The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-15
Sporting Department
FAMOUS SLEEP PRODUCERS
OF WORLDS BEST FIGHTERS

Blows Which Have Brought Home the
Money for the Best Known PuqiI-
lists Differ-Johnson's Best Blow is
Right Hand Uppercut While Jeff
Depends on Left Hook.
When Jack Johnson knocked Stan
ley Ketchel out at Colma recently he
used his favoritc blow, a right hand
uppercut or hook. delivered squarely
on the point of the jaw when the
Michigan pugilist came rushing at him
full tilt. Johnson was "set" firmly
on both feet when ne landed the
punch and in that way he employed
the same method that won for him
the heavyweight championship of the
world.
! Going back through pugilistic his
tory you can find many instances of
fighters who depend wholly upon one
particular punch delivered at the cru
cial moment. Sixty years ago Tom
Hyer won the championship of Am
erica with straight hitting from the
shoulder. He punched like a batter
ing ram with either hand and in that
way he beat down the famous yam
kee Sullivan, who was one OF the
tricklest fighters that ever toed the
scratch
John l.. Sullivan's best blow was a
right hand swing for the point of the
chin. He usually rushed i'm with the
left hand to brush aside his antagon-
lists defence and then followed with
terrific right.
Corbett Only Boxer.
Corbett's best blow was a sharp
cutting left which he drove into the
face with great rapidity, but he did
not have enough power behind it to
innict much harm. He chopped Sulli-
van to pieces with those left hand
jabs and also dropped the ancient
Mitchell with them at Jacksonville.
In his battles with Sharkey, Jeffres
and Mccoy Corbett used the left for
many clean cut points. but he never
had these men i'm trouble, and was
simply boxer, not a fighter. Corbett
er part of the time, and whenever he
landed a blow with it there was little
or no steam behind II.
Dempsey's Mainstay.
A snappy left hand wallop was Jack
Dempsey's mainstay. The way he m II
rushing sluggers with his left was well
worth seeing. Dempsey had a good
right hand, too, and could do a lot OF
damage with it, but i'm practically all
of his important fights he used tho
left with effect. Joe Cans, former
lightweight champion, had a great
right hand hook which made him ia
nous, but at that nc was, "a wonderful
two handed fighter.
How Fitz Did IL.
Nearly all of Robert Fitzsimmons'
victories were due to half arm jolts
on the jaw or stomach at close quar-
ters or in breakaways. He stopped
Hen, Maher, Creedon. Sharkey and
others in this manner before he met
Corbett for the worlds title at Car
son City. Iritz made a study of Cor
Lett and decided that the latter's
stomach was a weak spot. The Cor.
itSHIltins was tne llNtIlbT ol the ltll
hand shift" which he landed on Cor
belts solar plexus in the fourteenth
round and put Jim down for the fatal
count Befora this Corbett had out
boxed Fitzsimmons with remarkable
ease.
Jeff a Left Handler.
Jefferies is essentially a left-handed
tighter. 1t is said that he can hit
harder with that hand than with the
riabt. His most effective punch Is Il
rigid left hand hook, with which he
stopped Fitzsimmons, Rubin. Corbott
and Munroe. In each instance, he
=, ached the body with this wallop
following it quickly with n smash on
the jaw. In his twenty five round