The Washington herald., 1908-02-02

Win act as starter in Federal games.
Irish champion that Peter refused TO
! round
The most striking demonstration Of
/ Msher's hitting ability was furnished by
/ him IN his bout with Joe Choynski AT
| the Broadway Athletic Club in 1888 For
! five rounds Ch0yusk. who was a clever
/ boxer, iabbed Maher and avoided returns.
/ ill the IrIshman was discouraged and
/ exasperated Finally, Choynski. In the
/ middle Of the sixth round, thinking he
/ had got Maher to the point were it was
1 !n order 60 hand h'm the finishing blow.
| changed his tactics and stepped IN 10
/ place the settling punches Ch0ynski
! landed a hook and laid himself open,
and at this point Mlhgr swung with both
/ hands. The left landed on the side OF
! Choynskls head. and sent him over 10
/ the right that was Circling toward the
/ Califonians jaw The glove landed fairly
/ on the point aad ChoyEshs body shot
up IN the air. his long hair tapping like
Ia horses tail switching flies The blow
/ not only knocked Choyuzld up iu the air
/ clear OF the ring floor, bat IL sent him
/ toward tHe rius ropes. four feet away.
/ and when ae feIi tae thud sounded like
/ four bales OF hay Jumbliug of a wagon
ou hard ground.
The right-hauder which Maher landed
was with all the force of which ho was
capable II was the first chance he had
/ FOR thump al the man who had been
/ jabbing his face ill IL was red and puffed
/ up, and Maher pat all mis- vigor into it.
Choynski Going Away.
Some blows are doubly effective be-
cause the receiver is coming in at the
I time they are delivered but in the case
Of that ValIop ChoynsH was going away
as the result OF the lcft-hander that pre-
( ceded IT,
/ Fitzsmmans has tire most remarkable
chest and arm development OF any Of the
/ heavy weights. and considered his weight.
! 10 pounds az his best, he was the great
/ est heavyweight in the world. His power
was due 20 iae many years that me wieid-
/ ed Il blacksmith's hammer the muscles in
/ his forearm being remarkable lie also
! had "a large hand. and when he shot IL
/ against the face or body OF an opponent
/ II felt like the butt of "a big club. F'itz
wrists also were very large and bouy. and
4 ian ore instance he scored a knockout with
| that part Of h.s anatomy. I'm 1894 Fitz
and Dan Creedon the latter then being
/ at his best met lu New Orleans In the
! first round Creedou had Things all his
own way. lie jabbed sidestepped, and
! duCked under Fits blows with the great
| est agility and was H high good humor
/ az The close Of the round.
/ I'm the second round Cree5on continued
! his clever tactics and repeatedly ducked
| Fits leads. But the Old Fox was setting
La trap for bis man. lie pgrposeIy led
with his left several times and CreedOn
4 ducked each time smiling 20 think how
cleverly he was avoiding the blows Of the
/ old chap. At last when Fitz was ready.
/ ne feiuted with his left and Creedon duck
ed again. As his head made the half cir
/ Gle under rItz's lead, the old fellow
chopped down savagely with his right.
which caught CreedOn across the temple
| and sent him % the canvas like a felled
/ OK. II was several minutes before Cree
! don revived and for hours after the fight
! there was a red streak from his temple TO
/ his ear where the heavy wrist Of Fitz had
landed.
Did Not Kit Hard.
OF Jim Corbett it las always been said
! that while he was wonderful boxer. he
could not hit hard. That assertion should
be amended so as TO make it read that he
| did not hit hard. It vas simply his
style Of fighting that prevented him land
ing his blows with all possible force. Cor
bett seldom made a lead or a counter that
he did not begin to go back or sidestep
before the blow had fairly landed His
great object was 10 get away from re-
/ turn blow from his opponent. and for that
| reason he never let his body so with the
blow, as did MaheT, FitzsimmOns, and
other puncheTs.
! But if Jim COTbett had been I'm the habit
| of hitting with all his force and swinging
/ his body forward 20 give effect to the
/ punch, he would have been quite as hard
a hitter as any of them. He also would
have received a great deal of punishment
/ that he avoided by reason Of his clever
! defense.
John L. Sullivan was a heavy hitter. but
was in the same class as Maher in the
matter of cleveTness. Sullivan never
landed his blows on a clever boxer, but
/ the half-sCaTed three-raters who faced
him when he said he was meeting all
comers," but did not do so, were easy to
I hit on the jaw. Sullivan never hit Cor
bett telling blow in the entire twenty
| rounds they were I'm the ring, and the
| great John l.. was pOwerless before little
! Charley Mitchell in the thirty-nine round
draw they fought in France. Sullivan
also was unable 10 hit Domnick MeCaf-
| frey an effective blow
/ Sullivan retained the championship Of
America for ten years simply for the rea-
/ son that he refused to fight any of the
real good men of his time-PeteT Jackson.
/ Frank Slavin, and Joe Goddard. any one
| of whom could have sent the Boston boy
| TO grass in short order.
| The question has often been raised as to
| which is the better style and the most
! effective way Of Nightingale rush in and
1 take punches for the sake of landing some
or TO fight cleveTly and win on points.
/ The clever man undoubtedly VIII last the
| longer. as he does not suffer In vitality
/ like the heavy thumpers suffer from the
punishment they receive, but he will not
win so many battles In decisive manner,
and viii not enjoy the popularity that
1 the Knockout hitter enjoys
The best combination, of course. is
| cleverness mixed with hitting powers like
Cans and Tommy Ryan possess. but few
! have 1t