Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

feet. johnson cannot land a knockout blow
while under Roadway, but Jeffries can
and IN this respect he may have an ad-
vantage.
Ketchel's best blow Is n left swing used
in conjunction with a fsint and a shift.
II was this wailop that knocked johnson
down in the last round at Colma and
raised a lump on the negro's jaw in one
Of the earlier rounds. His style is awk-
ward and a lack OF science in point OF self
protection Is a fatal weakness. II Ketchel
meets Bangford hi will be subjected to
another severe test. Langford's most ef-
fective punches are delivered at close
quarters. He is a hard hitter with either
hand and has knocked out numerous pugi-
lists with jolts that have travelled but a
few inches to the jaw. Lsngford has a
powerful left, which he can swing OF hook
as the occasion requires, but he depends
often upon a right hand swing to the
neck or Jaw. He is a boxer as we'll as a
~slugger. which makes him a decidedly dan
gerous proposition for any man.
Kid Mccoy earned fame with what was
termed a corkscrew punch. When he shot
It in he gave his wrist a sudden twist, and
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paratively fraIl in build. Mccoy. with this
blow, knocked out such heavyweights as
Choynski, Maher. o'Donnel and Plsacke,
while among the middleweights he stopped
or bested were Creedon, Tommy Ryan,
Jack Bonner, Dick O'Brien. Billy Smith,
Tommy West. Dave Barry and others.
Mccoy with his left hand jabs cut nearly
all Of these men to ribbons.
Both Hands for Papke.
Papke has a combination punch with
right and left. Last May he put Hugo
Kelly to sleep with his double wsllOp in
the first round. Papke holds both arms al
most rigid, with the elbows stiff. and yet
wallops way with tremendous power. He
knocked all the fight out of Ketchel with
a smash between the eyes in their mill at
Vernon, Cal. first driving the left to the
neck and following with a binding right
squarely in the face. But he fell from
grace when he failed to beat Ketchel in
twenty rounds at Colma in spite Of the
fact that the latter broke his hands.
Battling Nelson, the lightweight cham
pion, says he has introduced more novel
blows than any other mar in the ring. He
says his half scissors book is dealt
with the side of the left hand.
Tn coming out of a clinch,' Nelson ex-
plains, 1T will be noticed as a rule that
a fighters left arm Is Withdrawn from
under the right arm of his opponent. II
is Just at this moment that the blow must
be delivered. Instead of hitting with the
knuckles Of the hand I take a swing OF
not more than six inches and plunge the
side OF my hand, with the thumb and
forefinger on the top Of my rivals liver
A smash on that spot will send a pair
shooting all the way down the spine. Mer
1 have punished in this manner have faller
in a heap"
Nelson has another blow he calls "th'
whiskers punch" He goes without &
shave a week or more before a battle, and
when he gets into clinches he rubs hi
bristly beard against the other fellows
neck and shoulders until the skin is raw
His wire hair punch" consists OF rubbing
the top of his head across a mans eyes
They even say that Nelson soaks his hail
in alkali water to make 1t as hard as &
brush before he enters the ring.
The pivot blow, which was introduced
by La Blanche, the marine, in his memora
BILE fight with Dempsey. was simply
trick. Dempsey had La Blanche beatel
! to a standstill, when suddenly the marin
whirled completely around and let 20
back hand swing. The blow caught Demp
sey on the point Of the jaw and knocke,
' him cold. 1t was Dempsey's first defeat
{ and although he followed the marine al
! over the country seeking another match h
was persistently turned down.. The pivo
blow was afterward barred by all classe
; OF fighters.
. The kidney punch, so-called, is used b.
many pugilists. but as a matter Of fact
1t is misnamed because the blow is gen
orally landed in the small of the bacI
below the proper place. Other queer blow
are in use, but the veteran Jem Mace still
, insists that there are few new punche
, except the round arm swing which ha
taken the place of straight arm hittin
I prevalent in the days of long ago.