The Washington times., 1920-12-26
BOXER'SMAG|C.
ONLY PHYSICS.
Coulo0's Defiance Of Heavy
uftsrs Proves Trick Of
Gravitation. 49,.
~ r. HOWARD kRLLS.
UAivsu~ai Service.

Uaivsssal Service.
NEW YORK. Dec. e6.-Ppofl such
Is the sudden tragedy of Johnny
Coulon's bag Of strong man magic.
He made the French Shadows look
foolish the other day when they tried
to pick him from the floor Of a Paris
gym" Yes-but not by virtue of a
istful Of magic, plus his gamecock
muscles. American giants may re-
lax their Drawn in peace. Johnny
won't come marching home to make
them look silly-unless they let him
work his physical book dope on
them.
TRICK OF PHYSICS.
Several persons Of this city, wise in
the laws OF gravitation, weights and
physical phenomena, declared and
demonstrated outright that the ban
tamweight has only been employing "a
law OF physics. Wen, ut least give
Johnny credit for being a student.
He must have burrowed pretty deep
iAto school books 10 reach d point
where he can bafne the strength OF
the strongest.
II seems that johnny has been wise
to the laws Of Srayltation for quite a
few years. a. h. worked tn, came
trick OF Hack chmidt, Ciotch, Par
dello and other rugged boys five years
ago. On this occasion b." bet Hacken n
schridt dinner for the crowd that
the wrestler could not lit him. Hack
cnschmiot paid for tho dinncr-and
there were only twelve people max
ing up the crowd.
Whenever Johnny dcfios q strong
man 10 lift him from the fioOr ne al
Ways goes through certain little
formula ike this: He locates q GER
tain spot on the strong mans neck
and rests his left hand there. Then
he lets his right hand touch The
wouldoo lifter's lett wrist. The
struggle is on. Hard, heaviug
muscles have never been able TO do
anything against this pose of John
ny's. His feet seem TO ooze out &C.
ment. for he remains glued ia the
boards.
HINTS or HYPNOrIsn.
When asked about his appar INT
magical power over the twitching
muscles OF giants, the little boxer
usually hints mysteriously OF hypnoic
towers and Psychic influence. Joe
Pardeilo, champion Italian wrestler,
who has been helpless under Johnny
spells. says that the bantam must
have some power in his eyes.
lie looks right in my eye, funny
like" declared the Italian yesterday
when asked to give his version CT
Johnny's power. Evidently Joe knows
nothing about the science Of physlc ~,
a. does Couion. And Il would seem
that the slight Johnny is perfectly
contentcd to let his thwarted litter
attribute his power over them to a
flstful of magic. Perhaps Johnny
believed this safe and sane way 70
keep the respect of stronger men for
himself.
Yesterday, without going all the
way to Paris to see il, we had a
demonstration OF Johnny's stunt that
applied the pins to his bubble bag
of magic. Up at the West Side
Y. NJ c. A. gym" Or. Louis r.
weizmilier, physical director, brought
c. NJ Clarity, local fireman
Weighing 2I2 pounds Of solid Drawn,
and Jimmy Rogers, an eiEhty-fve-
pound school boy, together to ex-
pertinent in the ways of Coulon.
When Jimmy Rogers went through
Johnny CouIon's formula. big Gar
rity put on all his steam to no avail.
He could not bulge the Kid an inch
from the floor. Then Jimmy let his
arms hang by his sides and the
husky fireman lifted him swiftly.
Thus it was proved again that moth
ing but tho mechanics of physics
arc employed in performing such a
feat. BY the extension of his arms
Master Rogers went betty Mister
Clarity was kept far enough away
from his body to throw tho would
be litter OF of his balance, which
rendered him powerless.
wEIsMILLER EXPLAINS-
Nothing works away from grav-
ity," explained DR.. WsismilIer. He
said that nothing car WORK unless
the center of gravity is maintained.
Tho leaning tower of Pisa viii not
fall because 1t rests on Its base, in
such way that it maintains It's
center OF gravity" he said.
Dr. Henry Frauenthal chief suru-
gcon Of the Hospital OF Joint Dis
cases OF this city, accounted for
Couion's trick by attributing il TO
the use of the mechanics of physics.
A few men Of hypnotic trend have
also tried to account for Johnny's
feats by creditins him with the power
to hypnotic his subjects. But. in
view of the GarrityRoEers demon
stration yesterday and tho belief or
scientists. surgeons and other quail
fed judges, IL appears that Johnny
Coulon has been experimenting with
known laws OF force and gravity In
stead Of working magic.
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