Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
1JM" CORBETT INVENTED s'83 67o7
MANY SCIENTIFIC MOVES
Ex-C Champion Showed More Real New
Blows Than Any Other Fighter in =
Rings History Today'sB Bill. s

Occasionally in the dispatches from the
training camps Of the higher grade OF
boxers we read reports of new blows that
are invented by this or that fighter to. be
used in his coming battle with the fellow
for whom he Is in training. But when 1t
comes to the day of the mill the men
slam away at each other in the same old
way. and nothing that suggests anything
like a new move materializes.
The enthusiasts on the fistc game
have become tired Of reading of these
alleged new swats, which only exist In
journalist, anxious to tear of something
out Of the ordinary for the readers Of
his paper.
AS matter Of fact. there have been
few, II any, new blows sprung on the
public since the advent Of Kid McCoy's
corkscrew and Jim Corbett's hook. All
the other so-cailed blows said to be OF
more recent discovery have proved to be
nothing more or less than the old waliopS
used generations back under different
names.
The Corbett Hook.
Some Of the old-timers even claim that
the hook was not new when Jim Corbett
launched it in his memorable battle with
John l.. Sullivan. They said that Jack
Dempsey used the same blow in nearly
all of his fights half a dozen years pre-
vious to the Jacksonville mill.
In this our ancient friends are mis-
taken however. Jack Dempsey used
regular swing. and 1t was almost
duplicate of the haymaker of the present
day. But Jack sent 1t around with such
wonderful speed that 1t looked heater and
more like the hook.
training for his bout with John /. He
realized that the straight left for the
face could be blocked with apparent ease
owing to its being in such common use.
so he conceived the idea OF hooking the
forearm as he let fly with the left from
the shoulder.
This. motion caused the blow to twist
around the other fellows parry and hay
ing the same effect as right swing to
the point of the jaw. 5s
Blow Puzzles John L.
Corbett landed this blow on Sullivan, re-
peatedly, and got away without q return.
Every time he started the blow John
would prepare to block straight left
as he rushed In to meet the shifty Cor
seni-circle around the big fellows right
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marvellous accuracy each time.
Occasionally, as the fight progressed,
cor1,ett 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
Mitchell at Mayport, Fla, Corbett inn
proved upon the hook. and In the fight
he gave Mitchell q terrible lacing. In
stead Of being on his toes all the time
as In the bout with Sullivan. Jim set
himself nearly every time he let drive
at the little Britisher, and his hitting
was effective throughout go
He finally dropped Charley with q left
hook in the third round. and when he
arose to his feet again terrific right to
the Jaw put him down for the final count.
Another Corbett Invention.
Another thing that Corbett invented
was the perpendicular guard. Previous
to this time the fighters used . horizon
tai parry. and 1t was not difficult for