The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-04
BOXERS SNIFF
At JIU.JITsU
TOM GLEASON AND THE OMAHA
KID HAVE THEIR OPINIONS.
Both Agree That a Good Fast Boxer
Would "Cut the Jap into Ribbons
Were the Jiu-jitsu Expert Pitted
Against a First-class Fighter in the
Ring.

Jiu-iitsu, eh?' remarked Oscar
Gardner, the "Omaha Kid this morn
ing as he polished the top Of the counter
IN his bazaar on First avenue. '''Well,
papers that Tom Sharkey went against
it, and that the Jap got the best of
him. 'Tis strange. From what we
heard [ had always thought Thomas a
bit rough in his ring game, and inclined
to be little Of the 'jewjewsu like he
did when he walloped Fltz, at Frisco,
the<worst of it. -
s1Now I amt all onto that game,
and 1t may be the goods, but while not
hghtlng any more, l wouldn It be afraid
OF it. AS / understand it, the Jap has
to get. hold of some kind and right
there is where the boxer ought to get
busy. When the gentleman with the pig
eyes was getting his hold l should think
should hang few harbor lights on the
eyes, of the. .'jewje' that would make
trouble for him.
b. 'sTen Second Mitt.''
81 never put the ten second mitt on a
Jap and l don It know how easy they 90.
From the looks of such of 'em as I We
seen believe that it could be done
WITHOUT putting all the steam into the
swing that is necessary when you have
to put away a good stiff boilermaker OF
street payer. [ don It believe in the
scheme of breaking bones in rough,
house work. The proposition before
the scrapper is to get his man carried
back to his corner as quick as possible
full like as the slumber of lad that Is
stopped good hook with the point OF
his jaw. It's my opinion that if the
champion heavyweight 'jewje' ever gets
up. in ring with Jeffries that he hac
better wear mattress over his heart
and baseball mask over his counte
| nance.
"I know it 8 all in the science of the
game, but if they ever put Jap with
Els !, little arm-twisting game up against
Jeff in finish go, it will be me to pu
few coppers down on which Of the two
OF ,em will get the cold slab in thu
deadhouse. Feint, lead, land and get
away is good enough for anybody, ant
| don It see the particular need Of intro
of 'em will get hurt at it, and thel
there III be another howl about the bru
tallty of the prize ring.'
Unjust Have Wrestled.''
"Tom'' Gleason, the ~"King O
Nicollet Park, - and formerly known a
the cleverest Of the ''big fellows witt
the gloves, shares the opinion of Gard
ner that the Jap would not have tn
best of it if jiu-jitsu were pitted agains
boxing in the squared ring. Gleason
years ago, was the best boxer in Mon
tana and the northwest and knows VIVA
he is talking about.
s. think Sharkey must have gone il
and started to wrestle with the Jap, ,
said he. E'I have read everything
have run across on the Japanese styl
of roughhouse and I cannot see wher
the Jap has the best of it. He goes TO
arm holds or leg holds. That is danger
GUS with clever boxer. If he reache
and gets an arm, before he can twist
the good boxer would arrive with hi
punch just the same as in fighting wit
one arm free. When he reaches for tn
leg every fighter knows how to sto
that. 1t is an old ring trick. A quic
face has put more than one clever boxe
out Of the battle. It would work tn
; same with the Jap. I am giving tn
: Jap full credit for being good at h
game and quick as cat, but our DO,
ers are right in the same class. If tt
) Jap can avoid the jabs of the fghte
given with lightning like speed, l
might get in and put the fighter out
it. Good footwork and a fast ma
: with the gloves should, in my min
keep the Jap at his distance and eth
) cut him into ribbons or end it with
5 Knockout; I don't think that this ne
scrapping style is any improvement {
5 the American and English style of sci
defense. The Japs who are doing the
1 stunts over here now are the best
g Japan. Of course they can handle II
t ordinary man or. ordinary wrestle
g They should get up against some
= our best boxers and wrestlers and tn,
e it would be possible to get somethil
: like real line on their game