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FISH CHARACTER NOT :
SHOWN BY EXPRESSION.

Fish are a coed deal like people" said =
superintendent OF an aquarium recently.
You can't always tell by their counte-
nances what to expect of them. Look az
that fellow there. nowr'
He pointed to a tiger fish which was
butting Its nose against the glass OF its
tank. No more villainous face OF tSe pug
nacious sort could be found in 4 days
search in the haunts OF third-rats pug1lsts-
Looks like he would fight at the wig
gle OF n fin. doesn't he?" the superintend-
ent continued. See those tawsi Bad eye,
too. Well, sir. that is the most gentle fish
in the aquarium-one OF the citnging kind
that seeks affection and kindness Now
over there is the lady fish Just observe
those brilliant colors and that dear. tnno-
cent face. and notice the coaxinS. graceful
movements Of its tail. You'd think II
would eat out OF your hand and droop TX
you SColded it.
On the contrary It's the most unladylike
fish in this collection: its temper Is shrew-
ish and it's habits are bad. and II you gave
Il a chance IL would bite you like a savage
bull pup. It's a vicious fish. and doesn't
deserve all those fine airs IL has"
The superintendent put has hand near ths
glass front Of the tank There was an IN
Slant -commotion: the insinuathg tail lashed
the water and that angelic Mouth bumped
sharply against the barrier in a swift et-
fort 10 nip the tip OF the superintendent
finger.
deadf'
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he raises the arm. after blocking a lead.
the antagonist expects him to send Ia a
purch or a hook y IL the right. below his
ownleft arm Instead. he has a blow. half
hook. half swing. which he sends at the up-
ponents Jaw. chlHEins its direction - =
comes In and whipping Il over the antCE-
Onist's guard instead Of under Il.
The bow proved most effective u1 Nc
Govern. who went down and ont when that
punch got his Jaw. some tT!ck lS" tIls
= the only excuse for such a high block. cx-
cept In certain cases. Vicious swings for
the head. when the ppOnent o. "a trifa
shakN aud Is rushing matters t. an el:J-:
TO end him abruptly. may Ec stopped "a
this fashion. leaving The man or The de-
fsLSlve sull with his punch n reserve aai
with his balance Stlll ready fer a. hard
blow. II he tried - duck one o. tho, h-rI
swings ne would have 10 st himse,s for the
next BOX.
the most enec:ua! way % s~top-ia= ..Ids fer
Nov. q has alyays seemed 20 ne :sas
tine bJcv tEd Jaw - TO Catcn tL,El ya ,.s
upper arm. y straight punch fI- The a..y-
can b. aIlOwed TO Land on the upper aru.
while your fist Is held out straight before
you. and while you are set f,r a return
punch or are actually coming m With yoCr
blow. There Is no need OF any wild throw
ing Up OF guards when a blow comes At
you; It can lie stopped just as readily -
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plan. notably Jim COrbetrs style or duck
inG. lodging and hitting and then getting
away. Then there is McCoy's styie Of feini-
ing. iabbing and guarding. by keeping the
arms well up around tn chin. trusting To-
footwork. to a great degree. to protect the
stomach while the arms and guard are hgn.
"McCoy's stomach was a very sore POI
tlon Of his frame, and he was always urytty
careful OF II, but when he was usirg ms
cOrkscrCv punch and HIS short iolts. Wh.cl
nee ssitated the fist being kept within Il
Few inches of other fellows Jaw. he had 10
spare hands TO keep around his middle. He
therefore dropped his elhcSvs TO catch n
blow when a lead was MADE for this POINT
or d-pended on side OF back stepping TO get
out of harms way.
This STYLE OF McCoy's has no particular
relation 20 blocking. but mention u 30
show the different styles followed in som 7.
methods Of scientific fighting. N-Cuy's
crouch. which he applied IN some nt his
battles. was another idea OF his TO project
] his stomach. II always se=med To M that
IL McCcr had adopted blocking with THE
. uppE arm In one or two Of his important
battles. he could have sprung a surprise On
his opponents bat they would not have APP
later.
Now. Young Corbett has a very shov-y
sort OF Q block with the forearm thai be
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for their worth as players. which has killel
the local end OF the game and stuuted the
lot. As soon as the new system OF local
King the players comes into vogue there
win be a revival Of general interest in the
game among the town bows ard players
will be made to meet the demand.
This revitalizat!On OF the game must come.
and come IL Will In the next twenty years
because baseball. as an exhibition. has
reached i;s height. II can be developed no
further, and something must be done 20 al
vance OF there will be a deterioration.
OF course. II this Is done. there will he
some work for the Rules COMMITTEES 10 do.
II VIII 10 necessary to have some SOFT ~
legislation TO appOrtinn the territory fairly
among the teams. New York. being the
largest city In the United States. by virtue
OF It's size would have the advantage OF 4
smaller CITY. Ike Boston or Baltimore. and
10 even up matters II would be nee Ssdry OR
the committee To give the smaller towns
ulat!on the ZANE. The details must BE DE-
cidei by the events OF the future. Bur I
believe that something like that Is about 10
baseball In 1872
There will be no contract jumrI1="
which has given the national pGstiue such
q setback in the last two years And riE"n
deIends upon the decision OF the courts
This contract jumping Is a tw1-eiEsd svcr'.
II Will some day cut back II the American
League when their players start 70 jump
Every successful game nowadays and in
the future must have money invested IN II.
Look at the progress the gam" OF baseball
he's made In the last twenty years and that
will give you an idea OF what We may eN-
pect.
Twenty years ago each team had about
$500 invested IN II to put q on n working
basis. Some did rot have even that much.
To-day. In PHILADELPHIA. there Is n plant
which is valued At about S5N.OA. They own
a lot in the residence section - thu town
and the ground II daily growing more val
liable for building purposes IN twenty
wears 70 will have trinlel I'm value. There
IL also a subs INITIAL brick wal around u
and a valuable iron grand standt
Twenty years from now we M expect %
find the conditions IN philadsl'Ni1 oViStinS
sill over the country. and there viii be a
hundred million dollars invested n the
sport. All this ~ the c0utraCt-fUuuiuE bust
ness is made impossible for the future
Take II as a fair business proposition.
Would any sane man invest his MONEY in
an enterprise which could b. ruined II any
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Baseball Of to-day is not the game 90 wa
twenty years ago. Twenty years hence it
will be quite different. too. Many changes
have taken place in that time. changes
Of rules and changes Of conditions. vh-ca
have 4 tendency in a direction pointing
either for the rise OF the game or for a.
decline.
To-day the grounds are no longer one1.
but inciosel. sometimes by brick wall.
and adorned with ''hlPachinE'' boards and
an ornate grand stand" Instead uf pay
ing FOR love and expenses the men play
for love and nigh salaries" especially the
latter.
Each league city which enjoys tho T-iv,
ilege of having a team" named after IL
has a baseball plant which is worth NJ
least sl0O.Oel. Baseball has changed Indeed
from the primitive game it was in our
forefsthers' time.
All this in twenty years. What Will the
next twenty years bling forth7 Olly a
mar who has played the game from its
beginning. who has followed it step by step
IN its latter-dsy development. who Ir~ tlc
love Of IL close TO his heart. can answer
thar question. Such q man is John Mont
goInery Ward. who has been playing tall
since 1874. and who. since his Tyti--w-ut
from the diamond. n fCw years ago. TO on
ter law. has always kept in touch with the
for ten years. and in that time helped 20
bring the national and world champion
ships twice to the metropolis
ny JOHN VI. WARD.
What will the game Of baseball he two
decades hence? Frankly, / do not know.
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points in defense said Regain. and the
man who can block most successfully Is the
one who is going 20 come out On top IN must
cases. There l. nothing more d~iSCJuraelng
10 an oppCnent than To find his punches
STOPPED successfully without damage to the
man for whom they are intended and
there's nothing 50 likely 10 do this as an
up-to-date block.
ITO nv way OF thinking. the best place 10
catch a blow is IN tie upper arm. BY ceep-
ing the inst in regular fighting position and
adopting something Of a crOuching style,
the upper arms are in perfect positions TO
protect the entire front OF the body. Slight
shiftinEs or the upper arm will catch any
blow intended for vulnerable points aud the
beauty OF the system is that the blow can
be returned instantly by the man Who is
blocking
This last point is the whole idea in
blocking with The upper arm. To stop an
opponents lead Is easy enough II one wishes
to devote his entire attention TO defense.
But II q defensive fight Is 10 be put up en-
tIrply. II IS easy 10 see vhers the dec!sion
will go. What Is wanted IL 4 style OF fight
ing that viii enable a pugilist to prevent
Damaging blows from landing and az he
same time that viii afford him an oppor-
trinity TO return these blows.
Several methods OF lighting have been
invented with the idea OF following out this
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
BY JOHN VI. WARD

What will the game Of baseball he two
decades hence? Frankly, I do not know.
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leads slip OF my upper arms. ] Sos
close enough TO make him break away IN
a hurry. In The Republics comment on the
fight u was noted that FeitZ was only tSo
anxious to break after the first round OF the
battle.
Now suppose I had tried to throw my
guard and block his leads with the upper
arm. / would have left my stomach ex-
posed, which would have been Joy Tor
Feltz. You can't hurt his face by pounding
Il. possibly because he bleeds 50 easily
which keeps him from getting daZed quick
Is. and unless I landed a Knockout punch on
ms Jaw he would haye teen perfectly willing
to axe n blow on the face. He would have
gone direct TO my stomach and would have
worked on II with right and left.
IF L h=d tried to block Forbes's leads
with the his guard. 1 coulG not have sent
in = fraction OF the returns l did. nor
could / have stopped all his hooks from
reaching me. He would have sent in some
blows TO my stomach and might possibly
have whipped in an uppercut 10 the Jaw.
The protection which the upper arm block
ahorus against upercuts is one of the
strongest points IN its favor.
'"Rken all together believe that the most
practical method OF blocking just at pres
emit is to utilize the upper arm and I be-
lieve Z will be generally adopted In the
near future"
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WRITTEN % The SUNDAY REPJBLIC.
According to Johnny Regain. the bantam
fighter, who put up so strong a fight against
Harry Forbes last winter. the most mn
proved method Of blocking in the prize ring
to-day is 10 utilize the upper arm for stop
ping the blow of an opponent instead OF ne
lower arm. as usually Ollowed by puslIsts.
Many prominent boxers. including. founS
Corbett, the feather-weight champion, are
distinguished for pecuIarities in blpeklnS
and almost without exception these nShteis
use the forearmS TO stop the blow.
Young Corbett in particular VIII be re-
membered as following a style Of blocking
IN which he raises his guard high. throw
ing the opponents lead into the air and al
fording himself an opportunity TO send a
punch into the opponents body. The move
Is a favorite Of the champions and many
of HIS pictures show him in the posture OF
raising the guard and making ready with Il
lead.
Regain believes that there IS much wasted
effort in a block of this kind and that II is
based on wrong principles. inasmuch rs II
affords an opening for the antagonist TO fol-
low up his lead with a second punch after
his first blow has been blocked. 1t also
places the arm of the fighter who is on the
defensive in such a position that ne cannot
readily return the antagonists lead.
--- - to-day is one Of the main
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shifting the trunk or your arm the merest
T. ig.
by this system. the arms are always
ready Tor counters and there Is little open
inE IeiT for a successful lead on the part
q IN opporent. Swings for the Jaw. for
instance. may be avoiGFd BY throwing up
the shoulder. white both hands are kept n
readiness 10 scud into tho antagonist
stomach IN RAPID succession. Rights and
lCttE from the antagonist may he readily
stopped as there Is always one hand in re-
serve.
FORTRESS AND FELTZ'S
STYLE OF FIGHTING.
Take the fight with Forbes. fO= instance,
Forbes long suit j. his terrific punching
ard MS vicious hooks. BY taking his hooks
On the side q my upper arm. thus partial-
Is slipping the blow. / had both fists ready
. s,Ui into Har;y's stomach. CrubhiuK him
tneIe wi,h IlEGt ard left You noticed that
lie WAS always ready 10 hang on Omp
hef.r- tie c.oSc Of each round. That was
because he iTIei 10 stop my inside work
with his upper. arm. a portion Of the arm
not suited Tor the office at such close range
in the fgnt with FeltL. the same condi-
tons prevailed FeltE is a rough little
fighter 30 far a. his leads go AMI he wanted
tu wTcsue and mug at close range By get
AES jRSS inside his punches. letting Ills
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CRITICAL TINE WHEN
FREE HANDS ARE NEEDED.

Every style % the Corheit ar MsCn or
der. which included slipping and siieS,ep-
ping. was developed IN order to leave the
men following that style with two free
hands as;er his opponent had led. This
gave the man who sliprei one arm with
which In shut OF n possible second lead By
TIE ppontnt and one arm to send in q
punch 4; a point left exposed ty the anL.s-
onist's lead.
Young Corbetts style does not give this
opportunity. but izs:sld he depends upon
another trick 10 set in 4 telling bloE. When
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uses in many Of his battles. This style 81
defense is Illustrated in his photos and con-
ssSts in raising his left arm. carrying the
opponents leau on his guard. then sending
~ a right punch beneath hls own lefI arm
which Is rails q. Coming in With the weight
o. his BODY sch!nd II. this is a very telling
blow
1t has this great disadvantage. however.
that IL leaves the man ON the defensive.
with but one arm to lead with. The man IN
the aggressive has also m arm To reserve.
s. its gives the man who Is holding hagls
no margin OF advantage over thu ere who
hue LEA
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I Bot believe me. II II has wIthstoOd what u
! has during the last few years. IL will still
To- here. / believe IL i going through the
hTe now. but II will come out whole in the
I cEd.
There viii he Tttlc difference IN the rules
and the game will be played much the same
as now No other game has the same hold
on the pubic. from a spectacular point OF
view. and that l. way / am confident that
IL will last.
Two decades from now It mar be no
longer a more eNhihitiCu-fgr that IL all
that Il Is nOv-an exhibition OF the ability
% q clever manager. with more money and
mOse tact In managerial council. TO get
together tho hest players in tho market-it
will BE- a locally patriotic game for blood.
stead % being bought To play in any team
that calls Them. Irrespective OF where
they lis. and whence the team Is located.
VIII belong IN the locality from which the
team halls
There il n tendency apparent in that d.
rcCtiul already.
The Brooklyn management Is an Instance
~ one that appreciates the value q a
player who has q local following. They
have retained HCeler. though the offers OF
ether clubs have forced thOm 10 pay him n
very larLc salary. But they have their
reward IN his great popularity with the
E-1-kiyn Ia;r1us cf the game. He was
I'm there. The people know him, know
hts history and they feel that ne IS always
doing his best for his town and their town.
Local Attractions Powerful.
Not only Is this state % arli-s Character
Is;ic - this team. hut Il T. to b. seen In one
or two other teams IN beth leagues. The
managers appreciate the money value Of a
local attraction" "a they call e. and they
want more men 81 the same kind. They
can't nul them. but tina IS due to the mis-
THEaw EVEH.1N 81 fTHEhmw and selling WInWHrE
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WILL TOUR EUROPE IN AUTO.
New Yorker Will Make a Trip in
S7.4GO Machine.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London. July 19-Mr. E Clarence Jones
~ New York, has received word that his
new 24-horse-power Panhard-LevaSssus au-
tOmobile is ready for him In Paris. and he
starts late this month on n twO-mOCthS
tour OF Europe in the machine. The ma
chine cost him 800.
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moment by the failure Of any outside party
10 fulfill his end OF the contract?
dumping" scares Investors Out.
In baseball the ruin may come ut any
time, Tor n a man can Jump" in March he
can jump In May or June. Just when his
help Is needed most. and there - To red-ess
for the man who invests. The court. for
tha most part. claim that, IL there il any
damage done. the laws are open for redress
and the manager can sue the player for
damages. But whom can he sue and from
whom got rcdresS2 The cOntract-tumper
has nothing and ia generally irresponsible.
II n coal company contracts to deliver 90
many thousand tons OF coal 10 you In so
many months. and you. in turn, contract
to deliver 20 many tons to other parties IN
50 many months. and you are made TO los
money because the coal company breaks its
contract AMI fails to deliver the goods. you
can get legal redress in as action for dam
ages. Eut not 50 with a the baseball man
uGe-.
II con;ract-jumpins Il allowed. the futu-s
~ baseball T. "A future full OF small things
and q lick % progress. But ContraCt-jump-
hence. Already one state in the Union has
declared against IL legally-jhe State Ct
F,rEsylvluia. They have good lawyers
down there. and they know what they are
talLirE about. And the crucial test AMI
TIE future Of blSeba!l-a future fun Of big
things "a yet unlreamed OF, il now In the
hands OF the Circuit Court OF the United
States.
II the Circuit Court OF the United States
falls IN line With the Pennsylvania decision.
there viii he no more cOntract-Jumping. and
tho manager after signing his contracts
with his players. can invest his whole for
tune. safe In the belief that he will not risk
Il subject 10 loss nj the whim or his play
ers or through the wiles OF n rival Crsaniza-
tion-
Then the game VIII take on a luxury
which has not heretofore been possible. and
the game OF twenty years from now will see
as much Improvement as Il saw In the last
twenty years
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As 10 the rules under which il will be
played. VINO can Say2 I feel that they ought
not to b. changed at all. and I don't believe
they Will be. still. there Is the Rules Com
mittee, created TO make rules. and II nat
CJrr its Sllary. That was a good change
they made two years ago In bringing the
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-12-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Thomas B. Reed, ex-speaker Of the
house, is seriously Ill.
The two paper mills at Oregon City
have completed arrangements for the
use of crude oil as fuel.
Kid Carter OF Brooklyn recently
knocked out Peter Maher in the sec.
ond round OF what was scheduled to
be six round bout
The Cascade Power company, which
has developed 5000 horsepower on Ket.
tie river at Cascade, has begun sup,
plying power to the Grandby smelter.
Barry Johnston. the actor. who muir
dered Kate Hassett. a member Of the
Keith Theater Stock company recently
in Philadelphia, and shot himself, is
dying.
The London house Of commons pass
ed the education bill by 236 votes to
132. Premier Balfour appealed TO the
public spirit OF all classes TO do their
best to insure the working Of the bill.
Julian Ralph. the well known news
paper man. war correspondent and au!
thor. is critically Ill at St. Louis, Mo-.
from the effects Of q sudden and vio-
lent hemorrhage. His physician states
that a repetition Of the attack would
probably prove fatal.
After an adjournment Of 10 days,
during which time the representatives
OF the railroads and miners were kept
busy at work preparing evidence for
submission 10 the anthracite coal
strike commission. the hearing Of the
miners side Of the controversy has
been resumed.
Great Britain and Germany, accord
ing TO oficial statements. have com
menced punitive measures against
Venezuela. German war vessels, 1t is
stated. are already on the scene Of
the contemplated action and Great
Britain expects 20 have a squadron
there capable Of coping with any re-
sistance that Venezuela might offer
soon.
Guilty Of murder in the first de
gree, with a recommendation TO
mercy" This was the verdict in the
case OF Oscar Bradshaw, who shot
Peter Nelson after an attempted hold
up in the yards At Pasco. Wash, last
August. II was rendered after the
jury had been out four hours. Brad,
shaw will be sentenced Monday, De
cember it.
The senate committee on territories
has agreed TO report a substitute for
the house omnibus statehood bill The
substitute provides for the admission
OF one new state TO comprise the ter
ritory now included in Oklahoma and
Indian territory. the new state to take
the name OF Oklahoma The bill. as
reported. makes no reference whateve!
TO New Mexico or Arizona
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Government Expenses.

Washington.-The secretary OF the
treasury transmitted TO congress the
estimate Of the appropriations required
for the government service for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. as fur
nished by the heads of the several ex-
ecutive departments.
The total appropriations asked for
are $3.50 49, l2, which is $2I,63S, $40
less than the estimates for 1908 and
SIS, 050,014 less than the appropriations
for that year. Following is a recapitu-
lation of the estimates by departments,
cents omitted:
Legislative, S11,05S,4S3; executive.
1919 500; state department, s2,676 ,S25:
treasury department, s172,313,526; war
department, $3.50 $50 sos; navy depart.
ment, sS4.725, 1875; interior department,
sleS,0lS,6l6; postofice department. ST.
S0S,iS6; department Of agriculture.
5,e60.l50; department OF labor. $IS4,-
220; department of justice, s7,4sI, 800;
grand total, $3.50, 1919.