The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-12
TOO MANY SECONDS
REDUCE CHANCES
Three Are Enough for
Any Fighter.
USE TOO MUCH AMMONIA
No Excuse for Getting It in the Eyes.
Tanning Often Not
Needed.
USE TOO MUCH AMMONIA

The graceful. though painful, way
some fighters have of crawling out of a
bout when defeat to them is as apparent
as an opponents gloves, was the theme
of chat by the idle throng at the Ho-
tel Metropole, says the New York
Globe
In the little circle was Harry Tuthi1l,
probably the peer of all trainers of ath-
letes that indulge in the most strenuous
games. Tuthilfs advice has been always
adhered to, and its good has often been
shown by results. What he said during
this chat will serve as good lecture for
all aspiring fighters.
There Is no excuse for q fighter be-
ing blinded by the use of ammonia dur
ing 8 contest said the chief adviser of
"Y Dung Corbett.'' Before fighter en-
tiers ring let him get a bottle shaped
similar to that in which yaseline is sold.
Saturate a sponge with ammonia and
cover the bottle with rubber cork. Am
nonia will eat away an ordinary cork,
The fumes will not be wasted, the rub
Der preventing them from leaking. And
by this simple device there can be no
chance of a second handing his charge
the ammonia bottle instead Of the water
bottle.
Too Many Seconds.
1T is laughable. in many instances,
how some little fighters enter ring for
d contest. They are loaded down with
clothes, from aslndershirts TO coats, the
outer covering being a bathrobe. And
| around the ring sits the coatiess crowd,
endeavoring to keep cool by waving big
palm-1eaf fans. And this class of fighter
| usually has from four to six seconds be-
hind him; they can do nothing bat get
Il n hell ~ hair
| friends in the gallery.
Now, three seconds ere enough for
| any fighter. one to fan, one to advise,
and the other TO handle the bucket ana
chair. The fighter viii rot alone bene-
| fit when there are oa1y three seconds.
| Those sitting around the ring near the
| corners will be benefited to the extent of
being able to see what is going on with
| out stretching too far. Then, between
| rounds, they will not be obliged to open
umbrellas TO protect themselves from
| the clouds of resin blown up by the wav-
ing towels.
To Stop Bleeding.
! During bout boxer is liable to be
cut by humping against the other fell
/. lows head or by blow. Amateurs, IN
secending. use almost everything to stop
| the bleeding. Tincture CO iron is good
| but 1t burns the skin and leaves a very
| bad-looking wound. subsuiphate of iron
| is the best to use. If a second places a
| little OF the powder on a piece OF cotton
and presses it against the cut he will
find. unless the wound is very severe
one, that it viii stop the bleeding in
from twenty to thirty seconds, and leave
a clean wound to work on when the con-
test IS over
Did you ever notice the lunches some
seconds bring into the corner with their
man? There are usually fruits of all
| kinds in the layout. A fighter hasn'f
much time to partake of such things
during his minutes rest. He is usually
busy trying to get a good breath. All
that stuff is excess baggage in a corner
What to Have.
''A1i a handler of fighter needs are
these: Two bottles, a sponge, and a
bucket If the boy that Is boxing is not
afraid, a sponge on the head after a
round will brace him up and help hin
member things that a punch in the
jaw during the round might have made
him forget.
If a fighter goes to his corner grog-
gy, a few sIaps with the palm of the
hand on the back of the neck will dc
much more to revive him than the
mode OF arousing him will not affect his
heart action, and viii letter enable him
TO exercise his brain"