Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-21
LEARN TO Box
BATTLING NELSON
Durable Dane Gives Good Advice
To the BoyS-The
Advantages.

Battling Nelson. the durable Dane
who got his start ON the road TO. fame
In this city. ADVISES boys 20 learn To-
box. In an interesting article on the
subject OF boxing Bat says
Every man should learn 10 box.
IL would be a good thing for women.
too 10 more OF them went In FOR stuffed
glove exercise.
There is a lot OF merit In boxing
which perhaps you have never thought
Of
There Is more in Il than the develop
ment Of your punch
There is more In "a than the increase
OF lung expansion 1t gives you
There is more ia Il than the improve
ment OF your wind
More than the strengthening OF your
stomach
Here are some Of che things that box
ing viii teach "a boy or man.
IL win teach him TO be cool under fire.
10 viii make him courageous.
10 viii wear on that natural timid
feeling every boy has who is called
upon To- defend himself.
DO win teach him to bear punishment
without hinching.
70 viii teach him 90 use strategy in
the face Of danger.
% viii cure him OF the inclination to
faint every time he has q bloody nose.
~ boys learned TO box when they
worc young IL would save them many
bcatings and bullyings by older boys.
WILL SETTLE DULLES.
good hard punch. well delivered,
by q boy who has learned fairly we'll
the rudimcnts Of the boxing game will
upset any bully who weighs from 90 to
40 pounds more than the boy he IS
hruWbcating.
1 never heard Of a bully who knew
anything about boxing
Every boy. no matter who he Is or
whore he lives. Is bound 10 encounter
This kind of fellow
II he doesn't know how TO hit and de-
iend himself st is worse than useless
for him TO try to cope with him. He
may even be seriously hurt II he does
So
bully is always too lazy or too
sWellheaded 10 learn Co Eight properly
Usually he has great strength and a
moan disposition. Some people say
DULLES are always towards. but 1 do
not believe 20.
1 never saw a bully yet who wouldn't
hght at the drop of the hat with
smaller boy or some one who he thinks
( DE- can whip He win even mix 30 with
stranger and trust 10 luck that ne
viii win. That is because he knows he
has unusual strength.
The natural advantages are an on
his side, and besides that not one boy
Ia thousand takes boxing lessons or
knows anything about the game.
VALUE OF BOXING.
But take this from me. and Il must
b. admitted that / have had more ex-
perience at the lighting business than
most people the boy who can box and
hit fairly WELL the boy who has taken
a few hard punches on the nose with
the padded mitts and who has learned
TO iab and sidestep. and duck, and rush
when the proper time comes. will upset
a bully and loafer every time He will
do the trick easily, too. and with COM
paratively little danger.
And you know how the crowd always
yells itself dellrious when one Of these
contemplate DULLES gets "a swift cross
OF counter or a swing to the jaw that
puts him down and out.
Then. perhaps you don't know that "a
swift punch is the quickest way in the
world to knock man senseless.
Suppose a man meets a robber armed
| with "a revolver at night
The chances are always that he can't
escape getting shot or beaten, because
these hOldup artists are towards and
apt 10 hurt their victim. even if II isn't
necessary
WOULD STOP ROBBER.
Now. tell me, what chance would a
man like Jesse James have IL he stepped
up 90 Bob Fitzsmmons with a drawn
revolver and ordered him 10 throw up
I his hAnds2
None boz the world.
one OF Fits shortarm jerks-an up
percut that would travel like lightning
and not have 90 move more than "a foot
on six inches, would put Mr. Bandit out
of business
A blndit hlrdly eve. shoots hofnra be-