Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1915-06-11
WORDS CHAMPION,
ARRIVES HERE
HENRY STARK, WORLDS CHAM
PlON BAG PUNCHER IN TOWN
He TELLS OF HIS WORK
HAS HELD TITLE SINCE 'e9 and
TELLS HOW BEST RESULTS
ARE OBTAINED

Henry Stark, Of Milwaukee, Wisoon-
Sin, the worlds champion bag puncher.
Was an arrival in the city the first of
the week and will remain here for the
next three weeks taking the baths be.
fore continuing on his way to San
Francisco, where he has a contract
with the exposition management to
give series of twelve exhibitions. Mr..
Stark has the credentials to prove his
claim to the title which he now holds
aud in the following article gives few
ideas as to the benefits to be derived
from this sort of exercise by men,
women aud children.
by Champion Henry Stark
MANY forms of exercise are INDUCED
In by persons who are desirous of i'm
proving their physical condition, yet
none that they may try are as attract
I've and at the same time as beneficial
to them AS the cart" of bag. punching
Here is recreation, simple and in
expensive, affording splendid means
for the development of bodily powers,
and indulgence in which is rewarded
with symmetry, grace and strength.
One of the greatest beauties of this
grand exercise is that it may be indulg
ed in by men. women and children
alike. The arms, shoulders, wrist,
back, neck, waist, legs and eyes are
brought into play in every movement
individually and in combination in the
"arl' of bag-punching.
The circulation Of the blood in ell
parts of the body are vastly improved.
The direct result is new being for the
bagpuneher.
The person with an air of energy and
accomplishment is the one who i'm
presses the listner and compels atten-
tion Should he or she lack these quail.
tiles, month or SO Of daily exercise of
say ten minutes day will supply all
that anyone desires health.
The "art" of bsg-punching and bag
punching are as different as black and
white. In the "Art" it is something
that no bag-punoher since [ won the
worlds championship at Madison
Square Garden New York City and at
the National Sporting Club of London.
England, has been able to punch one
half OF the movements that do in the
"Art"
In plain bag punching it is what the
boxers do, just fight the bag
In the "art" of bag-punohing there
are thirty-eight movements-no more,
twelve front, ten side and sixteen back.
Out of this number the student
should pick, say eight or ten move
ments that l will describe in next
weeks Star and any one will find them
easy to learn and the results will be the
same as ii you could do the full thirty
eight, unless you desire to become a
champion and meet me in worlds
contest.
1t is an impossibility to learn all Of
the movements without many years of
practice, and | have as yet to meet any
one who could do any twenty of the
thirty-eight.
1t has taken the writer eighteen
years of hard practice to accomplish
this fest-ten years to learn the back
movements alone, as no bag puncher
has rs yet been able to punch even
three uf the sixteen
have offered three cash offers in
every city in the world since 1898 to
any one able to do the followjng-and
this ia my third trip around the worlo
and probably last.
First: Fifty dollars to any one able
to punch any twenty of the thirty.
eight movements in the ''art" of bag
punching.
Second: Fifty dollars to any one able
to punch any six of the sixteen back
movements.
Third: Fifty dollars to any one that
can punch one certain movement that
I show in my exhibitions.
Fourth: The same open offer to any
one for y contest for 81 OUO GO or more
Don't fail TO order next weeks Star.
article will give the simple movements
for ali students"