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

was in active service. Why, whenever
Hall boxed an exhibition with Chovn-
ski he shot out his left to Joe's Jaw
so cleverly that the Californian was
often daZed and Hall had to hold him
up in clinches until he got his head
clear. Still; Choynski got the credit of
beating Hall at Maspeth, when they
were supposed to fight for keeps. This
was Halls game, never to win a fight
when he could make more money by
losing it. Hall in his prime could have
outpo1nted Corbett. or Mccoy and
that's saying a great deal. / really
believe Hall could have won from
F1tzsimmons at New Orleans in 1893
II Jem had been on the square. Fitz
by the way, was one of the Austria
llans who learned his art from Foley
and then came here He was a straight
puncher and quickly cut his way to
the middleweight championship. after
ward to the heavyweight title when
he landed his famous solar plexus
punch in Corbett's stomach.
Summers Teaches Britt Lesson.
Johnny Summers the other night at
the National Sporting club in Lon
don taught Jimmy Britt a hard lesson
in a tWenty-round boxing contest
Britt is a fast, clever boxer but he,
like lot of American fighters, must
go back and learn the value of straight
hitting. That was the proper caper in
this country before the wild sWingers
got going.
After Peter Jackson had met Jim
Corbett in a 61-round no contest as
it was called by Hiram Cooke, the
consider Corbett the quickest man he
had ever faced in the ring. 1t was a
hard thing to get Peter to talk fight,
but after hesitating a few minutes he
said:
"'Corbett is very fast, but I don't
see why he jumps back three or four
feet tc avoid a blow when a few inches
answer the same purpose
Some of this fancy up date
foOtwork is all very fine, but it's very
firing also. Mace was a wonderful man
with his head, and could duck a blow
beautifully. The fellow with a shity
Jumps back he must come forward
again, all of which means much more
labor. A duck or a shift of the head
not only avoids the blow but leaves
you in a position to deliver return in
quick order.
Il remember that Mace used to tie
his hands behind his back and allow
any one to try to hit his face or head.
The way he could spin his old nut
around was simply phenomenal. 1
would like to see some of the modern
fighters try this little trick Why, it
is almost a lost art nowadays, and yet
the old-timers had it down to a
science. 1t was quite a scheme in those
DAYS for a man to twist his head so
that his rival would hit the thick part
of the skull and thus break the
or sprain the wrist. MltchelI
worked this trick on Sullivan in the
fifth round of their battle in France
and John broke his right elbow on the
Embellishments block. That was one OF
the reasons Sullivan agreed to draw
for he suffered much pain, and his
great knocker- was practically
useless during the other thirty-tour
rounds. Mitchell had learned this
wrinkle from Mace.
Americans After British "Pugs."
John Bull is having a great laugh
at our expense just now, but it's only
n short time when the American boys
will get wise and wallop the Drls-
coils. Welshes, Morans, Whites, Bow
kers and the whole British shooting
match. They must learn the art OF
straight punching and get shifty with
the head as well as with the feet. 90
over to Brooklyn, boys, and get re"
points from McAuliffe. He knows the
old and the new game.
Its strange about these lnterna-
tional fistic affairs. John c. Keenan,
George Lavigne, Jack O'Brien, George
Dixon, Tommy Burns, Kid MCCOY
Jack Johnson and other Americans
have crossed the big pond and wal
lored the English champions, wnlie
now the Britons are turning the tables
on US in the lighter classes. But let IL
be remembered that no finely breo
Briton of the top class has ever lowered
our colors. In fact, all Of the British
champions are of Irish blood, such as
Mitchell, Carney, the two Driscolls,
Moran, Welsh and others. 1t is prob
ABLY a good lesson in straight punch
ing when our boys are trimmed once