The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

WRITTEN FOR THE SCNDAY REPUBLIC.
Although the hit-and-get-away style OF
nghting has been extremely successful with
come fighters. 1t is not a method OF bcxinE
that can be followed by many men in the
ring. thinks Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan. who
Is soon to appear at tbs West End Club.
Sullivan is one of the cIeverest boxers that
has appeared at the local Institution, but
he favors setting oneself before sending in
q blow.
1t Is not necessary TO sacrifice speed 70
set oneself for a punch" said he. "as the
matter is really as much a judgment Of
distance as OF setting oneself sQuarely. At
tell hits with little. short-arm blows as he
goes away. Jim Corbett would jab a
heavier man as he went back or as he
ducked: but 1 believe that better results
can be obtained by stepping back and strik-
ing after a man mas set himself squareIy.
IN my hight with Abel l have seen the
fact referred 10 tnat / hit as 1 stepped
back In reality 1 nit after 1 had stepped
back There is a lot of difference in these
TWO styles II You hit as you step back
you reduce the blow 10 a jab, whereas hit
ting after you have stepped back enables
you 10 put fO-ce behind the blow.
The question in that hight was one OF
distance. ! was perfectly secure from Abel's
blows until 1 stepped back against the
ropes. where he U me before 1 could
sioestep. Then he struck the foul blow
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have beaten him l was coming back fast
at the time and was able TO see what I
was doing.
when Abel would lead for me. I would
either counter as he rushed in and stepped
into a cinch- or would get my arms inside
his and hook him with both hands as he
came, in. As we broke I would have his.
reach sized Up. would step back, drawing
up my arm and would hit as ! landed
gquarely on my foot after stepping back.
There is scarcely a fraction Of a seconds
dlnerence In this method and In that OF hit
ting as you go back. yet you can strike a
solid blow " you wait till your foot IS
fairly on the floor. whereas you sacrifice all
reaches the floor.
"once I had sized up AbeFs reach and the
swing OF his arm, 1 would step back far
follow, and would then send in a punch to
his face He can take a terrific Let OF pun
ishment. as you know, or I would have had
Referring to the question OF punishment
In the ring, Sullivan stated that blows 10
the lace did not pain q hardened fighter
much until the next day.
when q man Is in good trim" he said.
there Is very. little pain attached 10 even
the nercest night in the ring. Blows to
the face. when a man Is seasoned. pain
him scarcely at all. and body blows ara
1elt mostly through their weakening prop
critics A hard stomach punch will make
1tse1 telt rather through a dull. dragging
sensation and a psrceptfble weakening
than through any active pain.
"A blow TO the face, even when the feat
nres are bruised considerably. hurts but
punched. It will pain the next day when
you move the muscles. A hard beating
about the Jaw may make your teeth ache a
frihe the next day, out OF sympathy with the
that punishment in the ring is painful. The
foul blow that Abel struck me fairly doubled
me up, however, and I never felt such q
pain as I did on that occasion.
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