The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
TO PROTECT FIGHTERS HANDS.
wearing % HANDBAGS . HAS,, Win Thens

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when Jehrie- and johnson enter the
ring IN Frisco in July their hands will be
sncAs@d IN handbags. hut before the gloves
are drawn on these knuckIe protectors
will doubtiess ne carefully examined
II is a habit with prsctiosl,y all pugilists
Ia bind the hands in adhesive tape or
sticking plaster to prevent broken bon--s
or severe bruises. b'r " seldom occurs
that a fighter allows his opyonant to pulI
on the ritts before thee handbags hsSe
been inspected.
IN a recent eight at LockpOrt. y V. At
was sail that Hugh MOCiann. tas SMOKY
city -h,gger, used aluminium knuckle pads
under the h1nlagss IN order 20 Leaf has an
tSg"n'st. Nikc Donovan. into uricS sub
mission
The discovery II the met Al kuIcklcs was
made in the third round after 4 protest Ivy
Donovan to the Tefere. A. the end e a =
ro'ird Mc'iAnn was made 20 submit his
gloves foT examination 1ae chef Of
Poiico Of I.nrk Port nov has the kuucs'ss
Fair minded handlers Of pugilistl hsye
declared many time. ,l..- 'oit oOtt N
hsndHg~- should ~ tolyT-,~d bar that
anythiug Of q hare. sutstsltv should
I've barred. Jefr.e., aid some time ego
that = tighter Who wore herd hauda g,.s
ran . gr~ate- chsugs % breaking h;s
hands than a man wi,) wore no protect ION
az ell After tho secoSd mill between
Jeffries and Fit zsimnOn, Vie Cornishmsn
was act1I-~d ~ wearing plaster ~ paris
b-ndBg~S which ultimst.-ly broke bOt h
hsnd- Js6 hsd on. aye clo-ed his ma, -
was broken g1d be face Wa, a mass OF
bruises when Ia tcppej out 1T tie ring
He Was 80 ',silv battered hy fitz.-
punches thai Riliv neisn"v wss s.Aei
afterward n he believed RDhert had any
thing on his hand
4 don't know Iur -IIre replied IN.
Iansy. bat from he appearance " JeH's
face FHz mus, have had something hr-
sides hi- fiRgcrs and gv,d Wallop in
thO-e mite
sumo fighters nave heen known 10
wrap the HANDBAGS about their hands ln
such a manner a. - leave sharp ridges.
Then by ren'oN ing the padding from the
knucL le, - the gloves blows that eat lke
. knife rJuld 10 delivered IL II a rtrg
tradition thslt . ightor once slipped a
horseshoe into the right hand glove. but
this may not - the truth
when nd M,,Uy Knocked out Tommy
RYAN Al Nt-p~th years ago the latter
Wa- 2 CrailN mt t. pi,.CvN- I.verv time
No ~ landed he left IA Ryan's face u
seemed - -la~i, iik" a ke-n edged razur
RYAN could n"t understand 70 At all and
After H. mil he Insisted that MCCoy
must have van, bras kuurkls.- ~ had
some hard suh-tsncc IN tho glove. but
NJ, ~ T'fu'.' the 'rsrEs Nv showing
hiE hand -u'n a. hi- glove Na, drawn
H,- h-i Ws- tightly bound Trth adhesive
plaster and -, much II u had b,-su u-..d
that hc -Juld not move fingers ~ thumb
IN fasi lat hand wa- a. hard a. a nallet
aud the bandaxs uy@T the knuckl.-s showed
= r,ds,. hat hat don" the WORT
Joe Wal''Ott unC~ insisted that Mysteri-
Dds Bills Smith hsfsSa hJrs=shu.. ira ms
glove. w.. had fought smith on several
previous occasions but had never re-
Clpiv,-d -,ich tremendous -tnashes Wal
,-,tt apIsaisd 90 Referee hurst bat the
batter refused To- listen ard ords red the
fight l., proceed Smith vas hot under
the collar when the charg' Was made 10y
NalCott and offered To- tea- ~ the gloves
for fight with hare knuckles II deveI-
oted later that smith wore lnkerlezs
glove which Lad a ridge &c C,.ment over
the kuuCklcz. the entir~ aTair bcinR con
cealed by a handagr
Tom Sharksy always wore ha u,laRes
aud - did Jim Corss@ti hIi -narK.v
knew a way 20 harden HE ha nd= Nv steep
ing them ia -cn- secret prstsratiou.
ON various OCCASIONS he showed n.- nav
ley- 10 friends ~ ho were WILLING tO -t that
jn.-, acre go, cred with iight heather b,It
~ was FAT that they had simply be~u
tough6 ned ths' i VAS impossible IT,
split the skin.
When Choynsk VA knucksd out bv
Peter Naher - the Broadway A e. with
Theodore k"U-evc't among th. spec
tafor- ], was a -r--ted thHt the IrtsItifs. n
wore tive wards 81 adhesive tut,. around
each hand Choynski protested Vh-.,
he saw those extremely thick hgu,iag ,s
and said that he wanted 10 have them
removed 40 that be- could see theTn wound
on again himself. hut lac was notified
that the tape WA- There 10 stay aud that
IL he did not like ~ he could uuit ~
ChOyuski Wa@ knocked Out but ~. al
ways insisted that II ~as due 20 his
opponents knuckl- guards.
Kid IaviEne. former Lightly weight
champion ~ the world. was an exception
To the rule for a while. lie scorned ban
dage-, saying that natures weapons
were good enough for him: but after
he broke one Of his hands on Walcott's
head al Ma-psth ia one ~ the most sell
satiOnal fights on record bs was forcesi
TO protect hts knuckles.
stanley hetchei one - ths. hardest
hitters in the ring. did not wear = bandaRs
until the hGht with JO. Thomas. which
he won in thirpy-t~O rounds Although
ketchei's hands are cOmpa rat lively small
he could deliver a terrific blow with an
ordinary five ounce glove. lie waS advised
after tho Thomas mill. however. to pro-
tect his hsnds because % his brilliant
future at that time: hut in spite ~ heavy
cotton tape which he wound around has
asts for his last hattie with Bill Pap&e
ketchel broke both hands and ais,
sprAined his wrist When he tackled
lack johnson the handbags were a. hard
a. flint and each wrist was eDciHcied by
a leather strap.
Nelson and WOlga~t both wore extra
heavy bandaGeS in their forty round
hattie i'm California. They expected a
long hGht and we're unwilling 20 take
chances with their hands 80 there was
vas no protest from either corner.
pOaat RveakInW an an UstnE,st