The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-01
CROUCH WILL
SOON GO OUT
OF FIGHTING
Jimmy Dunn Says That Public
Demand Will Force Ii Out
of Existence
TELLS OF CROUCHES OF
FAMOUS CHAMPIONS
Doesn't Like the Method Used
By Joe Rivers to Get Crouch
Effect
BY JIMMY DUNN.
lManager of the Feather Champion OF
the World, Johnny kilbane.)


The disappointment of many of the
fans over the Kilbane-Dundee tigh.
convinces me that the fighting
crouch" will soon disappear from box
lag.
II was Dundee's crouch that spoiled
tho fight You hear a great deal about
dundee chasing Johnny around the
ring: but on the few occasions when
they really mixed II hotly. Dundee Gov
eIed up like a mud turtle and all that
Kilbane could do was 10 hammer his
fists on the top Of Dundee's head.
A crouch nearly alwas spoils fight,
There have been few men--and you
can count them on your fngers-~ho
could really fight in an interesting
way out Of a crouch. But this was
due 10 some peculiarly in their box
ing style.
The men | refer 10 are AID Wolgast
Jim Jeffries and Bat Nelson. Joe Riy'
ers sometimes uses a crouch but he
has succeeded in spite OF his crouch
rather than because Of IL. Unlike the
others, his crouch hurt him more than
: helped him.
Let us consider the case OF Bat Mel
| IL a
with both arms in front OF his face
Most lighters would have been hope
lessly handicapped by this attitude OF
Bats, but he had two very peculiar
blows which he could hit well from
| this position One was a savage chor
downward. the other what he called a
scissors blow He delivered this
blow by turning his wrist and bring
| ing the side of his hand down into
his opponents liver This he could
deliver perfectly from his crouch
Even al that, Bats crouch might
hive been very duh affair in a less
game fighter But he kept whirine
In so viciously all the time that II
didn't matter how he kept-eovered IN
The same was true with Ad VOL
CAST. ~
| Ads crouch was of different type
from Nelson's He kept his right hanc
Up in front OF his chin. He made nc
attempt TO guard a blow, but merely
turned his chin a little and took ii on
the side of his head and smothered
| II on his glove He kept his left hand
always free 10 hit. II was n combina
ton that made him very hard 10 reach
| but left him a very dangerous oppon
ent for any boy TO face. Like Bal Mel
son. his crouch didn't handicap Ad as
! Il might have another boy because he
could hit from such peculiar positions
He sort OF sneaked in his worst blows;
he could hit from the most impossible
positions and hit hard. His crouch
only made these singular blows the
mere confusing.
| Jim Jeffries' crouch has seldom
been thoroughly understood. He die
not crouch like either Nelson or VOL
CAST. He did not lean over onto his
opponent, but crouched away from the
other fighter, keeping him far away
| by his out-thrust left hand. This
crouch, as every one knows, proved
| the puzzle and the undoing OF the
cleverest boxers in the world.
don't believe In Joe Rivers crouch
He merely raises both arms and peeks
out from between them like mar
! looking out between prison bars.
think II interferes with his power tc
punch. Joe has right that could be
made 10 have wonderful destroying
power II he delivered IL more correct
~, but you will notice that he nearly
always gives IL a sort OF downward
whip when he hits, thus destroying
part of the power
Rivers is naturally straight
puncher and IL is next 10 impossible
to deliver a straight punch without
Strengthening up and abandoning his
crouch The consequence Is that Riv
ers is either crouching or fighting
When the fight is coming his way toe
strong, he retires into crouch like
! Dundee. When he fights. he has &c
straighten up and leave his crouch.
The crouch has been harmful 10 the
boxing game In general I notice that
III, preliminary boys and the boxers
at the four-round Venice fights are be
ginning TO crouch when they box. You
can see that they don't know why
they crouch; they only do II because
! they have seen or read of the prom
inent boxers who use that style.
You will see the crouch disappear
very soon. The fans will demand it
The continuance OF its use will brina
about too many repetitions OF the Xii
ba1e-Dundee fight. where a fine boxer
| Is In a hopeless position owing to the
fact that his opponent covers up like
a turtle and remains inactive every
| time the fight grows hot.
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