The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27

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! Jem Mace seheei. hence q coed enc.
being both boxer and fighter. Ritchie
| IS fit champion, possessing, as well
| as ability, that necessary requisite,
gameness. His. style is superior to
that of wo1gast or Nelson He is more
like the boxers of Is or 90 years ago
along the Joe Cans order. and the stand
| up and box or get away style of Jem
Mace.
| Most of the modern boxers come in
| is not as clean as was that of the boxer
of old. When you get away from the
Mace system you lose the art of the
game
"Lightweights are coming back to
the old way. With Ritchie and Jack
Britton it is their stand up style, foot
| work and generalship that carry them
| through.
LEADING LTGHTWEIGHTS
''The three leaders in the lightweight
division today are Packey Mcfarland,
Willie Ritchie and Jack Britton. They
| are all OF the Mace SCn0Ol.
/ bat Nelson's principal and only
claim to championship was his ability
| to take and assimilate punishment his
| aggressiveness and marvellous game
ness. He never used his head in fight
ing.
Boxer Billy Myer once asked me:
| What did you use to harden your face
when fighting? I replied. Nothing
"I use tannic acid and glycerin,
| said Myer.
Well, Billy I replied, when my
| face looks like yours I do not need
| anything on it. / am whipped
BOXING BREEDS GOOD NATURE
Green declares that there is nothing
like boxing to tame a fierce temper.
Boxing" said George. breeds good
nature. There is nothing better for a
/ hot tempered youth than dressing
! down al boxing. At the outset a boxer
upon receiving nasty blow on ten
der spot will go up in the air and lose
all control of his temper.
He will rush madIy at his opponent
/ to get even. and another one will hurt
! him worse than the first.
After a few experiences Of this sort
| he will begin TO realize that he is get
ting the worst of it by permitting his
/ temper to drag him within range of
another, and he will grow wary.
| Finally he will realize that the only
way to succeed Is to think and to re-
tain possession of his faculties. When
| the other fellow lands the trained boxer
will figure how he can get In and hand
| one back. The blow may hurt him and
| he may be eager to get even. but he
Will know that the only way Is to plan
the attack, and that can not be done in
temper.
FEW HOT TEMPERED STARS
''The champion boxer is usually the
| best natured man imaginable This,
| forsooth, because he has learned by
| hard experience that to outhit an op-
ponent he must not permit his anger or
temper to clog his brain.
Watch the fighter who~rushes blind
| ly after receiving punishment. He Is
not himself. His eyes are closed. His
/ sole thought Is to annihi1ate the other
| fellow-the one who hit him. He doesn't
stop to think of being annihilated. He
| Just wildly rushes in an gets another,
| and. possibly, his quietus.
How would 1T do for general to
/ shout to his army: Go after them,
boys and then turn the soldiers loose
| to be shot down by the army of the
| thinking general who has placed his
| men behind breastworks and In
| trenches to fight with head a. well as
| with rines?~
SPLENDID TEACHER
/ George Green bears the reputation Of
being most excellent teacher OF box
Ing. He puts his classes through their
work with all the ardor imaginable,
and never overlooks good work on the
part of pupil.
/ Many of the prominent business and
professional men OF San Francisco re-
member Green in the days when he was
4 lightweight instructor In boxing IN the
olympic club, and declare that he was
at that time a ring wonder. An attor-
ney in the Monadnock building said:
i want my son to know how to box.
After he has acquired the art he will
become a Drawer and better man. He
VIII never take advantage OF a weaker
/ opponent, for 1t Is the outgrowth of
boxing that to hit man when he Is
down Is cowardly. The ring has
brought about the Anglo-Saxon motto
of fair play"