The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09


Il sessed by the beautiful and healthy AMI
h NAL. which Is 4 ever ready to meet all
Ii dangers. IN 52sE Es8H
4, L was rather unjust to the only Sweapon3
4, (which nature has given us--the M flst-ands
Il y write these lines to u rig hit the wrong
Il ca mr.itted then. S5s MN
Az Fist and q foil go very well AZ together
# but the foil is after all an 5"utima ct
n sa:r' a;G or should at least be consid :
5 cred a 80 . !, should only be used With
The fist, on the other side, Is the wea-.
3 pom Of everyday life, the only human
Weapon, tl,eonlyW,eap that agrees
4: When we stop to think we have really
z very little reason to be tconceited-we are
after all the most fragile and weak 4 of5
..SS How How poorly we begin to compare with
4 the Insects, which are provided with
y such terrible ltl weapons of attack ana de-
H tense. u Look a. tho ant. which you may
Il bury under q weight ten to twenty thous-S
and times ag great as that of q is own
& without Vt crushing r. Look at the June
!, !, heavy q weight you may put nslta be- u
4 TORE It's armor bends or breaks.
5,-Ihe. strength the snAil Is WONDERFUL.
q compared to these we md the ma jority
! OF al mammals are only miserable mol
lusks slightly different from the original
| protoplnsma. vi
VIII Of nature, the fist--whieR is the sa me-
to us are the horns to the bull and the
paws to the llon-ought to be q strong
enough eapon TO be used under all chs
cumsances, when we should want to light
beings of our own class. III 6Fl5s AZ
a wiser. race would forbid the use of4alt5
othel weapons ms contrary to the laws
of nature, and II this was done we might
after three or four generations learn 10
value human life. s IA a. i3is
When we look at n trained puglst We
become aware how sadly We have mes
of nature to lis. We see aat once how
much We might gain BY continued traln-S
ina OF our muscles and eyes, ri e.
the goring Of bull. are mechan n ica lf;g
and automatically perfect, and could
not be improved upon, but we who cons
eaet ao nos
cent blow with our fist. n 5 fi,;#
I'VE do not even, seem to know. that We y
teasher las spent ho sago tranaag "a
are absolutely helpless against an enemy
who a. knows =! " !, now to use properly the \
LooI; al two workingHm si11 or iarmer.:45
who fall out! Is there anything NOTE r
Disgusting? After having ,foaghtt With
OF one .another's hair or throat, kick,
bite and scratch. strike. at one ,illother n
hit at all, and keep this up Indefinitely
unless one OF them succeeds IN drawing "
his knife. n
= again |boh W. SpSNT4s
ers You hear. no fight OF words. see no 4.
uncertainty Every muscle tense, they
stand there waiting for an,'open!ns. n IL
their nerves ~ eentersd !n their fists, And 4
1t Is slmple--u few VOL directed blows,
struck With every ounce OF energy be-
hind them. one Of the lighters goes DOWN
and the Aghtnls over, the victory won, q
victory which Is SO complete that Y
tempts to- no abuse: and stu results. ~
ply stays unconscious long enough for
the desire for revenge 70 die OUT VA, . i.
~ may sound paradoAlcal. but still IL a. 3s
easy to prove that the art Of boxing.
Mere 1t Is generally understood and usel.
tends 10 make people more peaceble a,ld
'The person who feels sure OF hla
ability TO defend hin,solf and his ~
honor. does not see an insult In every ~,
thing. he does not get excited, hut remains
calm, we'll knowing that when the proper
moment comes he can say $50 far snd no ~
farther One blow. l,o knows, ts enough
to silence the offender, but he does not
strike that blow until II becoM0 SSeo-
lutely necessary, III