The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-24

E land as the Venetian GondOH IIe had come into prominence in ye- nice, where he was the chauffeur of a gondola, by beating up three thugs who had attacked a young nobleTnan. The rufaians were armed with cold steel, and Tito had only his bare fists but he gave such good account of them that he put the three bravos down for the count.
 There was a, romance mixed up in this, as it was said that the thugs had been hired to beat up the young no hIeman rather, to cut him up-by a rival in love- The Venice Even- ing Scream gave the affair a fuI1-page story under 8 scare head--or so we imagine. At any rate. Carfni,s proW- ess with his fists made him a hero and he gave up the gondolfer busi i ness to travel about Italy giving box ing exhibitions. Like most modern heroes, he couldn't resist the tempta-s ton to capitalize his fame and so into vaudeville
 A young British nobieman, travel ing in Italy, saw CariIi perform and decided to take him back and pit him were then enjoying a great vogue In a fight in Italy against the Leghorn Pitnnan,' Carini had shattered his op- Rponent's jaw at the first blow, but-h found the British pugtHsts built Of better material.
  against a big Yorkshirennan named Bob Whitta ker. The international aspect Of the fight attracted wide att tention, and on the day of the match in May, 1733. the King and great crowd of nobles surroundeH the ring The Venetian at first looked ike certain victor, for he puu1xnelIed the Yorksh5reman Y lJnmercifuflys and once knocked him off the stage onto the heads of the spectators- But Whit taker had plenty of endurance and p1uelk, and he fought on, all bruised length of the big Italian was forced to give in and admit defeat. Carini fought James Figg, the British cham pion, a little later and was again de- feated.
 But if CArini lacked pluck, the same could not be said of the ancient Italians and. Greeks who engaged if1 the fighting game They wore the tcestus, a sort of metal eknucks. in their cham pionship battles, and these conflicts rarely ended until one man or the other was killed or so serious ly injured that he could not stand
 The ancient Greeks not only origin ated boxing glovesaslthough of kind that would hardly be popular in these daysHbut they also invented used in training for their battles. The Greek bag was made of leather and was filled with sand.
 The training methods of the an- cieats were much more strenuous ev- en than those which prevail to-day. Their diet was extremely simple. Re- fore a bout the boxers covered their. body with oil, which they believed made their muscles more elastic.
 Castor or Pollux were the pugili3tic gods of the Greeks, and they were said. to have battled their way with their fists to the heights of Mount Olympus.
 Homer devoted much space to laud- ing these ancient fighters. They fought in rings even in those days. thousands of years ago. for in the ..Iliad" we are told that
 "4Amid the circle now each champion
 stands
 And polses high in the air his iron
 hands.
 With clashing gauntlets now they
 dercely close
 Their cracking jaws re-echo to the
 blows.
 At length Epeus dealt mighty blow Full on the face of his unwary foe.''
 1t was a knockout, and as his sec sonds carry the fallen hero from the ring
 .sfSoddins. his hezd hangs down his