The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-09
USE SCIENCE IN
PRIZE FIGHTING
Abe Attell Tells Why He Is Now
Top-Notcher.
READS OPPONENTS MIND
MANY BOXERS OVERLOOK THIS
IMPORTANT FACTOR.
Chicago Inter OceanJ


According to Abe AtteII. the crack
| California feather-weight, whom many
fstic sharps regard as the present
leader in this popular division, the
scrapper who does his gruelIing by in
tuition alone is not in it with the man
who boxes according to the scientific
rules Of the manly art, Attell CON
tends that nine-tenthS of the pugilists
in the ring today have no idea of what
they are going to do next while in
battle. He declares that the majority
of the fighters do just what their minds
rather than their eyes prompt them,
and he adds that this is one of the rea-
sons, and an important one, TOO, why
some boxers who possess the necessary
physique and ability fail to reach the
top of the ladder in their respective
classes.
4 owe my present success more than
anything else" said AttelI ito the fact
that 1 can anticipate any move my rival
has in view by looking into his eye OF
by the twitch Of muscle Of either hand
or his arm as any part of his make up.
In other words. I can read his mind
and know what blow he intends to use.
Some folks may regard this as far
fetched: but it is a fact, and 1 think
that this knowledge has helped me to
Win all of my fights.
Telegraphing Blows.
You have often heard. no doubt. of
the term 'telegraphing' in the ring.
That is when a fighter gives his OPP
ponent cue by the move of one of his
arms that he intends to swing or I'D
perCut or jab- Fighters from the time
boxing became a popular sport have
done this, and they viii continue to do
1t as long as there are men in this pro
fession 1t is inherent with many fight
ers, while some cultivate the ha bit from
the time they take up the art IN
doubtedly in battle you have noticed
some fighters draw back their arms as
if they intended to swing They might
Tool you by coming back with a lab or
by hooking you on the jaw. This NAV
look easy TO avoid to the spectator, but
it is far different matter if you. are in
a fight.
1T is not always the very scientific
and experienced miller who can get
away from these blows, no matter how
careful one may be. There are conn
ters and guards for all the blows in the
hstic category You may be very clever
and all that, and still be unable to avoid
them
Landing Blows by Accident.
Take the fighter who does his ex-
ecut1on by intuition, When he gets
home damaging blow on his rivals
body or jaw for all the world he is IN
able 90 explain satisfactorily how he
managed to do it. He knows that he
got there, but just how he cannot tell
you
Il suppose you have often heard
lighters try to smooth over their de-
feats, by offering the fimsiest kind
of excuses. If it isn't that their con-
dition was at fault or that they were
careless, then they were finally whipped
by chance blow. For my part. L
think the term chance blow is inap-
ropos as far as fighting is concerned.
How can man be defeated by a
chance blow when he is SUPPOSED 20
be on guard for such thing, and is
also expected TO know how to protect
himself? When ga man engages in a
contest he must always be on the alert.
and if he is whipped he should not try
| to square himself by saying that he