The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-10
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gagement and melodrama is that in
one there Is true enactment, with real
settings of an actual settlement OF
superiority, while the other can be
repeated the next evening with the
villain as audacious as on the pre-
ceding night.
The world loves a winner. but II
idollzes the fighter who spins a puncn
which stuns his opponent. and the
knocker-out has the call Clever box
ing can repeat like drama. but the
fighter who has the drag with the
populace is the one who packs wal
lop
1t is the desire to see something
happen which adds TO d crowd on a
corner. and II Is this same feeling
which fills club when there is one on
the bill who kicks hard enough TO
win when he lands. Jeff, Flt5. Wal
colt, Lavigne, Maher McGovern,
Young Corbett. Ketchel and other
knocler-outs are popular because oil
their punching powers.
The climax of any mill is the in
slant a wicked blow crashes against
the spot The man hit staggerS or
stiffens and goes to the floor. There Is
a lull, a restrained expectancy, as
though each man wanted to hear the
cold, steady count OF the referee.
There are three schools OF the
knockout class. and each has its eX-
ponent, who might seem to indicate
by his ring work that he uses the cor
rect type to win. The distance OF the
bout. the rules and the styles of an
opponent all play a part In the result
of a battle.
Battling Nelson. the lightweight
champion, is fighter who uses pc
culiar style. and it Is nightly efIec-
tive, too, No fighter has lived who
forces harder than this Dane, Give
and-take is his motto. The instant
he hears the gong he Is relentless in
his pursuit of his prey. He has not
the punch of Lavigne, but he has 4
million blows, and he never seems TO
tire His object in all attacks Is to
get his head on the shoulders of an
opponent and then bang away at the
body When broken In cliDch he
gets back like flash and again
pounds away Jabs and side-stepping
and speed nave all failed before the
Dane, and crossing him does not keep
him off Bat" pounds them to death.
Joe Cans had a preceptor OF an"
other school He made every blow
count, blocked with the hands. pulled
away with the feet and lodged an
ugly blow by tossing his head out or
its path He aimed to cross the other
man when he missed, for this gives
the triple force and compactnesS to
a punch and bewilders the one so
struck He knocked his man out II
the chance presented itself. or would
cut him to ribbons if he were too clev-
er to break open his guard in answer
to a feint
Stanley l[etchel, Aurelia Herrera,
Young Corbett. Fitz and Mickey Gan
non are sudden winners" The fight
may be going along in exchanges
when the opening for their blow pre-
sents itself A closed fist, tape-bound
aud glove-encased, is whipped from
the shoulder with almost incredible
speed, and the stricken man tumbles
in a heap. That's the stamp of a
fighter with wallop. One clean
smash. the count Of the referee, and
1t is all over.
The point of the jaw is the weak
est spot, though Fitzsimmons used Il
shift to the body which brought most
effective and desired results. A tight
er can stand body blow. While 1t
brings pain. 1t does not numb his
mind, and footwork will relieve him
from punishment But the blow on
the jaw renders the man senseless,
and whenever punch lands on that
vital spot nine times out OF ten the
recipient of the blow will take a short
journey to Sunderland,