The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
FIGHTERS TRAINING METHODS
roo wren LINELIGHT DE-
SIRED nv MODERN FIGHTERS.
In striking Contrast to Old Timers they
EnJoy Excitement and crowds at
Their Quarters -JeHrics's Mistakes
Many Have Failed TO come Back.

q RAINING methods 81 modern pugilists
savor of too much limelight and circus
show business, said veteran handler
Of fighters the other day THERE'S too
much publicity. Erandstand play and
cheap advertising. In the old days when
! champions prepared for ring battles they
selected some resort in the haokwoods
where fight fans couldn't find them and
when' they could work from three 20 sir
months getting hard n nails
AT those quiet training quarters you
can rest assured tis'n' was no excitement,
no band - camera tiends. no crowd 81
war correspondents t. chronicle every
little incident and no daily attendance 20
admirers and experts To- offer foolish
rdviCe and carry tales Only few close
friends and the hackers e the principals
were allowed at the quarters
The present day pugilstic star. how
ever. gu-s through his performances
something like an actor in the presence
81 four OF five hundred spectators who
pay an admission fee To see him 90 through
his daily stunts and To- cheer him up with
encouraging applause It's y sort 81
theatrical show all the time with Get
the money a motto that is never for
gotten
In the old DAYS n first class fighter
seldom had moro than two or three men
to help him get into condition. There
was a chief trainer who was usually an
old retirAd fighter and knew the game
from \ to y. Next came sparrinR
partner who boxed every day with the
star and also went with him on hard
road runs The outfit was rounded ont
by third man who was known a. a
, rubber and who had To do all kinds of
chores about the camp.
To old timers like myself II seems
ridiculous Ia racoll the numerous trainers
and camp followers who wer with
.Ienru.s and johnson az Reno Each
pugihst had nearly dozen men AZ his
heels. and - must have cost 81 .nno a week
To keep each camp going. more money
for one weeks training than some % the
Old ring champions received for hare
knuckle fight ~ FIFTY ar mor'' rounds
we never believed that any fighter
could successfully train himself. or in
other words I've the boss 81 his own quar-
tars lie hal to knuckle down 10 and
ohev the urr.'r- ~ IN" man who a. rlaceI
IN charge II him. There WAS no chance
'n say. Well | guess I won't hox to-day
o. l ~ 40 Il-Ilulk Nv iifIN"T TFkIlsAi WIZ
was lai urr for hir and IL he was
lazy or doixe his tough training the boss
If the camp REPORTED the fact AZ once
10 his hackers 81 whom there wer" some
times half a dozen in pool Then tho
hackers went 10 the quarters ard called
he -lothfh pug down IN raw stvle Many
a tim" heard one Of thee old hackers
,hr.atcu 20 blow hrht"rs hrai IN
A..
saving thai a fighter Who wouldn't train
hari and faithfully hal 4 yellow streak
\ cool fighter wa, alw'v~ carr e-t ~
his training methods. such men - John
Mnrrissev John G. H"-rav. Tom liver
YAM ee Sulliva". Je:n Mac" Tom Sayerr
Joe Coburn jim Dunno. Tom Allen and
many others never neglected. their work
when preparing for battle.
-Jem Mari the Oldest living ~ -chRr-
rior Ma rup1"l ~ training ~" needed
no boss - urge him ON and he Elwsvs
eut"r,,i the ring A. ~ A. a fiiile Mace
often told me he .urrrei torture while
niulgine in severe trairinE for hS thirst
was tIrauenchahle arl his ten r"rature
was abnormal bat b. never broke
training rule aud dit not retire until
old age pat hun ont.
John | . Sullivan uu ~" othcr hand
was the first ATeriCs' hoavvweiRht
cham Mon who ii-regarici the rule, 81
training II was almost imros~ihle 20
oct him INTO proper cor .'i'iou after his
first few fights Ne 81 IN like hard work
and Was ~ lazy - - prize pprker can
truthfuIly say | saw him right and N
only four times He was IN fire conii-
tiop when he has' Prof John puual lson
in cincinnati in $50 and wheu b" knocked
John Flood out on a barge opposit" lon-
kcr- IN isSI
Billy Ma ddcn had sullivan on odgr
whom 3. won th" 'hImpipn-hip from
Paddy RYAN az Mississippi city IN 1852
and joe Goss COMPELLED him 10 train 10
the minute when IA" knocked out Herbert
Slada tho Maori. IN Madison SGuAre
Garden IN 1853 SulGvRns work for
nearly al ~ his other HFh's consisted
~ Turkish hath Il shave, a haircut
and shampno
Whom sullivan lost his tito "a Jim
Corl eft AT New Orleans in 1857 ~ entered
the ring hog Eat and ~ slow as u cart
horse Corbott danced around him and
mad. HIM hook foolish sullivan had
gone through the motions OF training
for that AFFAIR AZ Came Place Inn down
on Long Island He plid no h'.-d tn the
advice 81 tho Late Phil Casey the hand
hall On .mpion. who Was suppressed To is
his trainer hat went about his work in
a -liushod slovenly wIv thai brought
about his defeat Sullivan would take
orders from nobody n" drank and ate
lust what ha liked and regarded COThett
as A huge Joke. but sullivan wouldn't
allow a mob az his camp under any cir
rtImstanccs and positively refused Co
t,t Outsiders Civ" nd"io"
-Cnrl-tt On III" othrr hand was q
wonderful worker ! saw him prepare
for nearly all his fights, and he ALWAYS
camc tn the ingsd' IA tho mink ~ condi-
ton OF oours" "a" lacked the punch
hut h. WIS 'hr quickest and most scien-
tifr champion % them all II Corlett
had t.os~s.srs.d KNOCKOUT wtllop he would
hrVo las,n the wonder Of the priz-ring
He introduced MANY now training stunts.
by tho way. including punching the nag.
shadow hoNing. hlndhall and baseball;
hut Cnrtstt always liked tn hav. "a r"gi-
rnent OF assistants and nioyed the pres
anc.. Of spectators at hIs quarters
Rob FitZriinmors, who trained faith
fully az all times, employed novel methods
He mad. hor.nshpes wrnstled with bears
and lions rob. fractions donk-ys, beat
carT-ts. sawed logs and drove fast hornes.