The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-07-30
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Oonceitad Men Who Thinh TheV
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"A 2h5Iae4 4oetase Msaly Art Gives
gsH hetWapes Of tho Folly Of Some
Asrkants VINO Have En-
tereuShe EShU
TAAlaei16 boxing mastee IN New
York, the teacher in one of the big
sthlscas olubs, was talking about the
manly art to On Interested group OF
young rseu, says the New York Sun.
'ons Of the funniest things In life,"
said hss ~ She fancy that some men
xeve sbouA their fighting abilities
You've noticed when you attend spar
ring exhibitions that certain chaps
Nlme forward 10 box who could not
saana tapee minutes against the worst
plug evox seen. They haven't the body,
the endurance or the art, and yet they
come up as though fighting was thing
anybody could do. I've observed this
Ahing . hundred times In my life, but I
never hsd It brought so plainly before
me as whom, the other night, went to
o downtown theater where a lot Of the
best men in the business were exhibit
ing. The professionals were offering
prizes to anyone who would come on
the stage and last four rounds. The
fellow that came out to meet Kilrain,
the nsn that fought Sullivan, was more
Like q wisp of hay than an athlete. Kill
rain looked him over and smiled; then
dabbed him on the face few times,
and the poor chap did not know where
hewas. He staggered off ignominiously,
yet he had received no punishment that
any man even ordinarily well con-
struoted could not have taken smiling
ly. Now, why did that chap think he
could face heavyweight professional
prize fghtsr7
''Then two midflle-weight amateurs
met each other. One was lightning
hitter. He was quick, strong and scien-
tific. Tho other was SO bad that he
made you mad. He was tough, like
piece Of dead meat, but the incessant
pounding that he received was enough
to make anyone bat a fosl take Off the
gloves and swear never to put them on
again. In four mounds that conceited
ass waS struck fairly in the face no less
than forty times and he never got In
even an accidental blow In return. Yet
he thought no could fght and probably
does SO still. Two light-weights came
out nsxt. Ono struck the other and
knoolasd him nearly across the stage.
Tho little fellow got up and was
knocked down again. This action was
repoascd four OF five times, and then
she man *haA wns playing the part Of
shuttleoock CROPPED away into the wings,
amid howls Of 0erssion. He was another
fellow who had not learned even the
rudiments Il boxing. find II the same
with The fashionable young men that I
.tesoA Ha.V Of tacA can put up a
preAtuOpsA 49,. but these arc not the
ones that think they caa hoh all crea-
ton. No; tho oonccfted ones are the
hopeless oases, fellows thaa mover can
learn 10 AShk, Who can nRvec be quiols
and mover last tAro~Gh four ,three-min-
oss<osnas tho longest day they Iva.
"a fellow Of this SORT asked me re-
GENTLY II would not box with him at
an exhibition that the, club was going
10 haNk looked him ove, apd his as
suraaoe 1Aads mo a little angry.
asked him to step into the sparring-room
and said thai r we wecs aoing to box
at an exhibition we Ought y hasa q re-
heassal He put on the gloves and we
faced eaaA othen For tho greater part
of q round did not lead Tor him once,
but allow cd him to punch al me. Sew
eral times put my face forward to
meet his glove, for there was no force
In 1t. At last I told him that I was
going to hit him apd then did so. It
was not knockout blow on the corner
Of the jaws but a straight hit between
the eyes. ] think the man rolled cloan
out Of the room we were In and started
to fall down the stairs IN the hall out
side. When he got up he looked about
to see where he was. told him that
he could not fight, probably never could
learn and advised him 10 refrain by all
means from ever putting on gloves with
veterans like myself. Ideclare, it's the
strangest thing In the world. No one
thinks he can play tho violin without
years Of practice, yet tho first slim Jim
that comes sAong fancies he can fight"
And the old ring hero sniffed with dis
gust. The art Of smashing mans nose
was as sacred to him as the manipula-
Hon Qsthe bow was to Paganini.