Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-01
JEFFR|ES IS To
TRY A KICKING
BY James j. Jeffries,

1t is not because it's a novelty that I
am about to contest with Frances sup
pie men at their game of la savate. but
because l want the money. In the fight
Ing line. or lines. l might say, I fear
nobody and am just as sure that l can
beat the Frenchmen as that I can beat
the best pugilists in America.
When l was in Paris I saw the French
men at their game. 1t was really inter-
esting and l studied it. AS a result, II
don't believe the most agile of the coun-
try could do battle with success against
my fists. AS big as l am, I'm sure 1 can
kicks.
I've read and been told how these men
can deliver a kick for the jaw or head
with the greatest accuracy. Maybe they
can, but I never saw them do it. One
time in a thousand, a professor of the
art told me, a face blow could be landed.
In the other nine hundred and ninety
lie times the kicker jeopardizes his own
chances.
The most effective blow of this style
of game is the shin kick. The fighter
who is about to deliver it awaits an
opening, with his left foot forward. His
whole weight rests on the other, and
when his opportunity comes he throws
his left foot at his opponents nearest
shin. The toe of the striking foot is al
ways turned in and the blow delivered
with the heel or hollow part of the foot.
If landed squarely, a broken leg is the
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ended.
But none of them could be too alert for
me with that kick. I'd avoid it with a
side-step and then a nice short-arm jolt
on the kicker's jaw would wind up the
mill. This is not guessing, for I've done
a little practicing with Jack Mccormack
as the Frenchman.
There are innumerable other kicks
which if they reach their mark, will end
hostilities. But their chances of landing
are so slim that it's hardly worth while
telling about them. There are two more
dangerous ones that are often landed.
One is known as the belt kick. It's
delivered with the heel on the spot
known as the solar plexus. Eeither foot
is used, as in the case of the shin kick,
the weight of the kicker rests on the dis
engaged leg. But woe to the kicker who
misses his aim with me-. I'd just step
zach slightly, grab the kicking foot and
wheel the man off his pins. He'd land
hard. too, you can bet, and would surely
take the count.
There's the foot jab at the instep. You
must know what a little tap on tina:
part feels like. If you don't, try it!
With his foot in the same position as in
delivering the shin rooster, the F ench-
man stamps on the foot. TIL result is
usually the recipients finish. To LAND
that he'd have to come close and tn Z
Just my style. ia have a few jabs tC
the body and one to the jaw before my
French friend would have his knee wei
poised in the air.
In such a manner I'd elude the la sa.
vate performers most vicious foo
1unges if I We're just going to stand an(
wait for an opening. But I'm not a de
fensive fighter.
When ] get in the ring with one q
those fellows, I'll feint him into a state
of bewilderment. Then I'd get clos
and stay there until my man goes down
They'd forget they We're to kick, ant
their hand blows know wouldn't feaz'
me-.
may be mistaken. but as I understand
1t, the kickers can sling their feet at an.
part of their opponents makeup. That
a great advantage to them, | shoult
judge, but when ! sign articles I'm viii
dng to concede them the privilege of BIT
ing if they want it.
But I've told how I would beat tn,
game and if Mr.. C~harlemont, the cham
pion kicker, does not think my fgurin.
practicable, I'll give him a nance t
show where I'm wrong. I'll sail for tn
other side as soon as I see / can't max
a match for the championship here.