Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-05

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leaves chest and jaw sufficiently ex-
posed, bring your left arm up in sort
of swing, which should travel upward
in straight line. landing IL possible
under his chin. If you can't land there
hit his face. Throw the shoulder and
body into this blow. getting in as much
of swinging motion as you can. If
the blow lands squarely and with much
force just under the chin it will proba-
bly, floor him. 1t Is better for fighting
than for a friendly bout.
The straight duck Is most often used.
Stand in your usual position. When l
lead for your face with either right or
left hand bend your head forward and
to the left, moving 1t in a sort of half
circle far enough to let the blow pass
over your head. As you do this you
can either take a step backward with
your right foot, following it with the
left, and thus getting out of reach, or
you can step in with the left foot and
land on heart or wind. In straight
ducking keep your knees rigid and your
left arm in such a position that your
adversary cannot uppercut you.
Ducking to the side is also useful at
times. When / lead for you with my
left, turn your left shoulder forward
and to the left letting the head and the
rest of the body above the waist move
naturally with the gesture. Turn until
your shoulders are about at right an
giles to their former position; at the
same time bending the left knee. This
will usually take you out of the way of
your opponents blow. You may at the
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left hand.
When at close quarters try to get
your arms inside your opponents and
deliver as many blows as you can for
heart, wind and face before he can
retaliate. When, for instance, he
swings or leads straight for your face
with either hand, block his blow and
while your glove is still between his
right guard and his face strike a short
arm blow for whatever portion of his
anatomy is nearest you. When you can
get both arms at the same time into
this enviable position you can have
really delightful time with him. This
is known as mitigating. In such cases
don't draw your arms back in order
to deliver the blow, but make your
shoulders supply the force.
Remember in all sorts of boxing that
the whole body must do it's share and
that the shoulders are an important
factor.
A good way to avoid a rush is by
slipping (Practise this also with
dumbbells in the gymnasium. When a
man rushes you duck to the side and
step out with the left foot at right an
giles to your regular position. Then
turning sharply to the left and bring
ing your right foot around at the same
time you can easily fall into position
facing your opponent, wherever he may
happen to be. All depends on absolute
quickness. If you are rapid enough in
this manoeuvre you may even be able
to get back at him before he recovers
from his futile rush.
Side-stepping is similar trick. To
do this, wait till your opponent leads
heavily for your face. Then bring back
the left foot alongside of the right,
move the right foot quickly to the
right, following 1t with the body and
with your left foot, and falling into po-
sition so that you can, If possible, get
in a blow at your opponent before he
recovers his balance.
There is one evil you must avoid.
| Don't allow yourself to get overtired
| or to box too long in a single day. AS
soon as you feel fatigued stop.
AT most you must only box about six
rounds of two minutes apiece each
| day. Take minutes rest between each
| two rounds.
I also advise you to avoid swings
| until you become good enough box
er to decide for yourself whether or not
| they are of any use Personally | new
| er use them, as l have said before. /
| think they leave man too much ex-
| posed. l am always glad when an op-
| ponent swings for me, for then l am
sure to find he has left some opening
| that l can take advantage of.
Wrestling is good exercise IL you
have any strength left over after your
daily gymnasium work. But if you
wrestle at all do 1t in moderation, and
avoid straining yourself. Also avoid too
much work on horizontal bars, or
swinging from rings by the arms
To much of such work is liable to
make you muscle-bound and destroy
| your hitting powers. In all your ath-
letic work employ swift movements
don't loaf or go slowly. Any carthorse
can do that, You lose by 1t.