El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16


Taxing grogginsss ls often en-
ployed with success by a boxer who
can stand punishment. After a sue
cession Of blows the recipient as
sumes q groggy attitude Naturally
his adversary. II he believes that he
has his man groggy, will try to put
an end to the affair In striking he
is then apt to strike harder and to
leave himself vulnerable for a re-
turn blow which he does not expect
from groggy man. Fitzsimmons
has won BY this plan as have many
other ring generals. This plan Of
campaign is often to account for
fights where one man beats the other
to the verge Of a knockout and is
then himself suddenly put out Cen
not announce that he faxed groggi-
ness because It may stand him in
good stead again. The public Won
ders how il happened when the de-
feated man had all the better OF
il
In a recent 60 between Otto Wal
lace and Joe Britton at Deming. Brit
ton used grogginess from a single
blow TO fake his opponent into a
rush When Britton avoided the
rush and landed right and left in
an attempt to put Wallace out, the
came out Of his unsteadiness entirely
too quick to have been suffering a
dzZed condition as the result OF
blow. BrittOn failed to put Wallace
away.
Looking Away Dangerous.
A common ring custom is to glance
away from an opponent in order to
cause him to lead. This IL dangerous
when milling with q quick man. A
recent instance in which this ended
IN defeat for local army boxer Is
the defeat Of kid Troubles BY Nick
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blow to the jaw, although he con-
tended otherwise The pavilion
where the fight was held was In the
open air. Electric lights were strung
over the ring but three or four feet
above the heads of the belligerents
Troubles had knocked Grundy half
across the ring twice but the latter
who weighed some 10 OF Y pounds
less than Troubles-had bounced
back at his hea Ter opponent like a
rubber man. Suddenly one Of the
lights over the boxers shook vio-
lently, the wire probably having been
Jared by some boy climbing up On
the outside to peep over the canvass.
When the light Jared Troubles
looked up, and in a tWinkling Grundy
had landed the blow that made Trou-
bles quit
Troubles has a habit Of stretching
his head high into the air between
active sparring, and IL was impossible
70 say WneIner ne looked at the
dangling light or merely looked up
in his accustomed way. Be that as
II may, he looked up and elevated
his jaw. Grundy was quick enough
TO bring it down.
In this connection It may be said
that all Of the above tricks and
scores Of like ones have failed q
thousand times where they have
been a success once. That is because
the men who attempted them are
not masters OF the stunt An excep-
tiOnally clever man is able TO pull
them on first rate boxers. Like many
other phases OF boxing, wise calcula-
ton and remarkable quickness are
needed to make these things a sue
cess They are more mental triumphs
than physical, and the boxer who is
unable to read what effect the pre-
limfnary acts are having on his op-
ponent, or who does not know ex-
actly when to strike, has no chance
Of success with them.
These are but a few Of the many
tricks employed that have caused the
dow nfall Of boxers but which have
more often failed because the WELD
ers lacked class.