Arizona republican., 1899-06-01
BLOWS THAT
 KNOCK MEN OUT

i for the heavy weight championship of
 the world. All preliminary arrange
 ments have been completed, the battle ground has been chosen and the fight CTS are in active training for the event. Fitzsimmons is beyond doubt the best living authority on knockout blows. having administered more than any
 cne sing.e man in the history of the worlds prize ring. He is the inventor
 of more different kinds of temporary paralysis than any man in the busi- ness. It was FitzsimmOns who located
 the solar plexus, upon which he smOte Mir Corbett at Carson over two years
 age. I called on him at his Bath Beach training quarters recently with reference to these matters, and the big fellow, with his fine technical under standing of the art, talked of the things as they are and as they might be. Moreover, he permitted the inter-
 view to be illustrated as he talked
 Tt is my opinion that Jeffries is one of the quickest heavy weights in the
 world said Fitz, drawing on his
 sweater after the rub-d0wn, "and 1 am
 not permitting myself to believe that
 he lacks power A man Of his build and ounces can't help but put steam
 in his blows when he lets go. But the
 thing to be considered is-can he land
 on the right spot?"
 What do you term the right spot,
 Fitz?" I inquired.
 Well best of ali the point Of the
 jaw. That is to say, the point on the
 left side on an angle with the right
 eye. This blow is most effective when
 delivered from 9 hook blow. It joits
 f'7n 6p1d ha Th lVzRc
 nerve centers of the head and, by req
 son cf it's shock, produces insensibility.
 I should say about there" Fitzsim- mons indicated the spot on the corner
 of the chin. Tt was there I hit Peter
 Maher CT two separate occasions, and
 both times with short arm jabs. It was not so much the force of the blow as it was the accuracy with which it was placed. If Jeffries gets me on the
 point 1 will probably think I fought once too often. No man lives who can stand proper punch there. It is about the safest spot to hit man to put him out without leaving any disas- trOus consequences. Recovery is rap i'd, notwithstanding the loss of conf dence.
 '@There is another good place to hit man, and that is on the eye tooth on either side of the mouth Get him good and hard with a straight arm blow and the shock to the optic nerve will cause temporary blindness. Tine suCdenness with which blindness oc- CUTS under these circumstances causes insensibility. IL is very painful fer some time afterward. As a matter of fact t is generally temporary and un- expected blindness that puts a man out. It blackens everything around him, rObS him Of his vision, shuts out the scene that was before him when he was fully awake. and the mind and brain, together with the nerves, col Ia USa, and what is known as a knock out results. The strain on the optic nerve is more harmful to a fighter than the actual blow on the jaw or on the eye tooth.
 "A blow below either Of the ears is Invariably a knockout Generally speaking, the man who gets hit there suffers 2 double dose. It shocks his jugular vein and shakes his jaw up also. Just let me press my finger in at that point and you will feel a chok- ing sensation. Right there Do you fee, it?"
 The technical Fitz jabbed his index finger into the point indicated with vibor The choking sen- satiOn he wished to create followed in stantly.
 That is a rather difficult place to land," resumed the champion. t'But handed enc to Jack Dempsey in that Of course, you know what happened to Jack that day"
 'Is the solar pleXus blow a thing of Lae past?" 1 inquired.
 So far as putting it on me is con- I II, l. -1= spot and I guess I can take care Of 1t. Jeffries knows I have a low guard, 1nOws that 1 have one of the best mus e.e Notifications across the stomach of | any man n the ring, and knows, also, hat if he gets dC'En in the neighbor- l lCod of my solar pleXus he is eaving some very fine openings for lis jaw. There is no use talking about he solar pieXus in this fight. It won't 1 39 touched
 Now, let's got back to the head blows. You ask me how many of the places I have named are in Mr Jef- ries' reach. Naturally it is hard fer ne to say. The Californian has lots # speed, is in good condition, plenty )f courage and is very cool in the ing. l don't think he is as fast as 1 s1n ncr as courageous as old Joe God ard used to be. As fer ring general 1 nip. he ought to be pretty good, as he lever loses his temper like Corbett. As for getting me on the neck below he ear, he will fail. One of his slow movements is the right and left swing, movements required to land as shown elow the ear. The eye tooth blow re- uires a straight punch and his arms re not quite long enough for that. >t1Il there is a chance in q nlix-uD Against these things I have got to u8rd
 We nv have left for discussion the oint of the jaw. It can be reached q ozen ways. all bad for the man who ! cts them A side step and counter, ross, an upper cut. a right hook. q wing and many other ways. But i'm citing into the art of fighting now. | is possible to go on indefinitely and ak of what might happen You will | bserve that the point of my jaw is