The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-04-14
'WOULD-BE PUGILISTS.
Oonoeited Men Who Think They
8 Are Born Fighters.
An Old Teacher Of the Manly Art Gives q
Few Instances Of tho Folly Of, some
..s ~ Asplranta Who Have En.
So tered tho RinR.

The leading boxing MASTER in New
York, the teacher in one Of the big
,atialetic clubs, was talking about the
manly art to an interested group OF
young men, says the New York Sun. /
zone of the funniest things in life"
said he, lis the fancy that some men
have about their fighting abilities.
You've noticed when you attend SPAR
ring exhibitions that certain chaps
came forward to box who could not
stand three minutes against the worst
plug ever seen. They haven't the body,
the endurance or the art, and vet thew
come up as though fighting was a thing
any body could do I've observed this
thing hundred times in my life, but
never had it brought so p1ainly before
me az when, the other night, went to
a down town theater where a lot of the
best men in the business were exhibit
ing. The professionals were offering
prizes to anyone who would como on
the stage and last four rounds The
fellow that came out to meet Kilrain,
the man that fought sullivan, was more
rain looked him over and smiled: then
dshln.d him on the face q few times,
and the poor chap did not know where
herwas He staggered Off igno,nlnous'y,
yet he had received no punishment that
any man even ordinarily well con.
structad coulsl not have taken smiling.
ly. Now, why did that chap thank he
conld face a heavyweight professional
prize tightAr7 =:
''Then two miidle-weight amateurs
met each other One. WAS lightning
hitter. He w:as quick, strong and sclen-
tific. The other WAN 80 bad that he
made you mad lIe Was tough. like
piece of dead meat but the incessant
pounding that he rsAceive<3 WAS enough
to make anyone but a foot take off the
gloves and swear never to put them on
again. In four rounds that concerted
ass was struck fairly in the face no less
than forty timer and he never got in
even an accidental blow in return Yet
he Thought he could fight and probably
does SO still Two li,ght-we,ghts came
out next. One struck the other and
knocked him nearly across the stage
The little fellow got up and was
knocked down again. This action was
repeated four or Ave times. and then
the man That was playing the part Of
shnttlrcock CROPPED away into the wings,
amid bowls Of dt.rision. He was another
fellow who had not learned even the
rndimcnts Of boxing. find it the same
with the fashionable young men that I
teach Many Of them can put up
pretty good fight but these are not the
ones that think they can lick all crea-
ton. No; the conceited ones are the
hopeless cases, fellows that never can
learn to fight, who can never be quick
and never last through four three-min.
ute rounds the longest day they live.
IA fellow of this sort asked me re-
Gently If I would not box with him at
an exhibition that the club was going
TO have. looked him over and his as
surance made me a little angry. !
asked him to step into the sparring
and said that if we were going to box
at an exhibition we ought to have re-
hearsa1. He put on the gloves and we
faced each other. For the greater part
of a round T did not lead for him once,
but allowed him to punch at me. Sew.
eral times I put my face forward to
meet his glove, for there was no force
in it. At last 7 told him that was
going to hit him and then did so. It
was not a Knockout blow on the corner
Of the jaw, but a straight hit between
the eyes. T think the man rolled clean
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. 7 told him that
he could not fight, probably never could
learn and advised him to refrain by all
means from ever putting on gloves with
veterans like myself. declare, It's the
strangest thing in the world. No one
thinks he can play the violin without
years Of practice. yet the first slim Jim
that comes along fancies he can fight"
And the old ring hero shifted with dis.
gust. The art Of smashing mans nosa
was as sacred to him as the manipulae
Ion at the bow was to Paganini r--~~'>
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