The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-04

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Occasionally In the dispatches from
the tratniug camps ot the higher grade
5of boxers We read reports .of new
blows that are invented by this or
that fighter 10 be used In his coming
la tie with the elbow. for whom he Is
training. But when 1t comes To the
day Of the mill the men slam away
g each other in the same old way,
s.agd nothing that suggests anything
like a new move materialIzes.
The enthusiastic on the flstic game
have become fired OF reading Of these
alleged new stunts which only exist
i'm the minds of some everzealous
young journalist, anxious to tear Off
something off the Ordinary FOL; the
readers Of his paper. (, iss ... y =
f. As a matter Of fact, there have been
few. Il any, new blows sprung on the
public since the advent OF Kid Nc.
fCoys corkscrew and Jim Corbett's
hook. All the other so.called blows
Ssaid to be of more recent discovery
have proved TO be nothing more or
less than the. old wallops used gener-
atoms back under different names.
Some of the old timers even claim
that the hook was not new when lin
'Corbett launched 1t In his memorable
battle with John L. Sullivan They
said that Jack Dempsy used the same
blow in nearly all iof,his Nights half a
,dozen years previous tothe Jackson.
Willie mill.
In this our ancient friends are mis-
taken, however. Jack Dempsy5 used
q regular swing. and It was almost a
duplicate Of the haymaker Of the
present day. But Jack sent IT around
with such wonderful speed thatsit
looked heater and more like the hook.
7 Corbett figured out this blow while
training for his bout with John L.
I He realized that the straight left for
the face could be blocked with ap'
parent ease owing to its being ID such
common use, SO he conceived the idea
'of hooking the forearm as il lefty
with the left from the shoulder W..
This, motion caused the blow te
twist around the other fellows parry
and having the same effect as a right
swing to the point of the jaw, J;
Corbett landed this blow, on Sulli
van repeatedly, and got away without
a return. Every time he started the
blow John would prepare to block q
straight left as he rushed In to meet
the shifty Corbett, and Jim's lei,
would describe a semi.circle around
the big fellows right glove, crash
ing against his Jaw with marvellous
accuracy each time. 1. \!
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Occasionally. as the fight progress
cd, Gorbett used the left straight, and
by mixing them up in this manner he
had John guessing all the time.
Later on, while training for Charley
itchell at Mayport,Fla., Corbett i'm
proved upon the hook. and in the Ugh,
b T. . e ~ 4 a .
he gave Mitchell a terrible lacing. In
stead Of being on his toes all the time
as In the bout With Sullivan, Jim Sc,
himself nearly every time he let drive
at the Brltisher, and his hitting was
effective throughout.
He finally dropped Charley with a
left hook in the third round, and when
he arose 10 his feet again terrific
right TO the TOW put him down for the
final count.
|; Another thing that Corbett invented
was the perpendicular: guard. Prev
:ious TO this time the fighters used a
horizontal parry, aud It was mot diff
cult fer q swift opponent to get oyer
u. The old.timers evaded swings fol
the jaw BY either dlckipg or stepping
back. Corbett inaugurated the present
.Tethod Of turning his hand SO that
the knuckles were toward the ap
proachins blow and directly alongside
Of the jaW. It Is q perfect block for d
swing. as may be, seen in any contes,
between clever boxers.
1t Is IN indisputable fact that Jim
Crorbett Invented most Of the scientific
moves used at present in pugillsm.
KID Mccoy and Tommy Ryan added to
corbett's discoveries and other skill.
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