St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
Work in the Corneps--Chap-
aetepiSticS of a Good
Second.
Two, Besides a Bottle Holder,
Needed in an Important
Contest.
The Advising Second and His
Important Function in
the Fight.

! pugiliStS either, for that matter L have
| seen some men who could not be beaten
| as trainers, and others who We're and
are to-day at the top of their respective
! classes in pugilism, who have made dis
NAL failures as seconds for other pugi-
| lists. There is a certain knack about it
! which they cannot get Oh to, and while
| tie latter class. when they are fighting.
! know to a nicely Just how well or how
poorly they are being taken care Of by
| their own seconds, when they come to
| take charge of the sponge and towel
| themselves do not seem to know how to
work their man to the best advantage,
what to say to encourage him when he
| is in or near his corner. On the other
hand, | have seen the veriest dub OF
| boxer, or even persons who did not
| pretend to box at all, who, as seconds
! for other men, could not be beaten.
They would anticipate their principals
| every thought, whisper words of en-
| enlargement in his ear and finally bring
| him out q winner.
| | am fully aware of the fact that all
! the seconding in the world would not
| bring man out of battle victor UNI
| less he had the requisite gamenesS and
| the hitting powers. But | can say this
| much, that | have seen many fights i'll
which in my opinion, the inferior man
won because he was well seconded,
| while his opponent, all things being
| even. should be the better man, being
| poorly seconded, got discouraged, wind
ed ana played out, finally was at the
mercy of the inferior man. True, some
foh mood m
| after them in their corners, as they are
| careful never to get excited and calcu-
late the effect and consequences of
every lead they make. Then again
! there are other fighters, who. when
! they receive few punches, lose all
control of their own temp and go at
their advisory like a bull at a gate, tire
themselves out and stand a very good
chance of being defeated were 1t not
for their seconds. who, not having re-
ceiyed the punching, are cool and col
lected and can see and be able to tell
their man what to do and what not to
do.
A second should in all cases take
charge of his principal at least six hours
before the contest and never allow him
out of his sight until after the fight. He
should also. himself, prepare and pro-
cure everything that the principal eats
or drinks. or have some trustworthy
person to do it, as there are always peO-
pie who have their money on the other
side, while pretending to be your
friends, and they arc mean enough.so
of them, to try and dose your man.
second cannot be too careful about these
things.
AS soon as your man is put under your
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you will need wien in the ring and do
not let these things out of your sight, for
they may be tempered with.
Now the things / consider necessary
to take to the ringside are one bottle of
slippery elm bark tea, recipe for
which | will give in a later article;
small tongue sponge and scraper, two
bottles Of beef tea made from five
pounds of round steak, bottle of alcO
hol. a couple of Turkish towels and
perhaps fan, although the towels will
answer the purpose of body sponge,
towel and fan, too. Some fighters think
that bottle of cold tea or a bottle of
| some sort of spirits is good to have at
the ring side, but | don't think that
either of them are nearly so good as the
| beef tea. which will strengthen your
man greatly while he is in the ring, and
and he will be gaining weight and
strength as the battle progresses. Or
binary tea will not do this, and as for
brandy or whisky, they are worse than
bad, for while drink of the stuff will
| livcn or eXhilarate your man for a mo-
ment the next minute he will be worse
| off than before, and if you keep giving
| it to him he will be very drunk in
| short time. as it only takes a small
| quantity of spirits TO intoXicate man
| who is in condition.
| Once drunk, YOU might just as we'll
| throw up the sponge, for drunken man
/ can't fight within % per cent as good as
| sober one. Take my advice and use
| beef tea. You will find it is by far the
| best in the long run. About an hour
before the time for the contest you
| should give your man good alcohol
rub, using plenty of alcohol, and after
| this is we'll rubbed in follow it up with
good hand rubbing, being careful to
rub with the run of the muscles.
! For all important contests a man
| should have at least three men in his
! corner when he is fighting. Two of
these should be seconds and the third
! the bottle holder. One of the seconds,
! in all cases the one with the most eX-
| perience, should be the adviser and he
! should do all the talking to the princi-
| pal during the contest, neither the other
second, the bottle holder nor any out
| slider being allowed to say word to the
principal. This is to prevent the man
| from becoming confused and losing his
| head, as he would be almost sure to do
if he had three or four people all trying
| to talk to him and advise him when he
was in his corner.
The other second should make it his
! business to look out for the chair, hay
! ing it out of the ring as soon as possible
after his man leaves 1t and having it
! back there ready for his man whenever
! it is required. The bottle holder should
stay outside of the ring all the time,
and at no time allow the bottle to get
/ out of his sight. 1t is his duty to watch
the bottles and not the fight, and If he
has the interests of his man strictly at
| heart he will do this, as it is often very
easy for an eyil-minded person to drop
little of something into one of the
lose the fight, as the principal would
soon be affected by it. The advising
second should never, while the fight is
| in progress, take his eyes off of his prin
| cipal'S opponent, so as to see that he
does not commit any fouls without their
| being seen and claimed. OF course. not
| being fighting himself he could see all
the weak points in his mans adversary
| and should instruct his principal to the
best of his ability as 10 how to get to
his man. the openings to take advantage
! Of and all the many other little points
which he would be sure to see quicker
| than his man, and which, if taken adj
vantage of Immediately, would perhaps
| do everything towards making his man
| win the battle. OF course, it is i'm
! perative that the advising second
should be an experienced man, not
necessarily an experienced boxer, but
an experienced second.
At the call of time at the commence
| ment OF every round both of the seconds
| should put their hands under their
! mans arms and lift him bodily out OF
| his chair on TO his feet. This should, of
| course, be done gently and without any