Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-22
HOW JEFF LANDS
FAMOUS UPPERCUT.
Champion Of the Heavyveights
Tells How He Does the
Trick.
Ne HAS NO ORIGINAL BLOWS.
srs he Depends on the Good Old
Fashioned WallOps That Have
Won the Money Before.

a, sr the blows used by Jim JehI1es
.,,s ,s dreaded more by his opponents
~, bls famous right hand uppercut'
wh.r C,s Rubin was In Salt Lake after
81. defeat by the champion, he said that
:, gas on the receiving end Of two blows
m,, took the dght out Of him. one was n
,srlac body punch; the other a right up
,,,tl, 10 the Jaw Last night Jeffries dis
,o.,d NJ Yank Kenny In less than q round
~ Aghtlpg. The eX-bollermaker probably
h,sed that famous right punch. II Is not
, new blow: It Is old fashioned, but II
s.nsrally brings home the money In the
.SilSgine Jeifl1es tells how he lands tho
How and the effects thereof;
,fSa rlght hand uppercut Ia another old
time wallop that helped me, cap
mre the heavyweight championship
and Incidentally 10 defend the
,tIs against all corners. II Is blow that
|. invaluable to me, While II IL not al
WAYS A knockout blow. II Is nevertheless
Indispensable.
II hss brought about many lighters de.
,eat Every boxer breads the right hand
unoercut. for every one knows the dam
sg, II will do II landed properly.
Just think Of getting clean uppercut
on the Jaw, II you have never. experienced
The sensation ask some one who has what
h feels like. He will tell you that II feels
as though your head had been Knocked
N. Where Is no blow that numbs mo
hain more quickly than one landed on
me- law. NO matt,i how light the deliy-
tv. Il causes a conclusion, and the Of
f,ct Is Immediately telegraphed to the
bnin. There is a dull slckening sensa-
Ton that causes havoc among your think
Inc works. That IS Just where the value
q right uppercut comes In, IT befogs
The mental make -up and the brain Is dis.
lufbed--tho amount Of damage done De.
pnds upon the force Of the blow--and It
u difficult for the recipient to defend
himself or fight back
He Is like a ship without rudder. For
he time being he Is helpless. That IL
where the uppercut comes In. All fight
efs want TO da2e their opponents. Then 1t
Is easy 10 whip the left across and finish
him don't think there are many fight
trs tina, can be put out with single
blow. Try TO put man out with one
hard blow and you use up all Of your
reserve force trying TO land. That was
the old way ~ doing things, II was the
general impression among the fighters Of
long ago that only one blow was neces-
tary. They depended little upon scientific
knowledge Of the game but simply upon
their ability 10 land one good blow. The
result was that man would defeat HIM
self In an effort TO land that one blow,
which. by the way, very rarely reached
The mark
Nowadays It Is different. The idea is to
wear your man down either by a blow on
the Jaw or body, and then he IL ut your
mercy.
have used the right hand uppercut ef.
feetyely In many battles, II II one of
lyeness Of the blow, | like II because
there are few boxers who can avoid Il.
II Is a most difficult blow 20 block Take
straight iab or "A swing and your OPP
Pnent providing he IL n clever defensive
boxer, will block 1t by throwing up his
guard a clever man can stop the force
d a swing BY blocking or covering up
with his glove,
How many boxers try to stop an upper
When they see the uppeTcut coming
most boxers, no matter how clever they
ere. prefer TO back out Of distance rather
man attempt to block II an opponent
!iles TO stop an uppercut | just slip II up
NIvusH ms guard 10 the marx,
The advantages of the uppercut TO tho
Jaw are many You can work II either
al el0se quarters or At u distance. When
IN close you can shoot II upward with
IVY drawing the hand back. which means
Without loss Of time.
y Is a long time since I discovered the
yalue OF tho uppcrcut 1t was before !
ha1 any visions OF the championship. /
gol INTO a scrap and of course was willing
ana ready TO land the nearest hand to my
opponent regardless Of what effect II
might have, Before ! knew IL | received
On ,uppercut that shook me up badly. The
pOly blows ana the swings had no effect,
out mat uppercut was a Corker and Inn
tleoqlely decided that II | ever wanted
70 whip man no blow would be better
nan the pppercut | have since worked
y gul 70 perfection and whenever ! try
W w ihld II you can bet II comes pretty
near the mark.
used It In my tights with Fltzslmmons
shaIkey. Corbett and Rubin, aud | have
no doubt that II aided me materially In
'Irfylng on these fights,
snoQk Corbett up with that right mt
ILoney island before | landed the real
N'ockQul Several times during the bout
Wl ! nome lightly. and although Cor
Nv 9ld hQt 80 down from the force OF
Vhe blow had It's bad effect Just the
Same, and IN my fight with Rubin ! had
10 trouble In landing the right uppercut
'n !he Akron mans Jaw.
MINK ! used the blow on Sharkey more
msn any ono else. was not In the best
p o' condition that night. and de-
y, s''nlnen TO save as much OF my strength
y possible. | used the uppercut TO pre-.
'vht sharkey from doing damage, and II
ield MIN IN check In fine shape,