The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-19

seven parties. These blows are: lon
the right side of the face with the left
hand. 2-On the left side of the face with
right hand. Son the right side of the
stomach with the left hand. ION the left
side of your opponents ribs with the right
hand. lOn the right side of his ribs with
your left hand. 6-Directly at the center
of the face, covering, if the fist is suffici-
emily large, the chin, throat, nose and both
eyes. This is considered what the boys
call q daisy blow,when well.given. THE
upper cut with the right. This blow
strikes under the chin, and If the other
man carries his tongue between his teeth
it is bad for the tongue There is another
blow called the compromising the right
hand up and bringing it down with chush-
ing force on the bridge OF your antagonists
'smeller.'
at would take too long to give descrip-
ton of the parties. How pugilists are made!
Speaking generally, would say that men
are, as you may say, forced into prize
fighting. The outside public are not salts
fed with exhibitions with the gloves,
which become too tame and they force
good man to fight with bare fists.
''Many people seem to think boxer can
not be at the top of the heap unless he
fights with bare knuckles, although man
can do Just as fine work with the gloves, as
| think have shown heretofore. | think
there are very few fighters who would not
Just as soon fight with the gloves as with
out them; but as 1 say, the sporting public
and the general public interested in ath-
letic matters, force men into matches. In
private life, prize fighters, as rule, are
quiet, well-behaved men. Quarrelsome
people often try TO force them into
disturbances, but it will be noticed
that they seldom use their strength in
private rows. On the contrary, they
continually try to avoid disturbances.
If prize fighters were more brutal by
nature, they lwOuld be continually en-
gagged in such disturbances. Of course,
they may occasionally show their weak
ness and display ccnviyial spirit; but l
suppose merchants and brokers do the
same thing every day in the week, only
these people, not being well known, such
things are not considered of sufficient i'm
portance to get into the papers.
"Pugilism has had a late and eloquent de-
fender in Chauncey M. Depew. In his
speech at the reception to the American
ball players, he said:
have read some, with interest lately,
the writings Of d philosopher, who some
times approached the truth, that this year
can mark the march of civilization or
race or decadence by the interest which
any nationality takes in pugilism. Then 1t
is said that the civilization of the east is q
despotism because they have no puglllsm.
Ireland can never be crushed, no matter
what her adversely, for among her sons
there not only men OF eloquence and gen JUS
but great pugilists; andEngland, too, with
hertliterature and progress, has also had good
pugilists. Butwhen we come to the home
of genius and culture in American Bos-
ton, we find the great pugilist,
HE added that the nations of the world
which are most interested In manly sports
are the English speaking races, and they
are the people nearest to freedom IN their
institutions.
There is considerable interest in pugi-
ism in England The Prince of Wales,
Lord Clifford, the Marquis of Queensberry
and the majority of the young lords who
travel around with the prince, like to see a
good stand up fight, But don't think
pugilism is any more popular over there
than it is here l don't think they have
as many fights there. The majority of the
fights have taken place in London. They
are glove contests and are limited to twelve
rounds.
Il liked the Prince Of Wales; there were
no airs about him and he seemed to be a
man of the people. On the race track when
met him he looked and acted like an or
binary, brisk business man.
People sometimes say that the prize
ring is a resort for roughs and blacklegS.
you should try to crush any other
athletic sport; make fencing or baseball
playing an indictable offense, YOU would
ind that such contests would be frequented
by an inferior class Of people.
Il deny, however, that prize fights are
only witnessed BY reAghs and bad charac-
tiers. There are very large nuInber of
men, bankers, brokers, mer-
chants, and editors of prominent news
papers, who like to be on hand when there's
a good mill coming of.
1.-The ages Of prize fighters? How long a
prize tighter may retain his strength de-
ponds very much on his constitution. A
man may remain "a good one until he is
thirty-tive or forty years of age. Prize
fighters live to a pretty fair age, as is
proved by the lives of some Of the famous
men in that line
Name Born. Died. .ige.