The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-20

the KICK OF mule into his dying wal
lop. lie showed this in his fight with
Palsee. when, after being knocked down
rthres or four times and nearly finished.
10 could stili 1ab Pslzer 90 hard that
~ tow headed Iowa farmer was driven
beck on his heels.
- OnfBARDrBR'S way Of finishing a
~ man Is much like that OF Fiiz-
simmons. Ito feints for his OPEN
ing and deliberately waits until II comes
Then hs drives n hard left into the
tbo1y. steps a little aside and crosses a
short right to tho chin with terrific
force behind the blow. He swings his
broad shoulders into this punch Just AS
yltsslmmons used to- Tho blow shoots
Straight to the mark and travels only
3 couple Of feet.
UStssinmons used a shift instead Of
the little sidestsp. lie shifted his left
foot forward and brought the left fist
around with crushing body hook.
Then. as his man doubled up. he nm
'lshsd the Job with either right or left.
% suit his convenience.
Tho method Is slightly different. but
In effect Bombs riier's way In Hike Fitz-
aimmonss.
At 5abbing he Is better than Corbett
at his best. lie Is as accurate as n
,0harpshooter. Corbeu was accurate and
extremely fast. But much OF Corbett's
speed was In his footwork. lie had a
habit OF jabbing and instantly pulling
back a. the blow landed. This saved his
face. for It was hard TO catch him with
. eounter. but II destroyed hie effective
ness. corbetts skill wasn't so much
Sighting skill as defensive boxing skill.
He made II his boast that few boxers
could ''lay a glove on him"
Wells has a different idea OF defense
According 10 his notion the best defens,
% Q good offense. When Kennedy wa
trying hardest TO dig into the English
man's body or to wear him down will
corkscrew punches on the chin Well
didn't jab and jump away out OF reach
Instead OF that ne watched Kenned
closely and met every blow with swift
Sab that made Kennedys effort IA
short and sent his head bobbing bac
10 his shoulder-blades. That jab. aide
by Wells's extremely long reach an
his Qulckness. was more effective tina
any blocking or ducking or ciinchin
could have been. Kennedy couldn't ~
mast It, Trying TO reach Bombardier
body was like trying to drive into
yard with the cate locked.
a And while on the defense Wells didn
Sab lightly. lie timed the movement {
his body 20 that his weight was mov!n
forward behind the glove as It landed,
,-ITzsuMMoNs wa. a great tw
handed fighter. Ills left was full
~. ,HsFAs ~.
never had a great right hand. He vi
q fancy boxer. with fast legs and ia
sWelia is distinctly a two-handed fighte
hks FStx. He hits a crushing blow vii
.sather hand. using right or left as h
Dpenings show. He has the create
variety of blows I've ever seen us,
by any boxer, from the heavyweight
one bantamweight class. ! noticed o.
dining that was characteristics OF some
tshe old time champions. lie frequent
iased either right or left straight with
,suehtiy iifung effect. This Is the he
Nay 10 use a straight punch, as the III
lng adds TO the Earring effect OF q
punch and throws the recipient on b
lance much more than q straight or
.oropping blow.
Bombardler has some chnracterisu
ally English tricks OF boxing lie due
Away at times like a lightweight, Dire
,ping his head under a blow instead
bioc1ing It.
Wells IL young. His boxing. cons
Aripg his very limited experience In
sring. 10 remarkable. II he keeps
l Aghting fssqusnuy. meeting GOOD N
ss