The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-04

work for boxer. Not only does it exer-
else every muscle from his scalp TO his
heels, But it gives him good Judgment OF
distance, cult ateS 4uiCkueSS OF the eve
and teaches him how to dart either hand
exactlyvhere he wants il al precisely the
right moment. And there's exercise
enough in it 10 tire & Rocky Mountain
ram. / slept nine hours every night.
No two men fight alike. Indeed. if one
teacher should instruct a class of twenty
men, and they should see no style of box
ing but his, they would all use different
tactics at the end of year. There are
many styles OF boxing. and most of them
are excellent. 1t has always seemed to
me that a boxer should study his own pc
cul!ar abilities and endeavOr 10 make the
best use of them. When 1 began at the
game / found myself taller. longer in the
arms and rather quicker than most men.
Next 10 hitting straight and hard, 1 found
quiCkness on the feet to be most useful.
There is no way to cultivate this so well
as by boxing. Therefore | always box
while in training. II is true that many
authorities contend that a fighter risks
hurting his hands by doing this. OF
course he does. But doesn't he risk
sprdining a groin or a knee or an ankle
when he runs, or walks or plays hand
ball
1t is not necessary for HIM 10 hit with
all his might while boxing with his train
ing companions. An experienced fighter
should be clever enough to box every day
without spraining his wrist or damaging
his knuckles. What would be thought of
a swordsman who trained for a contest
without fencinEl Nothing but boxing
will bring a mans mind, eyes, hands,
arms and legs into tirst-class trim for
contest in the ring Let him be careful
and he will be safe.
IL is quite as important for a fighter 70
,fat,v n- Sc Il 90
ish the other fellow Therefore. let him
cultivate the ability TO get in and out of
hitting distance with all the rapidity pos
siole. Now and then we hear Of fellows
who are "Fluttons for punishment"
They ought not TO be. In the game Of
pOgilism one must take as well as give
blows, but he is the best man who takes
least and gives most He who can strike
quickest ought to win provided he can
protect himself from counter or return
blows
Very early in my career found that [
could get my punch in most rapidly by
starting it from a 'half arm position
that is, with the elbows not drawn back
past the ribs Suppose two men are box
ing. John Doe hits in the old style. draw
ing back his fist and launching it out with
all his body weight behind it. Richard
Roe let US say, starts his blow without
drawing back his hst. Whose blow
shoald get there tirst} Certainly the one
that had least distance to 60 1t is the
blow that gets there first that does the
business I soon found that while this
blow was very successful in reaching It's
n ark there was not steam enough in it TO
suit. Undoubtedly there was some of the
weight Of the body behind il, for in box
ing stand with my feet closer together
than most men and throw the body for
ward even in delivering the short blow
How was that punch TO be made
heavier l consulted a specialist-Prof.
Attila-and showed him the way hit.
He studied II thoroughly and examined
the muscles called into play He decided
tina the thing to 90 was to develop the
lower part of the forearm, Thereupon he
told me to grasp a pair of light dumb
bells, turn the fists over so that the
knuckles come foremost as they do in
striking, press the elbows close to the
ribs; then raise and lower the dumbbels
as far as possible Two minutes of that
sort of thing was enough at first. BY and
by l could stand it for ten That half
arm punch has grown at least 30 per cent
heavier than it used to be.
1 am constantly studying new tactics to
worry an antagonist. That has a great
effect upon him. Cut out the pace and
make him feel that he has met his mas
ter. 1t helps yod and il Expresses him.
Men in the fighting business study each
other very thoroughly. In the training
at Mayport l had Creedon and Donaldson
try as many of Mitchell's tricks as pos
sible. He was likely to try infighting
We had lots of it-and plenty wrestling
II is impossible, though, to plan out
battle step by step in advance. The fight
with Mitchell was on an entirely differ
ent plan from the fight with Sullivan
The battle with jackson will be on still
another scale JAMES j CoRBETT.