The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
Yellow Perir Of the Boxing
Game Tells Sharpe Of His
Vision Of Some Day TAX
ing Championship Back to
Japan, Where He VIII
Teach Boxing.

an engagement He has been approached
"a number Of times to engage In fake"
bouts. but he replies:
81 am a Japanese. and II would be dis
honorable; 1 could not return to my coun-
try" He says there are no faxed
matches among the wrestlers of Japan
because IT would bring them everlasting
dishonor.
Togo.s dream Of the future is to win
fame as champion boxer. and says so
soon as he acquires a title he will re-
turn to Japan and establish a great ply
sical culture institution. at which boxing
will be taught. He wishes to be first to
Introduce this sport among the Japanese
and believes it will be popular with them.
BOXING q Gentle Game.
He thinks boxing is mild as compared
to Jiu Jitsu. as the latter is dangerous
and. as taught in Japan. is intended only
for defensive purposes. He Illustrated
to the writer what he meant by danger
ous' by demonstrating with some holds
intended to break bones OF the arms and
legs. wrench joints from their socket. or
to shut on circulation Of the blood
Stripped Of its dangerous features, Togo
thinks jiu jitsu a splendid exercise that
can be used as successfully by a small
person as by a large one In Japan ex-
perts are pitted against each other ac-
cording to their known proficiency and
are divided into classes, no consideration
being given the matter Of weight
The little Japanese has the characteris-
tic politeness of his race, In mild man
nered. soft of speech, and without a sign
OF braggadocio. He neither smokes nor
drinks, and his favorite diversion Is at
tending the theater, Of which he is pas
sionately fond.
MupuUar that To0o
requires watching wher training to fit
himself for { contest, as he is intensely
conscientious and never shirks his work
He eats sparfngiy OF meats, his principal
diet consisting of rice and fish. He likes
tea and coffee, but never touches the lat
ter when in training.
speak. English with Ease.
/ Before coming to this country Togo at
tended school for eleven years and is
a graduate of the Obama Tsugako Cthe
middle school. He learned while there
to read and write English, but had some
difficulty in mastering pronunciation.
Now. however, he speaks English with
ease and is able to carry on a con.
yersation with no hesitation for lack Of
words to express his exact meaning.
For the past two weeks Togo has been
a patient. at the American Hospital AS
sociation, Theresa avenue and Pine
street. under the care of Dr. James
Moore Ball, who a week ago performed
an operation TO straighten Togo's eyes,
which have been badly crossed The
trouble dates back about two years.
when the left eye began to turn in to-
ward the nose. and continued until the
pupil was almost buried In the corner
of the socket This seriously interfered
with Togo's sight and an operation was
dacided upon to correct the trouble For
three days Togo lay in darkness with
tightly bandaged eyes. When the band
ages were removed on last Friday To-
COS eyes were seen to be perfectly
straight and the japanese enthusiastically
declared his vision was much better. IL
is DIR. Balls belief there will be no fur
there trouble.
Now that his sight is SO much i'm
proved Togo believes that his work IN
the ring will be better. and he Is en-
thusIastic at the prospect.
Togo boxed in St Louis a little more
than a month ago. when he was paolS
outpointed by Tickle Sanders IN an
eirht-round bout On that occasion Togo
showed but little skill as boxer. ms
a assimilation Of punishment, however, was
the most wonderful ever seen here, and
AT the end of a bout in which he had
been struck several hundred times ana
knocked all over the ring. he seemed
vigorous as ever and full of fight.
Now that Togo, for the first time in
his career, is TO be given an opportunity
to box with and receive instruction from
a man of his own weight and clever as
yacknow is known to be the midget
oriental may yet loom forth as the vel
low peril of the feather-weight divi-
sion. -