The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-17

who discovered the two body punches
that are of the greatest and most
Ienduring Importance. His solar plexus.
punch and the shift" were, however,
the result of accident more than any
thing else. Corbett, by marvellous
defense OF head and chest, forced
Bob to play for the stomach, and e.
WAS not until doctors learnedly dis
Icoursed of the solar plexus that Fitz
knew what he had done.
The shift was another favorite OF
/ the Cornishmen. II Is at once ter
Tribe and deceptive. One hand starts,
goes half way. then the position is
suddenly reversed. and the other
glove crashes into the body at light
ming speed. Ketchel has improved
upon the shift, and It now occupies
first place in his repertoire of tricks.
Fitzsimmons also perfected upper
cut at close range, and this was also
fsvorite punch of Tommy Ryan.
Both men could deliver a knockout
at six inches. however, which made
the punch peculiarly their own.
Nelson is credited with the inven-
ton OF the scissors punch" but, as
matter of fact, Mccoy was the first
man to use this terrible liver jolt.
Nelson, however, has discovered its
full possibilities. and used II against
Hyland with terrible effect. Mccoy
ran onto the blow by accident. In
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lander, he tried for the stomach in
a clinch. Planke turned. and the
heel of the glove caught him full on
the liver. He crumpled up like an
autumn leaf, and Mccoy, after a mo-
ment of surprise, tried the same
punch again with even better re
lsults.
As an example OF the accidental
discovery Of blows. take the famous
pivot that won for La Blanche over
Dempsey. The marine, whipped 60
a fragile. was staggered around the
ring, dripping blood and agony. As
he turned from rush he swung clear
around. letting his right arm travel
like a war club. II struck the on
coming Dempsey full on the jaw and
1t was several minutes before the
Nonpariel came back to earth.
Corbett's Left Hand Jab.
The left-hand jab, credited to
Corbett, was really used a hundred
years ago. When Tom Crib, per-
haps the cleverest of the old cham
pions, went up against a giant, his
first blow gashed the fellows eye.
His seconds, of course, urged him
TO close Il, and &c was out of this
advice that the left jab and quick
getaway developed. Closing oppo-
nent's eyes with left-hand pokes
grew in favor, but languished when
flat-footed. hard-hitting fellows like
Sullivan and Kilrain came into
prominence. Conbett, forced into
footwork by fear Of Sullivan's ter
rible right. simply revived the old
left-hand jab that Crib and Spring
and Sayers used with such effect.
When It Is considered that every
invention or discovery of a new
punch has won a championship, Il
SCENE strange that fighters pay so
little attention TO this department OF
the game. Il has never occurred TO
one of them that a course in anat-
omy would be good thing, or that
an hour or so spent with some sur
geon or an osteopath would prove
OF incalculable benefit. The jaw.
heart. liver. kidneys and stomach
have all been stumbled upon 5y
chance in the slow course OF several
hundreds. but until some lucky fel-
low accidentally hits some new spot
the fighters will blissfully imagine
that there are no vulnerable spots
in the human anatomy
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