The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04

Just told me that any applause given
the boxers during the progress or a
e-----~ round will make II
WHEY ,r.S necessary for han
NAUGHTY To stop the enter
TO CHEER. tainment of the
evening. know
that none present want that TO happen.
Applaud all you like between the
rounds. The principals request that.
so far rs possible. you refrain from
smoking"
Thus nightly. wherever legalizec
boxing flourishes. the gentlemanly an
nouncer speaks his little piece 10
which the crowd. impatient TO observe
the action OF the gloved duelists. gives
always more or less attention. The
announcement regarding the combining
of applause TO the periods when the
boxers are resting goes for what II IL
worth. In some localities. the crowds
have been educated up 10 such silence
that. no matter what is happening IN
the ring. the only ether noise heard Is
the creakiug OF chairs ami the occa-
sional shutting of feet as men g-r
set back OF the blows OF their favor
ties.
Yet il is doubtful II the average
crowd understands the reason for the
injunction TO silence There is a rea-
son. however. and an excellent one.
An illustration occurred not so long
ago locally and the narrative will dem
onstrate the wisdom OF the rule.
A boxer was brought TO Detroit to
test the mettle OF the Local contingent.
He had done virtually all OF his work
and had won his reputation IN
mining camp OF the far west. Out in
the mining country they hold prize
fights. not boxing matches, and the
aboat the ring differs radi-
cally from that surrounding boxing
matches IN more effete regions. OUT
there the boxer was accustomed 10 so
into battle with several hundred 81
mis- intimate friends at the rings'de
who started roofing for his success me
moment he made his bath-robed entry
to the ring and never quit until me
bout was over and the decision given.
In style the boy WAS yeritaDle llttle
rushing demon. Virtually all or ms
fights resulted in knockouts OF his op
ponents. The advent OF new class
champion was heraldet far and wide
In due course OF time the boxer lett
the. mining country. which had been
denuded OF competition anyhow.
Eventually he found himself in De-
troit. He boxed twice at Windsor
And those who bad expected MIN 10
demonstrate those demon qualities
went away proclaiming that the boy
had been sadly over-rated. They sa:d
he was nice boxer, clever and game
but they wouldn't believe he had ever
had a Knockout punch in either OF
his mitts.
II don't know what was wrong with
the boy: he seemed TO have lost all
his aggrassiveness," said his manager
after the second bout was over. lie
cot clever all OF sudden and mes
forgotten how TO fight. The other
night he came back TO his corner atter
a round where he'd outpointed the
other Kid six or seven to one easily
and craDDed all through the intermis
sion because the crowd hadn
climbed up on the seats and yelled.
There was the milk OF the cocoanut
The crowd wasn't roofing and the
demon didn't feel the real battle-iusi
rising. lie had no reason for real an
tipathy toward his opponent anyhow
and he made II nice boxing match
al the way, which was as il should
lie. after all.
The spectacle OF men, shouting ana
screaming at The sight Of blood and
urging On a gladiator to lay n weak
ened opponent unconscious on the
floor is not pretty one. And that Is
the reason the cops don't like To hear
the crowd roofing while the boxers are
in the ring.