinate
60 slngziBg Is undoubtedly due 10 joan
l.. Sullivan. although strange 10 relate, lie
Is gradually giving up nis Own system and
becoming = careful aud scientific fighter OF
the old school When he nnally abasdons
1t altogether as be Is bound 20, his exsmpls
will probably be followed by professionals
aEd amateurs alike. And amateurs In this
regard are even worse than professionals
Some amateur cham 2ions are really
champion slugzers and know little OF the
science OF boxing. The evil Is not uni
y-rsal, however. A number OF great
pugillsts follow the Old school and do ex-
esll-nt work. or these the best examples
are Jack Dempsey. McAuliffe and Nc Caf-
fcey Their lighting Is always cool, self
collected and scientific. To this as much
a. TO ssy natural sdvsntage Is due the
remarkable success OF their career.
Another difference worthy OF comment
Is that between present and past modes Of
Iraining Ia this respect the modern age
p far ahead. IN the old times a man was
irenched with salts aud medicine. sweated.
worked. kept on low diet and altogether
made miserable. To-day ne goes through
treatment which Is really piessurable,
N fact he simply is obliged to lead what
may be termed a very quiet and moral
lie. IL Is hard 70 appreciate the change.
uiiy a. mouse watches a hungry eat.
tie almost always had painful eruptiOns
md was liable 10 be eovertraned, weakened
Dr even broken down in the process At
present there is no such danger The only
trouble Is that he may remain tooi' 'beefy"
and SO loose his quickness and wind.
AS regards the great coming match be,
tween sullivan and kiirain. there Is but
title 10 be said In favor OF either one
Four years ago il would have been differ
INT At that time kilrain WAS afraid of
Sullivan aud could not have met him
with that confidence which is necessary TO
success.
His progress in the ring and his success
st home and abroad have changed all this
and given him frst-class self-reliance and
self-possession. Besides this he has grown
stronger. larger and better in every way.
People who picture him as tall, slender,
boyish fellow. such as he appears in most
OF his photographs, would be astonished
il they the reality n heavy, huge
handsome naa weighing 225 pounds, just
about the same as Sullivan. BY nature
he is cautious, ambitious, but not over
quick. he has trained and practiced with