The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
WHITE HEAVIES
RELY ON RUSH
None of Big Boxers of Present
Day Claim to Be Scientific

Il is an ndisputable sign Of tn
lack % class among our whit
heavios that not'a single man of ther
has anything To show I'm the way
c!ovcrness. Science is at a dscoun
with these giants, who appearto rel!
entirely on the exciting but dangeroY
plan Of rushing an opponent and TAX
ing q punch I'm order To land one. Pal
aer, McCarty, Willard-all of the am
bilious hopes" are built along thes
lines. None of them give premise
lasting long as active participants il
the modern arena. a glance over tn
pueilstic annals shows that a nghte
never existed who depended almost en-
urCly on his ability to stand punish
mcnt and retired without havin
reached the stage where inc"ssar
hcatlngs mad worn away his stamina
rom Sharkey was a Case< IN poin,
Everybody knows what a tough piec
Of scrapping material the hardy Ia
was when ne began To shine es
championship possibility He could as
simulate punishment as a sponge suck
IN water, smile ard keep COMING in f.
more. Men broke their hands upo
him. passed out the best and flerces
Uallops they possessed. and when the,
had exhausted al the ammunition the,
had in stock the Shariey battleshil
rammed them viciously-and th'
trouble was at an end.
Easy for leffries.
But with this single eXccptio!
shnrliev proved himself worthy Of tn,
name of Iron Man" as Joe Choynsli
ANA many others found to their cost
His armor plates were Frequently dent
Cd, but never cracked until jim JEFF
fries threw his tremendous weight in
To- the Tar and buciiled up two Of Tom.
ribs. besides mauiing him i'm s;,vag,
fashion generally From the eff
fects of the Jeffries fight Sharkey
never recovered. 'rhe ability to alb
surb vital punches and storm his wat
to victory had departed forever. ano
he proved easy for Gus Rubin erd pic
for Fitzsimmons i'm a second meetin
when the lanky Cornishman stowot
MIN away IN a couple OF rounds.
Kid carter will be remembered a.
another determined slugGer whp won
all of his victories by dint of bul
rushing tactics and taking an awful
sruellEg. Time ara again Carter wa
apparently whipped 10 "a standstll, bur
at the crucial moment. when grCggl
bleeding and almost out he wouli
Ccmc through with one tcrrifi. bash Il
an opponents jaw, and the Other cha.
sat down fer the full count instead
of the battered Kid. But day finally
came when unGer the strain of repeat
ed hammerings. he devel 1pcd SYM
ptoms Of locumotor ataXia which nee
essitated his retirementc from active
service.
lavigne ard Nelson.
kid lavigne, who fought on muci
The same lines as battling Nelson.
olthOueh possessing perhaps a shade
more science than The Daae.. also
succumhed To- the effects ot oft re-
peated bcatines. the evils Of whllh
were augmented by his convivial hab-
its. Like Kat lAvignc was usually
lay the men he fought, bun
until dissipation and hard punching
had robbed him Of his mpryel0ds Vi
t1litN the Kid remained morarch of
the lightweight division.
II was due solely To his good habits
and clcanly mode of living that Mel
son occupied the top nctcl, Of the
lightweight ronst for Sch an extend
eel period Of time. The Danes name
Will go down t. postcrity as that OF a
man who always noxed on The level
itnd fought the good fight To the last
Gasp. Also he accomplished the. miracle
of Coming back" when defeated by
Jimmy Britt. by afterwards knocking
out the pride of the coas; In Is rounds:
lost L. Joe Cams and demonstrated his
over the odd master" by
putting him To sleep i'm two luter en-
counters Truly record to be proud
uf.
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