Evening journal., 1917-03-26
NOTHING NEW IN
THE RING CAME
All the Blows and Guards
Used Today Were Stylish
Many Years Ago
RIGHT FOOT FORWARD
ALWAYS PART OF GAME

Boxing is a science the rules OF
which have been worked out as re-
suit OF the study OF many minds for
hundreds OF years. There is nothing
new about it in any way All the
blows. and guards which are used by
good boxers were invented and prac-
ticed by experts before anyone now
living was born, says an exchange.
The best that could be said for any
thing seen in the ring today is that
it might be a modification Of scme-
thing that was used long ago.
Very often It will be found that
some of the things which modern nov
ices use IN their ring work and for
which they claim great results is
trick or a practice that had been tried
out and discarded generations back.
Some 10 or 20 years ago California
boxers visited the East claiming great
things for a crouching position which
they used None Of these boxers we're
students Of the sport and they we're
unaware OF the fact that the very
same crouch had been adopted in Eng
iand nearly 100 years back by GER
tain school of boxers there and had
been abandoned by those who came
after them. who found il was not the
best position to use, and the good
points claimed for It were Oyerbal-
anced by rs demerts.
II IS a common thing nowadays 10
hear Of some boxer that has a certain
punch with which he can do wonder
ful things. and the idea is conveyed
hat this particular boxer might have
A patent on this particular punch. or
that Il was some secret method OF
boxing which he had devised and
which no one else could acquire. But
4 little study. and observation of this
BOXERS socaled great punches shows
here is nothing 20 them. and it is
perhaps some awkward style which he
has picked up and which is really a
letrlmeut instead Of a benefit to him
As a matter NJ fact, no boxer can have
anything in the way Of a blow that
iny other boxer cannot master with a
little study and practice. The mar
who will thoroughly study tho rudi
nents Of boxing will he able 10 solve
he style Of any other boxer he may
sver meet
Aw<wardness Not Science.
Every once in a while some boXe
Ippears who uses the style OF stand
ng with HIS right foot in front and hi
light arm extended. Men who use thi
method are OF the class who pick nj
boxing and do not take any lessons n
The art. No teacher Of boxing would
instruct a pupil to box that way. Hard
L. a1sas.1 tHfn 9
that position Very few men who usi
L ever become champions. The mos
noted examples of boxers standing
hat way were Tom Sayers among TIL
,ld-timers. and Al Mccoy among mod
.rn glove fighters Sayers was cham
bion of England, and Mccoy is tn
niddle-weight champion of America
But in each case n was the man an
not the style which was the factor i
tuccess. Savers was a remarkable ma
in many ways. He could hit hard, wa
wonderfully game and could take
tremendous amount of punishment.
II is related Of him that in his figh
with John G. Heenan, Sayers fough
Tor over an hour with one OF his arm
broken. In his recent bout with JAG
Dillon, Mccoy took all the lndianapl
lH man fUuiu EtAu HAh Wat W.
rounds without fiinchlng 1t is elaine
'or the style Of Sayers and McCo
hat the awkwardness proves puzz
10 the other school Of boxers. But tn
Is not the case where the man VIII
uses the correct style has been tho
,ughly trained.
Rules for boxing these left-handei
are set down in every good book {
boxing. and old-time teachers OF II
art could show their pupils how
overcome such awkward fighters, Il
The fact remains that the left-haI
fellows are rarely clever in using the
own style. which makes It difficult 4
hem to lead to the other man. whi
here is nothing difficult In protectiI
one's self from their attacks. o
followers Of boxing will rememb
Mike Boden, of Canuck He was
.hickset fellow, very strong and roug
He stood with his right foot advanc,
and his right hand extended. and W
as awkward as any OF that style
boxers now i'm the ring. He proved
puzzle to most of the fighters he m
ill he encountered Jack Dempsey.
nan much lighter and smaller th
himself, and Dempsey made aspunS
Ing bag Of him. cutting him to ribbo
and easily avoiding the terrific pl
ches of the powerful Canuck.