The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-23
SPIKED KNUCKLES IN WAR
Il FORMIDABLE WEAPON OF THE
ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS,

Has Been ErroneousIy Called "thC
Bow-Pullero-It Was Sometimes At
tached to Fighting Gloves.
contending nations or individuals is
largely determined by the scientific
character of the weapons employed, eX-
ceptional interest will attach to dis
covery very recently made concerning
one of the most primitive but effective
weapons used by the ancients when
they engaged in the art of self-defense.
In the necessarily short-range fight
ing of the ancients when they contend
ed with swords, spears, javelins bows,
arrows and bolts, sings and metal
balls flung in the defence of fortifica-
tions, even the first occasionally served
a purpose in combat, and the private
soldier among some peoples was reck-
oned all the more efficient for being a
skilled pugilist. The means which
~ -e''s-oA'''- pue li'S'N
shleld ana also arm the hst III the
game which was the crucial test in the
aroma of oonraea apduranca STRENGTH
''iie' 'i>iii N''iio app ~ ie''e -
wrestling, gladlatorial combat, charlot
and other racing) were the result of
nonu,ar rocosrition +bo+ +be sunarb
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ei,ey naSe oee'' s''o'eeeei ~ 'iie eo''i %
VI .iie ~, 1880.
ness If his view of tbe nnrnose of the
ipstrun,an+ Dr R,inton directed ia
ward II tba attention of Professor Gu
lin Mrs. Cornelius stayanson and sev-
orol o+ha,. on+icuariaps n whom, he
s,a,,a oo,,la, Evidence ~ tha correctnass
~ bic ,,ia,,, Nv ex,te,,,poriui,,g a MILD
sort Of caest,,s binding the n,yrrev on
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