Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-16
some HISTORY ON
ART Of POC|L|SN
WAS \ PRINCIPAL SPORT or THE
EARLY GRECIAN ATHLETES.
WAS TOUGH IN Those DAYS
Among the More Ardent Admirers of
BoNing-Morris Eating Up' the
llcat--Mny Increase Arena Size.

An Euglishman has been digging
up the history OF pugilism and he
nnds that It was one Of the principal
sports OF the ancient Greeks But in
stead OF lighting with gloves, nv
heroic Greeks used the ccstus. a lca-
thcr thong with iron or lead In It,
pretty much after the order OF the
modern brass kuucks, SO that they
could more effectively administer
punishment
So high was the esteem In which
the art OF boxing was held that II
was permitted only to frocmou, The
slaves and hircliugs We're not to prac-
tice the art al all, And even In those
early days 1t was profession. Nir-
gll IN the nfth Aenead, speaks Of the
contest between Dares, the youth,
tntullus the champion-the one
strong In confidence and the other
with limbs OF oak.
In England pugllism has been "A
typical sport since the days of King
Alfred. the first OF the English kings,
and today 1t is recognized part of
the curriculum Of all the great Eng
lish institutions OF learning. Mr.. AS
quth. the present prime minister OF
England. was one OF the prize win
ncrs in the boxing contests at oxford
In his early days, and Mr. Balfour
former prime minister, was also de-
votee OF the manly art Of self-defcnse
I'm this country Mr. Roosevelt is
we'll known to have a Partially for
the gloves and when he was President
ne had John l.. Sullivan to dinner
and put ON the gloves with the old
champion for round or two before
his departure. lie also had william
Nuldoun, at one time the champion
wrestler OF the world and now con-
ductinr saniturium for broken down
men at White Plains. y. Y. as his
guest, and Muldoun put him through
course of sprouts. MIR. Elihu Root.
former secretary of war and secretary
Of state, and now United States sem
ator from New York, is one Of the pu-
pills OF Mulloon and also ardent I'm
his advocacy Of athletics So is John
IA /
a former professional baseball pitch
cr one of the DreXels In Philadel-
phia. distinguished family. recently
put out three professional pugilists
in one night as an evidence Of his
prowcss with the gloves
carl Morris is a clean and decent
fighter because all OF his life he has
going TO indulge in any rough work.
and he is not going to permit Flynn
to do anything like that. Morris is
acquiring scientific touches every day
the points which make the game
worth while and which are neither
brutal nor Objectionable. To begin
with, he had the first two requisites of
a great boxing man-endurance and
courage. What he lacked was speed.
and the entire effort of his training
stan has been TO give him the third
degree. He is mouestionably one
of tho hardest hitters in the business
and he can stand on his feet for an
Indefinite length of time. he has ran
idlv acquired tho necessary feather-
edge through the tutelaye Of such
past masters I'm the art as Con Riley.
Joe Jeannctte. lack Gever. Harry
Wuest and others He is taking on
his work every dav and iust cats M
the heat Morris viii go into the
ring Weighing 24O pounds
Renorts come from Kansas Citv
thar FLYNN has gopa orf in aesh CON
old. !.