The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

settle the question as TO what age a perfect
ly trained natural athlete can be counted
on as a contender in the game of biff-"
Regarding the discussion relative to the
most dangerous blow in boxing Alex Greg
gains says: There is no most dangerous
blow. Each fighter is a method unto him.
self in that Fitzsimmons uses a hook
which has killed a man-Con Riordan. 1t
is delivered with a crooked and stiffened
arm, accompanied by a swing of the
shoulder. The blow lands full on the point
of the jaw, carries its impetus with IL
after the moment Of impact. This jolts
the jawbone up against those of the skull,
and was the same IS that which put Jim
Hall out for half an hour at New Orleans.
Kid Lavigne FASTENED the death of Andy
Bowen with a straight uppercut under tne
chin, which threw back the head with a
jolt sufficient to jar the nerve extending
from the base of the brain to the spinal
column.
Kilrain was near to death under the
force Of that severe body blow which John
L. Sullivan found so effective. Guydo, the
French boxer, who met Jeffries in Paris, is
said TO have spit blood after a blow i'll
the stomach, from the effects Of which,
with other complications due to the injury,
he died.
Jack Root, the Chicago fighter, says Bob
Fitzsimmons should win his fight with
GdrQnoT III nNe TOulQS. hOOI Del6NeS tndI
Fitzsimmons has figured out some new blow
that Will bring home the money.
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Young Corbett passed through Chicago
yesterday on his way to San Francisco,
where he will meet Eddie Hanlon the latter
part of next month in a twenty-round con-
test. Young Corbett does not in the least
underrate the ability of the man he is to
meet and will he in the hest n0S1fhla shane
at the time of the battle. do not think
that 1 haven't a pretty good idea of what
presses himself about the struggle of ne KIT
month. He showed me I'm our last fight
that he is about as clever as any of them,
and, in addition, he can punch some too.
1 am not going TO offer any excuses for
permitting him to get a draw with me In
cur last fight. That would be foolish. He
simply made me like it for a time. But L
intend to do some great work when I get
to San Francisco. There will be no mis-
takes this time. / will have plenty of
chance to get used to the climate and all
Of my friends may be sure / will be in the
very best of condition, as good, in fact, as
i was for McGovern in our last meeting.
l have the reputation of being a lazy worker
In training deny that 1 deserve such a
reputation. Anyway, you will see me at
my best in this fight, and then If / am
beaten will have no excuses to offer for
the result"
Tommy Ryan, the mludleWelgnt champion,
has expressed himself as follows regarding
Jack O'Brien: THAT fellow (meaning
O'Brien) "has been trying for several
years to get me to box him six rounds in
Philadelphia, where no decisions are rel-
dered and where the papers would surely
give him the best of 1t. / know he is a
clever, shifty boxer, and If he outpointed
me in a six-round bout he would claim the
middleweight championship. He might best
me in q short contest, but you can bet /
am not going to give him the chance. /
want to get him in a twenty-round fight
and I know one Of the San Francisco clubs
will hang UP a good sized purse for the
battle. 1 am getting along in years and
want to make a couple of fights before /
retire. All / ask of O'Brien Is that he scales
at the middleweight limit and other matters
pertaining to the match can be easily ar
ranged."