The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05
G. A Z u MI il IT
DO BRAINS AID
OR HURT BOXER?
Some Fighters Succeed by In
stinct, Others by Intellect

DO brains help fighter? Noodles
and knuckes" says Wolgast, make
| fighter. Too much brains ROB man
| Of his lighting instinct, say others, and
point To Jack Johnson, Young Critic.
| and Terry McGovern as the great ring
| men who lacked brains. Intellect
| makes the ring marvel, cries another
set. and names Packey Mcfarland,
| Johnnie Kilbane and Abe Attell as
examples.
| II can be put down rs Il mysterious
truth that men like Jack Johnson can
move faster than they can think, says
writer in the Evening Wisconsin. I
! don't know why. Tho exist cxplana-
ton is to pass it by vaguely rs in
stuct." which, as it doesn't mean
anything in particular, is a highly
satisfactory explanation what to do.
But bow about Paciley Mcfarland?
It cannot be said i'm his case that his
instinct is higher than his intellect.
Irish and Negro Compared,
| II seems not so much a matter Of
the amount in the intellect needed to
| make a boxer as the kind of intellect
| Let us set up the most brilliant
| boxers now before the public and vivi-
| sect them.
! Everyone will agree that the fol-
| lowing boxers top the list: Johnson,
Clabby, Kilbane, Attei, Coulon and
! Gibbons.
OF these, all are Irish except John
son, who is a negro, and Attel, who
is Yddish.
Taking up a little of the past, we
collect one more lrishman and one
more ncgro-Jm Coroott and joe
Cans.
The lrishman and thc negro have
one great characteristic in common
cmotionalsm. And cmotionalism in
wolves mobility of mind. The Irish
man boxes brilliantly because his
mind shifts quickly: lie is not "sot in
! his notions" He changes easily from
one topic Ia another No Irishman
likes long discussions. He is witty
because his mind is always on tip
| toes.
/ He is a dreamer. but :. romantic
dreamer-not an analytical mediator.
The negro is mobile minded because
his emotions are so strong that they
sweep his judgment along with it, The
mind of colored man is q passenger
on n train and his emotions are the
| train.
Attell a Quick Thinker.
Abe Attell, the Hebrew, belongs to "A
rack Of quick adaptabiiity. The mer
| chant from the Ghetto succeeds be-
cause he is always alive to what goes
on around him. He is always interest.
ed. He sees chances that escape 9TH
Ell men because his mind easily jumps
| to meet the new conditions.
The conclusion is that intellect helps
Il boxer if he has the kind of mind
| that is quick to move. If he belongs to
n race that is phlegmatic, slow, an
| alytical, philosophical and moody, the
smarter he is the poorer boxer he will
be. His mind will be simply a load
| for his fists To carry.
Fighter VS.. the Boxer
/ This discussion coldly ignores such
| boys as Adolph, himself, and BAT Mel
| son.
Al is one Of the greatest lighters
who ever heard the referee count out
| his opponent: but Al is no boxer. lie
succeeds for the same reason that
| Gen. Grant beat Gen. Lee. He sees
that superior strength cannot help but
win in the long run and just slams
| in.
Ads whole system IF lighting is
| built upon the deliberate principle II
NOT boxing He covers himself with
"A shell of elbows and boxing gloves
and faces the storm. Whenever his
| opponent fights hard, nd closes his
shell little tight and accepts the
, punishment. The instant the opposing
boxer relaxes his efforts. Al tears in
to him and keeps on tearing in until
the next onslaught.
This isn't boxing at all This is
bookkeeping. Ad runs his fights on
the principal of profit and loss. His
capital consists of a pair of sturdy
fists which he invests in a twenty
round venture All the blows that
collide with his countenance lie puts