The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-07

The instant he had set" himself the
nroe walter arrived. swinging lrsu.j,
ooe solid drive on the chin knockeo
tin out The man sides:eppef Few
taehss 10 lot him fall clear and met the
second with another swinx on tins Jaw,
deliberately aimed. This WAS no time
- waste punches. Down went the
sseond assaiiant. ssnseless - . side Of
besf on . hook.
There were four left. There was no
They poured through the doorway and
spread out. fanwise. across the side
walk. Then they slowly closed In with
cut striking . blow. waiting for q
chance 70 attack suddenly ali at once.
THINos were In desperate state
now. Tho man gave ground q
= uttie. wstchfui. wary. stepping
from side to side. lie was driven back
nearly to the edge Of the sidewalk.
Thea one waiter. on the right. moved
forward. The man sldestepped ~ u 70
meet him. lie could feel. instinctiveiy.
that the assailant at the other END OF
the line WINS ieaplnG n him from oe-
hind. Turning suddenly the man shot
~ right straight out. and the enemy IN
to rear was disposed Of. The man KEEP.
moving swiftly. The remaining three
wsitars hssitated . second. Then on.
Of them plunged forward. lie trippea
% Q man already down. threw his arms
W. 10 save himself. and fell right Into
- uppercut that nearly took his I'D
q.
And that was the end of the aRht.
for che other two ran. one down The
street. the other inside TO hold the door
The man who had been attacked quietly
picked up his hat and walked away un.
nariksd. No: q blow had reached aim
Two bystanders stopped him for . mo.
NEST. I'VE were going to turn In and
hoaD you" they said, but you wer,
sa3oysd the hsht
u row I'm tsfiing this story for
double purpose. One 10 to show
that every man should lear,
how 20 handle himself when In DANGER
tAe other 10 show that the best defens,
" an elective attack. In the incidsa
mentioned II was learned afterwar,
that the waters had Just thrown on
. sumbsr Of noisy and qusrrsisom
guests. ana that they took the nsv
arrival for enc Of the quarrslsoms one
trying 10 break In again.
Dut the man couldn't know that. II
was attacked suddenly. II no hadn'
1ads his fight just AZ he did he woul
have bssn swept from his feet In a
Instant. and the walters. who wsrs pras
tieaiiy bouncers BY trade. would hAv
taken delight In jumping on him an
kiclang his head half on. Many q ma
had bean carried to q hospital In Ne
York after q similar experience. VII.
trouble OF that sort coming there's u
time for explanations. II the mn
hadn't known how TO nght. or II /
haA simply backed away and tried
escape punishment he'd have bee
whipped and cowned In a few second
The effectiveness Of his counter attas
saved him-may even have saved h
Me
Boring " known a. the art of se,
defence. What some people fail to o.
10 that the best self-defense 10
effective offense. No boxer who .
mains Sntirely on the defensive durii
an exhibition 10 showing the best poin
OF his art That II why call an sxi
bition like that given by Champ,
satisfactory. He avoided being hit, II
true. He moved about very little Al
showed beautiful Judgment IN onAkil
Dundee niss wild swings by an In
or two. But he did little else. n
exhibition was only q partial exhibits
OF the skill he must possess TO b.
champion. He Tented and fsinted. Al
lot many wide openings so without
attempt 70 hit. Imagine q powerf
football team lining up on the dfty-nv
yard line and standing there on q
defense un;ii the last whistle blows Al
sAe GAmS 10 over. rmAsIns svsSy m,
s'as'As paal Of a. "" s'~- MAXI