Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-07

Witness, for instance, the punch Charley
Gallagher gave Tom Allen near St. Louis
25 years ago. Allen was then champion of
America and Gallagher comparatively
novice. Allen had il all his own way dur
ing the first round and part of the second.
He left himself open in an attempt to FIN
ish his man, and Gallagher, shooting out
his right. caught him on the point of the
jaw and knocked him senselesS. Gallagher
was shortly afterward whipped by Jimmy
Elliot, a second rate fighter. Allen could
have thrashed Elliot at any time with ease.
Jem Mace, the cleverest of the odd uns,
had Tom King, who subsequently defeated
the American champion, John c. Heenan,
all but out at their memorable encounter
near Stalybridge, England. when he re
ceived blow on the juEular that left him
dead to the world. lie had defeated King
easily before and held him rather cheap.
Hence in endeavOriuE to deliver the 'auc-
tioneer' at the close of the second contest
he left his guard open and received the
hammer himself
am asked TO give pointer on blows
that tell. | will answer briefly, all blows in
the long run tell. They all have a dcbili
tating effect, and nothing but condition en-
ablcs man to sustain them. There are
| three blows, however, which. condition or
no condition, are liable to put man out ut
any time These are blows on the jugular,
on the point of the jaw and directly over
| the heart. OF course they must be delly-
| cred with force or the recipient may recover
| and turn the tables.
am also asked to give my opinion as TO
the respective merits Of the boys have met.
| This l cannot do matter of professional
| etiquette, but | will say that Cal Met arthy
| of America, Nunc Wallace Of England and
| Abe Willis of Australia gave me the hard
| est battles | ever had.
am particularly pleased to meet Eddie
| Pierce at his own doorstep, the Concy Is
| land Athletic club, both because it will
satisfy his friends if l fairly defeat him
and because he and l play the same
game. He likes infighting. SO do !.
| With most men was compelled to give
| odds because the clubs before which
| fought would only permit outtiEhtinE. At
| Concy Island, however, John L. Eckhardt,
| the squarest of referees, permits might
| ing and never orders a break 50 long as
| both fighters have one hand free. This Is
as it should be. InfightinS partakes as
| much of science aS ont fighting and tries il
| a greater degree a mans head and heart.
| Suppose two men like CorhCtt and Mitch
ell, who vary in height and reach about
| five inches, meet in the arena. Admit that
both are equally clever, Nhifty and strong
What chance has the little man to Outright
the hig man. He cannot reach him. IL
cqualize matters he must Ert undrr hi,
guard and fight him at close quarters OIL
| lose.
| That is how lem Mace one" whipped Tom
| King, and Tom Savers hc~tci Perry, "th,
| Upton slaehrr," Joe Colrrn defeated Mkt
| MCCool and Charley Mitchell wurstel thu
Belgian giant" in the same manner
Mace, Sayvrs, Coburu and Mitchell nevel
weighed over lG5 pounds i'll fighting trim
and stood about feet . inches in height
Their opponents ov,rtopp,d th"m by iiv'
inches and outwciShcd them 10y abuut Il
pounds. What chance would they have Il
outtightinS? After this exposition l dc
not think that any square man can ohjcc
| to infightirg within certain prescribed linn
itatiuns. On Aug : l feel confident tn
public will witness both a fair exhibition
of outtighting and iniiEhtiuS when Eddi
| Pierce and your humble, servant meet.