The Washington herald., 1909-04-18


sport as he discussed recent ring events
I the other night.
II hasn't been much Of a surprise 70
me, however. for L consider that the
American school OF boxing IN the last
( twenty-five years las greatly deteriorated
instead of being advanced
Our old-time boxers knew how 20
punch straight with both hands. and
didn't 90 in with wild swings. wide open,
Ike Terry McGOvern IN his bing-bsng
style.
I 1t was John L. Sullivan. never a really
/ clever boxer. who adopted this wild
swinging. and since then nearly ever
( pugilist on this side OF the Atlantic has
been doing the same thing. forgetting The
/ old straight punches
/ sullivan won because he was wonder
/ fully strong. Smashing in he broke MS
/ opponents guard down. vaIoped him on
the jaw with his right and put him
I Out-
( But when Sullivan met Corbett he
/ Was up against a clever fellow, and
wasn't able 10 h!t nlnbls jim one ef-
! fective blow IN the tWonry-Ole rounds
I they fought
When NcGovern net Young Corbett
I the first time at Hartford the latter just
/ waited for one OF Ter-y's mad rushes.
/ and. mailing him on the Jaw. sent han
down and out Many CT McGovern's fol-
lowers thought II was an accidental blow,
/ SO the boys met again, and Young Cor
/ bett repeated these tactics. With the sane
result
What was Sullivan able % Go with
I Charley Mitchell when he had him IN
/ ths ring az Chantilly, France. for more
/ than three hOurs2 Nothing Mitchell vas
I too clever for a wild swinger Ike SulH-
/ van. and simply avoided the big fellow
: until the latter was so tired that he vas
/ willing % agree 70 q draw
DriseOiIs Aim True.
You didn't see Jem DriscoU Do any
/ Mid swinging when Le met AtteH Cross.
Marty Baldwin, or any OF the Others. did
you? No. not much The velshman
/ simply jabbed them 81 sick with his
clever straight left
He fought exactly Ike the old Arueri-
can pugilists 7 saw a generation ago
I Ike Joe Coburn. Jim Dunno. Nike Dono-
van. Bob Farrell. Billy Madden and many
{ others Dunno. Donovan. Farrell and
+ Madden are alive to-day.
ASK them about the scientific boxers
OF old. Jack Dempsey and Jack Nc
( AulifTe. OF more recent date, knew how %
I lead straight. 7 met McAullTe az the
I National Athletic Club the other evening.
I watching a couple of young swtnge-s
I beat the air with their gloved fists
They're a couple OF wiling boys. ehT
+ I said 20 the former lightweight cham
/ pion.
les. very willing replied McAuline.
4 but rotten It's a pity old sport thar
]
T OF to-day how 10 spar. WHY. L either
I OF those boys came AZ ne with wild
swings. wide open. IN my day. I'd have
knocked his block of.
There they 10. round after round. in
the same ding-6ong way You remember
/ poor Dempsey. OF course? n vas an
artist. 40 man ever led 20 aim t@ice
I'm the same manner without O return. and
4 he never fought one round Ike another
90 Sometimes he was aggressive. and
{ then again he wouid play 'possum on
/ the defensive Dempsey was a straight
/. puncher and fiS blows landed where he
( aimed them.
an 1881 the great HttIe fighter GeorEe
/ Dixon was pittsd against Billy PlimmeC
for four rounds IN Madison Square Gar
I den The bout was for scientific points
But the way Plumer caught Dixon on
the nose every tiCce GeOrEe rushed in
with swings surprised the rig crowd. i
I was simply another case OF a straight
] clear puncher against q wild sWinger
2 Charley Mitchell taught Nike Clezry
( the same lesson when tkey met az the
( American Institute Building Men York
7 IN ISL Clesry was a follower OF SUI
I livan and belonged 20 the same school
I OF fighting.
But CIeary could hardly put 2 glove
+ on Mitchell. for The latter set e wireless
I ever sims Nike started one q hts swings
/ and Immediately Sidestepped H. Ciesry
E was as much surprised at MitcheIIs
! phantom fOOCTOTk and straight labs IS
/ Leach Cross was when DriscoI made the
/ East slider look like. green amateur az
/ the Fairmont Club
I "Of course we've had z lot o. clever
I fellows. Ike Jim Corbett. Mccoy Ryan
/ and Choynski. but they were not really
out-and-out swingerS- They al had clever
/ speCialties o. their OWn-
/ -COTbetIs left always did the best
l straight work. McCoy's famous cork
! screw punch was as straight - an arrow.
I win a slight tEist just before & landed
I Ryan ard Choynssi had q mixture Of jahs
and swings. but they would have been
I far better boxers = they had stuck 20
I straight left-haade6 blows
"Old J5m Mace was a real master in
q
I perfect. and all those English lads who
+ have been boxing here lately have adopt
7 ed his tactics.
Mace n Good Teacher.
Along IN the -7gs Mace went 20 AUS
tralia and taught Larry Foley an6 othe.
young fellows how 70 stop. hit. and get
away His teachings developed a lot q
clever fellows who invaded America
twenty years ago and proceeded 20 waltz
through our fighters with ease.
'As soon as I sax Young GIiho box
1 I Immediately recognized Eace's style,
although don't believe GrinO ever saw
i the veteran English pugIlist- But II was
I Larry Foley who taught GriTo. and Foley
got it all from Mace. There was Jem
Hail. the cleverest big man eve ever
4 .seen since Mace was In active service.
~FitZ. by the way. was one OF The Aus
] tralians who learned his art from Foley
/ and then came here. He vas a straight
puncher and quickly cut his way 20 the
middie-weiEht championship. afterward 20
I the heavyweight. title when he landed
/ his famous solar plexus punch on Cor
Z bett s stomach.
Johnny Summers the other night. at
{ the National Sporting Club. fl London.
taught our Jimmy Britt a hard lesson IN
I the twenty-rOEnd boxing contest Britt IS
a fast. clever boxer bur he. Ike lot
+ OF clever American fighters. must 70
( back and learn the value OF straight Eit-
/ ting That WIS the proper caper In this
country before the Wild swingers ger
going.
John Boil IS having a great laugh at
7 our expense just nOW. but It's only a
short time Ehea the American boys VII
get wise and wallop the DriscoIls.
/ Welshes. Morans. Whites. Bowkers and