Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-02
PUCS WHO CARRY
MARKS OF BATTLE
They Are the Old Time Fighters
Who Fought With Bare
Knuckles.
THOSE OF TODAY DIFFERENT.
Majority OF Them Show No Sears, AL
though Some Have Broken Nose
Or "Caulinower" Ear.

In former years, say decade or so ago,
the pugllst who did not wear the badge OK
his profession in the shape of broken
nose or an enlarged finger Joint or eau
linower" ear was rarity. a man was not
considered the proper sort Of lighter un-
less his countenance bore traces OF the
battles he had engaged In. Now, however
very few OF the prominent lighters are so
conspicuously marked that their calling IL
recognizable to the casual observer
There are several reasons for this, one
being that boxing has improved tenfold
since the time when John Il. sullivan
Jack Dempsey and Jack McAullne were
the klngpins in their respective classes
Pugilists Of the present day are ADMIT
teddy cloverer, quicker and better DOCK
ers than their brethren OF years ago,
Tney have SECONDS who know JUST lVidt
to do II their charges receive Il philch
which Is certain to leave an puPloSs''''
IL 1t is not attended to at once.
Yet It is not always the cleVerest
fighter who can retire IRONS me rlhs
without some tell-tale mark some OF
the most scientific boxers nave qult
with bulgn ears, Titled noses anu
frowsy lips. Take for instance George
Dixon Very few boxers IN the Dust
ness could compare with him IN pollt
OF knowledge OF the manly art DIXON
al one lime could boast Oh never haV-
ing received a bloody nose during n
scrap. But OF later years when ms
vitanty was Slapped by lndlheiehl Nv
ing and too much training, Dixon W"9
alnicted with a 'caulinower' ear, which
he viii carry to the grave Dixon mas
a number OF other marNs, especially one
over the lett eye, to snow that ne mo-
been In the ring. But TINS scar was only
received six years ago, IN u night win
Frank Erne. Up to that time the eA-
feathorwCight champion had Deeh eA-
changing Knocks win the best OF en-
for over 10 years, 49, a..
Young Corbett has no marks from me
many battles, yet he has figured IN some
stirring contests, where he eXchanBeu
punch for punch with his rivals ms
lace Is as smooth as seminary slil
and his hands are as solid as SHY
scraper Corbetts proboscls Is as traight
now "A the day he was born. Yet he
admits that he mas received many good
thump upon II.
jim Corbet TO this day is always mis-,
taken tor an athletic clerk or commercial
man. Corbett has nose that Is very
prominent. In fight II would appear
The very point OF attack. Yet through all
the years that Jim has been In the ring
none OF his opponents has succeeded IN
putting IL out OF shape or smearlnB II
over his yisage, so TO speak. Corbett mas
also escaped any malformauon OF the
ears. lie does not regard this as pure
luck He declares that close study ana
practise will keep any pugllist from be"
ing unnecessarily marked That Cor6ett
rs honest I'm this assertion may be taken
from the fact that most of his defeats
We're the direct results OF being smashed
on the body.
not carry any traces OF his profession,
The l>iu nose Is Just as intact today
as when he went to school both OF MS
ears are normal and his lips are IN per-
feet shape. or course, Mccoy mas SUI
susceptible to this. Jim Jeffries says
that, although he has stopped several
hard knocks on the bridge Of his nose
this member Is in as good workinB ordel
as ever Until his last fight with Bob
Fitzslmmons at San Francisco, Jeffries
never received a black eye in mill, Jet-
fries, for a big man, who Is prone To
receive stiff blow ON his face during
battle, carries fewer scars than BOD
FitzsimmOns, Tom Sharkey or Gus RUIZ
lin This trio of heavyweights have pad
the penaity of their many engagements,
l'itz has bad hands, Ruhlin has mum
Der Of wounds on his cheeks, while Snar'
key possesses a battered set OF ribs. a
"cauliilower" car and nose that Is much
the worse for wear,
Terry McGovern, Dave Sullivan, Billy
Elmer, Spike sullivan and Jack O'Brien
are conspicuously battle Scared. The last
named fighters nose is bent like an in
verted comma and his face Is dotted with
scars and wounds. Yet O'Bren Is as
clever as any middleweight In the bust
ness
Elmer, the Sullivan brothers and Me-
Govern have undergone operations on
| thier noses and have otherwise suffered
| from physical mutations, Joe Cans, the
lightweight champion, as well as his
predecessor, Frank Erne, are less disfg.
! ured than any OF their rivals. Cans pro-
| tocts his visage very adroitly, and as a
| consequence his adversaries are hardly
| able 10 reach his face Jimmy Britt thus
l}far has escaped the marks OF his busi-
ness, but In the long run Is likely to suf.
| fer for he is satisfied TO take Il blow tC
| deliver one in return,
| The majority Of tho boxers Of lesser
| prominence declare that most Of tho
| marks they bear were received while III
| training or IN giving boxing instructions
| When giving lessons professor takes
| good caution 10 duck his head and stoi
| Il swing on either ear. Constant punch
| ing injuries the cartilage ana ii the mem
| Der II not allowed 20 rest or promptly
| treated Il will become dcformcd I'm q short
| time. Good seconds always treat theii
| charges wounds with care during and
after a fight. If an ear Is swollen after
a battle applications OF cold water and
| witch hazel Will do a great deal to reduce
| the member to its normal size ana pre-
| vent II from developing into the "caull.
| flower" state, SO II Is with the nose
sore nose should be treated by ply
| sician,