The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
UP AGAINST IT
TO KICK OR PUNCH.
Jeffries May Meet Charlemont, French
Champion of ''Savate"-A Game Amer.
lean Sports Have Held in Contempt
Mccoy Wants Some of 1t.

+ leg or by distributing it on both legs
the novice is in danger of getting into
serious trouble The pupil who stands
planted squarely on both feet is likely
to get a sudden side kick which will
knock the forward leg from under him
or send him sprawling to the ground.
If he has the weight on the foot which
he places foremost he may get a quick
kick on the shin, which may result in
a broken leg.
One of the
FIRST THINGS TO LEARN
is the coup de savate, or just an ordin-
airy kick with the toe. 1t is generally
aimed at the shin of the opponent. The
blow is parted by spNnging forward
and striking the man who has designs
on your shin in the side of the head or
by throwing him back by flinging up
your foot.
One of the most serviceable kicks is
the coup de flame. 1t may be high or
low. 1t may be aimed. at the side, the
chest or the face, and the blow is al
ways delivered with the heel. When the
adversary attempts to kick you in the
chest bring both arms down on the ex-
tended foot If he strikes for the face
lift UP the arms and throw him on his
back. If he should make his attack upon
the sides a sweep of the arm protecting
either the right or left side may check
mate this move.
In this style of fighting, however
avoid giving your adversary an oppor-
tunity to use the terrible coup de tour
nant. He will do everything possible to
get you in such a position that he can
deliver that terrible blow. After you
have parted side kick you may be
re NV n
blow in the face. Your opponent has
taken advantage of your unprotected
position to turn on his foot and to kick
backward with
TERRIFIC FORCE.
There is no reliable avice as to exact
ly what to do when such kick is aimed
in your direction unless it be get out
of the way" You may bring the hands
down or bring them up, or sweep the
enemys leg aside by a move of your
arms to the right or to the left. Then
there is the chasse croise, or cross kick,
a fierce heel kick against which the no.
vice must be continually on his guard.
Combine a hop and a kick, and you
have the coup de vache-the cows kick.
1t is done by quickly replacing the front
foot with the rear foot, and then kicking
with the foremost so that the heel
strikes. 1t may also be done by bring
ing the rear foot across the front foot
and kicking out.
FANCY MOVEMENT.
Besides these kicks, there are various
fancy movements, which are more used
for purposes of exhibition than for real
work By means of a quick movement
the expert in the savate may just brush
the cheek of man opposite, although
the kick is apparently delivered with
great force. The foot of the man, who
practices the savate is as delicately adj
justed as a certain trip hammer, men
toned in various books of mechanics,
which could be brought to apparently
strike the face of a watch and yet not
fracture the crystal
Professors of the savate can remove
the ashes from cigarette in a man S
mouth with one kick, then separate the
cigarette from the holder, and, last of
all, kick the holder from the lips into
the air and catch it before it reaches
the ground.
1t would seem an easy thing to I'M
balance man who apparently is al
ways standing on one foot and kicking
and boxing with the limbs which are
free. The only thing to do to prove that
1t is not easy is to try and throw such
a person to the ground. He will sue
coed in bowling you over in a heap be-
fore you have fairly begun. So well
trained are the professors of the savate
that it is a very difficult task to throw
them off the one leg on which they
stand, even when
THEY MAKE NO RESISTANCE.
The savate is taught in Paris and in
many OF the other cities of France, and
it is even making its way to England
Perhaps some day there may be an
English or American champion.
When kid" Mccoy, who is as active
a man on his feet as there is in the
American prize ring, heard of this bat
tie in Paris, he longed to try conclusions
with the Frenchman himself. He sent
a challenge, but the conditions not
not being satisfactory, Charlemont de-
clined 10 meet the American pugilist.
1t is generally believed by prize fighters
on this side of the water that the
French style of fighting is a merely
graceful system of calisthenics. Dris-
coll seemed to have thought so until he
came in contact with this four-fisted
Frenchman. John L. Sullivan remarked
on one occasion, with easy confidence.
that man with his fists could knock
out one of those French kickers any
time