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

Broad wanted the man to do. In
such case he generally countered so
hard that his opponent had good cause
to remember IL.
In case the boxer refused TO strike
when his head was turned. Broad
would repeat the act until the man
before him had become accustomed
to II. Then just as he was about
eral times before, he struck out like
a mule kicking. with the right hand
he was holding up to spit In, but
which, incidentally, was in the exact
position to whip over chop blow
like flash Very few ever avoided
it
How Fitz Won.
The principle used IS the same as
that by which Robert Fitzsimmons
won most of his hard fights Any
boxer becomes used to a certain act
or blow when repeated. then an
oft repeated blow is started a boxer
will uncOnsciously meet II as he has
done before. because lie has become
accustomed to il and knows when it
starts. what it Is A boxer seeing
Broad spit in his hand several times,
would unconsciOusly anticipate that
he would finish the act again In
stead OF that Broad cut off sharp
In the beginning OF the act and
landed a knockout blow instead OF
splitting The same is true Of a right
lead which E'itz was accustomed to
shift
Tack In Shoe.
Broad did not attempt this IN the
ring but kid" Mccoy has to his
credit several knoclzouts by a SINH
lar ruse. When facing a man more
or less inexperienced and still a
tough customer, Mccoy was accus-
toned to step back and work the
toes OF his left foot as IL there were
a nail in his shoe. or a sock had
wrinkled until it bothered him in his
footwork, on which he largely de-
pended He made WY faces moder-
ately and tried to right the wrong
every round or two by stopping and
working the left foot in the shoe.
Opponents who tried to take ad-
vantage OF it and land on him while
he was occupied with his shoe. gen.
orally were stretched stiff In case
they believed it ruse TO get them
TO lead, Mccoy continued IL until
they became accustomed to it, accom-
panying the act with slight twitch
OF the mouth each time he tried to
get rid or the abominable tack. Then
Just as he started to do IL all over
again-having trained his adversary
to follow the same old thing-hss cut
loose punch that ended the fight.
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Other boxers have won fights by
slightly tWitching the mouth when
striking certain blow so as to warn
their opponent what was coming.
The movement Of the mouth is very,
very slight so that the opponent
does not suspect the other knows he
is "telegraphing" his blows. Like
the acts already mentioned, there is
double advantage Either the boxer
may give the slight sign that he is
to strike the same blow and then
strike a different one, or he NAV
strike the blow without the warning
OF the twitching lip which the other
viii not be prepared for after fight
ing several rounds with the accus-
toned telegraph. In either case,
properly used, the blow will land.
II is question Of how much of a
pile driver the boxer is welding
whether or not there is Knockout.
This principle has often been used
~ lighters who were splitting blood
from repeated blows in the mouth,
the trick being worked like Broad
accomplished IL. except the boxer
spat on the floor OF the ring instead
Of in the palm of his hand
Ryan Hit With Tooth.
In 1893 Tommy Ryan met Jack
Becheaulte in a scheduled ten round
go IN indianapolis Ryan fought at
l5S and Becheaulte at 10. Tommy
had his hands full for a few rounds
because Of his adversary's strength
and was forced to knock a few of
Becheaulte's teeth loose to check his
rushes. Jack conceived the idea Of
using a tooth to win a victory and
spat loose gold crown so accurately
that II hit Ryan in the eye. He
failed to take proper advantage OF
the tooth blow and Ryan was SO an
gered at the attempt that he waded
IN and put Jack down 10 stay with
out more ado.
Fights have been won by boxers
who have occasionally rubbed the
palm OF the right glove at their belt
during the fight as il the glove had
shipped down and they were trying
to push it back on. This also has
the double advantage Of drawing an
opponent into a lead or striking
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