Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

, it surely should have answered its pur-
pose. The prescription handed down from
the days OF Tom Figg was MADE up OF
{ llcorIce root. Senrd leaves ana ptaiSeu
ginger which were STEPPED In pint OF
water. and when cool sal volatile ana
itneture of cardanom were AIDED the
dose being a wineglaSsful every morning
! and evening. This horrible cohcoctioh
was warranted to take about everything
wrong ont OF the system except the SsS
ten itself. Lots different TINS stun IMAM
| the pruues and simple remedies OF the
/ present day
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8 In those days. too, there were no big
pillows 10 put on the hands, for under
LONDON prize ring rules the battles were
fought Hita the raw uns. and the mat
t,r 81 hardening tho hands and face re-
qyljred quite a. much skill on the part
al tiIo trainers the matter of getting
! tire iESdeS toaghcned and III shape Tor
crtselime battle. Mixtures that contained
/ lemons. whisky vinegar horseradish and
strong salt brine were used Tor TINS pur-
p'sr
Trea instead Of the lively rubber ball
f Tor aa--nunching TO develop speed. "a
now III use. there was the big 2oo-pounu
sardbag, at which the fighter toiled until
r. stdX IL drop exhausted. Wrestling was
added to this gymnasium work, for under
( the old rules a tighter had to know az
/ much about the cross bullock as the
I cross-counter, for wrestling AMI throwing
4 man hard on the ground to knock the
f wind out of him before sending him down
for the count ny the fist was considered
quite as proper caper as lett Jan
followed hy q right wailoP to the jaw
I Of modern ring tactics.
\ How. some of those who like easy work
III the modern training camp would hoiier
If Il trainer should lay down this daily
routine of work, which | find in an old
( training book OF fifty years ago:
! m miles
! opcn the pipes. followed by rundown with
! alcohol and a glass Of sherry with an
I egg,
i : a m-Breakfast of steak or mutton
anl.-pumbbelis or Indian clubs for
! half an hour and ten-uile road run. with
+ rundown.
p..n-Dnrer of soup chicken, roast
htef or mutton. with plenty of vege-
tables. ale and fruit, but no pastry.
p,n-Sparring and punching the
saudhaS for two hours, followed by
twenty-miIe run on road and rundown
pm.-Surper IF cold lamb or fish.
usually Tight neal with a mile walk,
and t. bed al pm.
Many Of these old ideas of training
+ have been banished or have given place
to tho more modern or scientific form
+ 81 getting into condition. The sandbag
! has been laid away and in It's place we
have the more lively punching bag. which
IS one Of the best features of exercise
/ for developing speed. for the quickness
NJ tic eye. ana dEcting or head work.
/ Shadow dancing is another new idea and
j an excellent form Of exercise for the
/ whole body
+ Nowadays the trainer Of the modern
school would lay out line of work
/ something like this. and as it will prob
/ bly, be along the line of what Jeffres
I may do. il is worthy of comparison with
| the preceding schedule of the old school.
/ and also will answer many questions that
I have been asked regarding our train
/ ing camps. It's a schedule used In all
/ my training camps and as | have never
j entered ring unfit physically it seems
! 70 me to meet all the requirements
! a.m.-Called for bath and breakfast,
meal being served at o'clock
| 1913" .m.-Gymnasium work With
| dumbbells pulleys. punching bag hand
| nan, SHADOW dancing, bars and rings.
tie work being frequently CHANGED. SO
and create a desire for work rather than
monotony and fatigue. Rundown and
rest of half an hour before lunch.
| pm.-Lunch, followed by louneing.
! pm.-Ten to fifteen miles of hard
road work. About seven miles of walk
| ing followed by a series of sprints back
| from 100 yards to half mile, the former
| being at top speed to enter training
| esarv to take off WEIGHT the perspiration
| is continued by blankets. Hard rundown
| ard massa sc. followed by rest.
p.m.-Supper. and 1870 o'clock to bed.
/ have always made my supper the best
meal OF the day. az find big meal at
noon Is likely to encourage heavy, log
ey feeling, and it's more difficult to get
to going well in the afternoon exercise
after full course dinner than after a
light lunch. This. think. is the opinion
of many business men, and even when
out of training / always lunch at noon
| also like a good cigar after my last
meal of the day. as its effect soothes the
same now as in the old days--good. plain.
substantial stuff of roast beef. mutton
and lamb. fish. plenty OF vegetables of
the right sort, but little or no pastry
| Ale IS good at the big meal of the day.
One Of the new ideas in the training
camp, but more particularly in the ring,
| is the use of oxygen ! am frequently
asked about this Tom Dare. who has
helped TO train ME for several fights, was
| the first to bring oxygen into use. We
had it for my pupils In the school Of
physical culture on oath street. New York.
in 1885. and also while training for the
! fight with Fitzsimmons at Hot Springs.
Dare tells me it was first used In the
ring when he seconded Jimmy Purcell
in fight with Joe Bernstein at the PALM
Athletic Club, on the Bowery. New York,
In 1885. in the fight with Jeffries In San
Francisco. when he had me nearly out in
the second round By an awful wallop in
the ribs it was use Of oxygen more than
anything else that revived me and en-
abled me to continue the fight.