The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-11
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use ogs&00 0o1oeo STATE, hAyo been askod
% write something about them. And at
The outset. may ny with I'll due uoassty,
that our young California fighting men,
Ike our two-year-oads. are the best II the
world
IL h the fashion among . certain class TO
bemoan what they ere pleased 10 call The
decay Of science in boxing. l hold no
such opinion. On the contrary. think
there h great deal more science In boxing
nowadays than ever. Take the movement
al the feet for example, the old style vas
70 teach the novice 70 move about g light
- possible. and man Who shifted much
on his feet during bout was called .
coward or dOdger. and was told 10
stand up and tight" Now the
fest work is . vary important feature in
good boxing. and Is taught everywhere.
Hit and get away" is good maxim. and
almost the first thing teach puuil is to
uss his feet properly. showing him his
guard, how to lead with his left and to get
away. II is very important 10 have the
left loot always IN front, to have his right
and le3t guard continually in easy. natural
motion and to have good stride, not rest
ing too much on either Iee, but rather bal
snctng between the two and keeping the
WHOLE body elastic. None Of the limbs
should be kept taut and stiff while boxing.
Some men strain every muscle immeiiately
they put mp their guard: bat this is
. great mistake. Il 10 . useless
waste Of energy when il is un-
called for. and besides one cannot
either hit q hard or . quickly when the
muscles are rigid g when they are kept in
IN elastic condition. with the whole body
swaying lightly and ready to stifJen in
stantly when the blow - given. The
hands need mot BE- clcnched whom one Is
simply playing for m opening: the mo-
mont y0u spring forward for the blow is
the time TO clenGb them.
As . rule, other conditions being equal,
. leftrhanded man will be more than
match for . ri9ht-handed man, and q good
left y far better than first-class right
lndoad- the battle may b said. in major
ity 81 Cases. to depend upon the left But
the right should be kept constantly in
motion. and the arms both held loosely.
The ofllce Of the right il to remain in 70
serve until IL u needed to finish mp the
work that has besn done BY the left In
every bout ever fought have always de-
pended mainly upon the left hand.
II is mistake for . man to stand either
too much spread out or With his feet too
close together while boxing. He should
enAsayOr 70 acquire an attitude that will
not strain his legs and tire him ont, besides
weakening the force Of his blows With
his feet too near each other the slightest
tap from his opponent may send him over
backwards: with them too far apart he
finds his own blows short and his general
action impeded. Celebrity and force are
secured by . medium position that will
come naturally after = few trials.
These few hints will furnish an idea Of
the style Of boxing that prevails In Cali
fornis- Ii differs in many respect from the
models Of the East, but think IL IL fully a
effective. The best evidences OF this IL that
our Western boxers are able to hold
their own with the crack amateurs Of
the East without difficulty. Among
the cleverest men in California arc
Joe Choinsky, OF the Golden Gate Club, .
I65-pounder, who il about the best two
handed heavyweight boxer / ever saw.
He lately has been matched against Rzily
Wilson, ST. Paul man, weighing ls5
pounds. besides possessing wonderful
science, Choinsky u . rusher. Another
splendid two-handed fighter is J. l.. LAT
ferty, lightweight. who has made . re-
variable record. Jack kitckhin, Of Oak
land, IL heavyweight who tips the scales
1t i60, stripped. Like Laf1erty, he il 3
wonderful amateur. and consider him =
good deal cleverer than many men who are
traveing around the country posing as
champions and making q show Of them.
selves. ! might easily mention hundred
others belonging 70 the Olympic and Cali
fornia clubs who could divide the honors
With the best men in the East. il they did
not capture them outright
am often asked concerning my fight
with Kilrain at New Orleans, and pressed
10 pass judgment upon the merits of my
late opponent This | do not care 10 at
tempt. One little word of explanation.
however. may not he out Of place: Much
has bcen said by kilrain and his friends
about his condition when he fought that
hattie. He has claimed that when he
fought with Sullivan he WAS out Of condi-
tion and should never have entered the
ring. and the same statement has been
made regarding the New Orleans Eight.
When be entered the ring at New Orleans
there Was no word-not even . whisper
about his being out of condition. and he
ing himself in trim. boxing daily with his
combination. and being under the care of
bis trainer. He did no travelling imme-
dlasely before the match took place.
When he entered the ring be
weighed sl0 pounds-his regular
weight. On the other hand, had
TO travel so miles to reach the fighting
ground and to endure al the fatigue OF
Journey By no means calculated 10 put q
man in trim for Q match with one who has
sspired to championship honors- | had
practically no training at ali for several
days before the meeting. Ny weight Was
fsS pounds We fought six rounds. and
can trnthfully say that have had several
harder fights in my tifne. Although j
am only 3 wears of age, since | 6rss be-
gan boxing eight years ago. have had the
good fortune 10 spar with many Of the
best men-amaseurs and professionalism
the United States Among them | may
mention Jack Dempsey. Jack Burke. Pro-
lessor Miller, John Donaldson. Frank
Glover. Mike Ceary. Captain Daly and
others. Certainly m experience with men
like those have named should qualify one
10 judge OF almost any man he meets in .
fair, stAnd-up encounter.
Some time ago IL Was said that . notable
fight which toek place Ia California vas de-
csded ny chance blow. Nov. bod that
there il no such thing ~ = chance blow.
When . naa reaches out 20 biz you With
right or left he never knows whether be IL
going 20 get there or not. and the same
may be said OF any blow. whether Is is de-
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