The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-04

mailing him on the jaw, sent him down
and out Many of McGovern's follow
ers thought that it was an accidental
blow, so the boys met : again, and
Young Corbett repeated these tactics,
with the same result.
Mitchell a Clever Boxer.
what was Sullivan able to do with
Charley Mitchell when he had him in
the ring at Chantilly, France, for more
than three hours? Nothing. Mitchell
was too clever for a wild swinger like
Sullivan, and simply avoided the big
fellow until the latter was so tired
that he was willing to agree to a draw.
"You didn't see Jem Drlscoll do any
wild swinging, when he met At
tell, Cross, Mario, Baldwin or any
of the others, did you? No, not much
The Welshman simply jabbed them all
sick with his clever straight left. He
fought exactly like the old American
pugilists l saw a generation ago-Iike
Joe Coburn, Jim Dunno, Mike Dono-
van. Bob Farrell, Billy Madden and
many sothers.
Dunno, Donovan, Farrell and
Madden are alive today. Ask them as
to the scientific boxer of Old Jack
DEMPSEY and Jack McAuliffe, of more
recent date, knew how to lead straight.
I met McAuliffe the other evening IN
New York watching couple of young
swingers beating the air with their
fists. They're a couple of willing boys,
eh?" l said to the former champion
McAuIiffe Gives His Views.
eyes, very wiling replied McAu-
go. round after round, in the same
that somebody doesn't teach the young
boxers of today how to spar. Why, II
eithere Of those boys came at me with
wild swings, wide open, in my day, Ia
have knocked his block off. There they
go, round after round inthe same
ding dong way. You remember poor
Demrsey. of course? He was an artist.
No man ever led to him twice in the
same manner without a return, and he
never fought one round like another.
Sometimes ihe was aggressive, ana
then again he would play possum on
the defensive Dempsey was straight
puncher and his blows landed where
he aimed them
"Tn 1891 the great little fighter,
George Dixon was pitted against Billy
Plimmer for four rounds in Madison
Square garden. The bout was for scien-
tific points. Plimmer was only ban
tam at the time while Dixon was the
featherweight champion, and conse-
quently had about eight or ten pounds
the better of the weights, but the way
Plimmer caught Dixon on the nose
every time George rushed in with his
swings surprised the big crowd. 1t
was simply another case of straight
clean puncher against a Wild swing
err Charley Mitchell taught Mike
Cleary the same lesson when they met
at the American Institute building in
1884. Cleary was a follower of Sulli-
van and belonged TO the same school
of fighting, but Cleary could hardly
put a glove on Mitchell, for the latter
got wireless every time Mike started
a swing and Immediately sidestepped
it, Cleary was as much surprised at
phantom footwork and his
straight jabs as Leach Cross was when
Driscoll made the east slider look like
a green amateur at the Fairmont club.
Fighters Have Their Specialties.
"Of course we've had a lot of clever
like Jim Corbett, Mccoy, Ryan
and Choynski, but they were not really
out and out swingers They all had
clever specialties of their own. Cor
belts left always did the best straight
work McCoy's famous corkscrew
punch was as straight as an arrow,
with a slight twist just before it land
ed. Ryan and Choynski had mixture
of jabs and swings, but they would
have been far better boxers if they had
stuck to straight left-handers.
"Old Jem Mace was the. real master
of the art of boxing. His style wa
simply perfect and all those English
lads who have been boxing here late
ly have adopted his tactics. Along in
the '70s Mace went to Australia and
taught Lazy Foley and other young
fellows who invaded America 20 years
ago and proceeded to waltz through
our fighters with ease. AS soon as
saw Young Critic box / Immediately
recognized Mace's style, although /
don't believe Critic ever saw the vet
eran English pugilist. But it was
Larry Foley who taught Critic, and
Foley got it from Mace.
There was Jem Hall, the cleverest
big man I've ever seen since Mace