Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
TRICKS OF SELF DEFENSE.
Skill Is Made to Tell Against Superior
 Strength and Numbers.

'"There is 2 lot Of talk about new methods of seIf-defenEe." said an old l sporting man, "but it seems tc nS that
 il is only an elaboration of what al
 most every man who followed the game in past days had to know or go l under Now. take the case cf that ! Jap 2 few weeks agc in New York. He had drunk a little wine and was mak- ing a noise, and so was arrested. He
 was little man, but 1t took ten big 1 policemen to handle him without hurting him. He did not strike them, simply slurg them around. All he did was to upset their balance; this is q wonderful speciality Of these people. i Now. I remember sesing the same thing dcne years ago in row at New 1 Orleans. l and another man were set Cn by the men on the Ievee because we had made some pig winnings. and l was for pulling my gun, when my pa said: No; you'll bring the whole rocst on us There are only six of them. You take the big one. and I'll attend to the others. He was a tall, muscular Irishman. and the first man he tackled Wa5 a big mulatto with muscles like an OK He rushed at him and the mUiatto stepped to enc side, throwing his balance on to his left
 
 swing. My pal caught him by the right elbcg as the arm went back, slid to his wrist, twisted it, caught him by the trousers waist, lifted him and threw him at the others, felling two and breaking the mulattos $ right arm One of the others rushed at him with q knife. and he reached as If to shake hands. caught the man off his balance, pulled him forward, placed his foo1 b5hind the mans nearest leg and then, throwing his chest and full weight against the man, tripped him and fractured his skull. The ether fed and I had my man down and was sit ting On him. My pals cigar never went out, and l could not understand how he did it until he told me after ward.
 "I went down to the Wese Ind;;,n islands once. Well. I learned a trick there. There was a big row one nighl in the street. One man on fCOt was attacked by three men. He carried only an ordinary stout cane, and as they set on him he backed against a wall, holding the cane in both hands across his chest. One man rushed IT cn him from the left, another from the right, the taird remaining a little way off in case he shCuld slip past the others and run. Quickly stepping % one side, he lodged the left man. Both hands went up in the air the left hand pointed the lower end of tae cane &t the base of the mans Ihr0at, there was quick swing of the arms downward. the lower end of the cane jared Cn the upper 2art of the stern um and the fellow dropped as if shCt, bowling with pain. The next man followed and the third b0lted Then the man rolled and lit a cigarette, and l walked away. I have tried that trick with good effect. Done rightly it is q dead sure fall. and a pretty hard one. |
 It is even better than the old trlcN | 0f>leadirg at the forehead with the open palm. trusting he head back l and getting in with the left under the ! jaw.
 "Ancther very good plan is, if tackled by two or more assailants, to i g6t with the LGck to wall and with i Q light cane CT umbrella prod a. their i eyes. A well known dry goods man | was attacked four years ago and put | enc fellows eye cut and tore secOnI | mans nose.
 Mot long ago some one asked Bob | what was the best thing | for a man unvcrsed iG self-defense, to do when tackled, and he said: Whip | ell your nat, or pull out your ntlnu- f kerchief, dash it in the face of the f man and quickly follow it up with q ieft-hand blow on the solar pleXus.' Now, this is all right, but how many men not accustomed to the gloves or i the punching bag can hit a blow worth bothering about with his lef. hand? | Let some of them try it and they will be ast0nisled! BoD's idea is ali right, however. New York Sun.