Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-14
FAMOUS FIGHTERS HAVE PET PUNCHES.
Johnson Waits for the Right Moment ketchel Always Slan1ming for a Knockout.

Every pitcher has a cute curve
 which he picks up to puzzle a bats
 man in a pinch, every slugger can kill
 a certain curve. every race horse is a iend for a soft or hard footing to | flash his heetness, every grappler has | a faVorite grip and every fighter likes ] to fire his tape bound fist to the mark | in a certain groove to score his knock | out
 The pet punch of a pugilist has oft
 en been so predominantly powerful in his ring tactics thaat it has led to a successfully executed ruse on the part | of a foe which resulted in his down. fall. The entire system of many fight
 CTS is built on their particular punch. ing across the intervening space be-
 tween them and their opHonent, past
 the guard, this favorite blow.
 'a6s a6s Johnson. the an Present % oseupant | one wallop to stretch his foe senseless
 on the floor. He fights a slow, steady
 battle, watching like a hawk the | impact on the vital spot.
 l The Texan has a maSterly left hand, ! but a right hand uppercut is the ace l it he toppled over Tommy Burns, Stan | ley Ketchel, and iS is the one with which he expects to execute his finish | ing stroke on the boilerma.ker. Johnson waits for his foe to lead. He encourages them to do so prior to the instant he intends to cleave them with the clip which will make the referee do his mathematics He drew on Burns l in Australia. and just as soon as he arose from the rosin, after being floor ed by ketchel he staggered, and Stan ley, thinking he had his rival groggy, flew in to finish him and was ripped on | the jaw with that right hand uppercut l and knocked frigid. Three front teeth went out the instant Stanley did. Anthracite Arthur can hit He cute ly disguises the fact. He likes to am- ble along and win on points. He would sooner make his opponent miss and tumble about than to pound him to a by the ring tactics or manners of a foe he can pierce him with punch which puts him into the land of taps. ketcheI Hardest Hitter.
 The hardest hitter in the American ring Is Stanley KetChel, the Michigan marvel but he fights in wild spurts and frequently clever fighters have siles when Ketchel whips at them. Again Ketchel is always hitting and his guard is necessarily drawn wide open. leaving a path to his jaw for the punch of his opponent
 KetcheI hits hardest with his right hand, but his left shoulder stiffened swing is the delivery which drops most of the men who fight him. Diff ferent from most of the men who have become Famous knights of the glove. Stanley can strike his foe the puncn Wnfcn suns them, De 1ley com ing. going, or standing feinting. Ketch- el can fight all fashions; he never does anything else when he is in the ring but the big broadSide which he counts on the slay is the left hook to the jaw. He did not catch Johnson squarely or the Texan would never have climbed to his feet.
 Battling Nelson bores in until he is leaning against his man and then he pounds away at the body, the kidneys and renal plexus being the spots he likes to batter best of all. The new champion, Ad Wolgast will dot on favorite dart with his fist before he has fought many more battles.
 Fitz Picked Solar PIexus.
 There was the old sorrel top, Robert Fitzsimmons. He planked his love against a fellows ribs and there fash ed throughout the land the news of a the solar plexus. than the jaw or the heart, to a blow. Bob felled Corbett with that blow, and he used it on Shar- key It was his best bet.
 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien jabbed his men until they were blinded disheart- right to the jaw, but he never attempt ed to deliver this punch unless he had his man wobbling and not able to vol- ley strongly enough to be dangerous
 Punches are like foe cream. There are many sorts and all have a flavor times a fighter cannot land the blow which in past battles has been his most dangerous blow. Then he has to adopt a new system to drive home a punch. Sometimes he will change his style so far as to extend the other arm and do his sharp shooting with the hand he ordinarily uses as a knockout produc-