The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-03
NO FIGHTS IN sARoOA FoR INN
Gloves Are OF Steel with Sharpened
Splkes-No One Ever Comes Back


Splkes-No One Ever Comes Back
II think have been everywhere up
on this habitable globe-that is every
where worth visiting" says Jack Car
rig, the globe-trotting lightweight in
New York recently, II have fought
In every place where the glove game
is permitted, and have helped put II
on the map in many spots where II
was never known before. During my
travels l have fought in Alaska, Low
err California, Mexico, Honduras, Pan
anna, Columbia, Peru. Argentine, Eng.
land, France, Germany. Russia, Egypt
India, Japan, Hongkong, Honolulu
and Australia. Travelling some
There is one place, however,
where | do not care to fight and
would earnestly dissuade any of our
athletes from seeking it as a place in
which to do battle. Poverty-stricken
place Nay, nay. More money there
than any spot of its size ever saw,
and more money for fighters, too.
This strange place is Baroda in Wes-
tern Hindustan. Everybody, from
the gaekwar or king down to the
common soldier, is bug on fighting,
and a champion of any class can com
mand from $500 up to $4,000 for a
mill.
What's the matter then with this
delightful place? you say. Oh. only
this much; If you fight in Baroda you
have to fight under Baroda rules and
one brief glimpse of those rules was
so impressive that / passed right on
into the next territory. The boxers
OF Baroda fight as the old Greek and
Roman pug battled, but more so.
have heard that in Greece and Rome
they used the cestus for a boxing
glove-a mitten studded with knobs
of brass, lead or iron.
I'm Baroda where boxing match
is known as 'nukki ka koosti', the
fighters wear glove with spikes or
claws OF tempered steel, and about
four inches long. Lovely business.
The rules are substantially the same
as in the prize ring, with the addition
of these lovely gloves. The knock
out blow in Baroda is swinging chop
that rips out the eyes, although an
uppercut that removes the framework
of the Jaw is both popular and effec.
tive.
when arrived in Baroda / invited
any l25 pound man in the kingdom
to battle and my defy was accepted
by three young fellows whom I figur-
ed on as easy money When an offic-
! ial, who was arranging the contests
for the next show, informed me that
the purse would be $1,000, winner take
all, my first opponent to be chosen
by lot, | was a gleesome child. |
accepted the articles requiring me to
wear the Baroda gloves without wor-
ry. Then went to see a little fight
that was being brought Off between
| two preliminary boys-two feather.
weights who were just coming out.
| One of them was killed deader than
a rabbit by swing with those spikes
and the other was SCARED for keeps.
Say, friend said | to the digni.
fed rajout soldier who was showing
me the sight, do we wear those
things when we fight?
Surely, Sahib Carrig, said he "
is the custom L feel, said |, that
must go from here. | am positive
that my brother in America is very
i'll and wants TO see me-.
Say, what a place for fakirs! And
another thing sure! The loser in
one of those battles would never try
to come back and never ask for a
return match. In Baroda it's one
fight, and only one-and that's a plen
ty."