Evening star., 1921-07-03

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and their foot Like mule!
We al, know what instructive move
u.,,s .re. The mule has them, and
so have French boxers trained IN 'ne
sayate. Doubtless. it must pc adrni'eeu'
more than half the young pugilists OF
France today have never practiced the
s.yate In their honorable ardor 10 De
like Americans, they scrappeo 'hen
own French system OF self-defense' lei
nc saw. around the year 1905, IN PARIS
hut in French provincial towns the poxe
fr,ncaise fingered in the schools ana on
Tho stage at country fairs. in ports' on
to,y.nath and in mining regions, ana
tbose who learned 1t young nave merry
IN not letting loose. at times. kiGk.
Ia Nnw n this old, obsolete French KICK
haan much discussed. Perhaps you
think that you know all ABOUT ~. ~.
l will tell you two touHn !g rndecided. ,n nor
!nd; !. ,;t.iv 10 be. for lack of disputers as
- BUSINESS reasons, and consideratloiis
suortinx. sut legal, esthetic and huma"-
tartan.
for Carpenter. he simply says IN
n his Memoirs" that towaro .ne
and ~ that epoch the arrival OF WINE
= ov;s, a yeritable invasion OF Ameri-
can boxers in Paris gave .he hoo'e
art, a sudden vogue which 1t nao never
nrav;ous,y enjoyed in France. ~ "as -
- n;dly to eclipse the 1a'o. .nd
tapa francaise had been ENJOYING; anu
poxe ;5ad Descamps and myself, 10
omit the latter completely :. .,v ono
am.Sas W.. can kick. But II any ohe
rhovid propose such matcn' "ouio ho'
there howl go up: r-ancb kick is
Vet they say that the ffenen H's
beaten. .,a lick.
,i;shmen 90, will tell you that II
str;ad out at the famous bout OF
~ pelican Club in LONDON. ~as
- .ne so you can take this story as
first hand. r ,rofessors
na!ne, .hwe a party selected. naturally
tn,,sa thev thought him gooo.
nashue had never seen savate' put
10 feared neither dog. man nor oeHoi.
So thew told him to look OUT ~.
S;cks and turned him loose on Tue
French professor. who wore CANVAS
gymnasium shoes. .,r 20 ,ny
.t;m ~ eristNthe more scientific French
sra s.. act;tioners were called profes-
soes" and. while not exactly high
hrnw. affected the gentility OF 1enclhg
masters. with whom they grouped
soe,aryd ganHd l. A kick in the stomach
..nt Donaehue flying before he
seai;zed what he was up against. 1t
,yaa a solar-plexus touch, but the
81. e'.arhat would have finished Don
aehue," the Frenchmen said' II our
n1ofessor had been wearing heavy
shoes, as he ought to do in justice: ice,..a
ui,h the gloves and, although the
Eneljshman retired seemingly out OF
distance, the professor, swinging
round on one leg. caught him un-
awares on the point of the chin with
a singing kick. And down went
Donaghue.
There was some conversation.
Round 3. Donaghue's seconds told him
to get close and stay there. but 'Dona-
ehue was still at sea about the methods
Of the distinguished visitor and went
down like McGinty.
There was some more conversation;
Round 4 (and last). Continually
earned by a hundred Pelecans to 'get
close and stay there" the English cham
Mon rushed in and SO punched the pro-
lessor around the ring that the latter
asked permission to put on his heavy
broganS. q
canning went up from the sPelicans.
Thtey gave the fight to ponagh1e,
ing hack, I cannot for the life Of me
see how the famous match proved the
inferiority Of a Ia boxe Franchise as
avafem Of self.defense.
Vet YOU will constantly hear "the af-
ra;r Of the Pelican Club referred to as
such proof. And the majority of Eng
iishmen have their ideas Of the savate
from 1t.
WE Americans Of Paris have our
w IDEAS rather from the much more
publicly witnessed Charlemont- Driscoll
match.
It had a serious influence on Ia boxe
Franchise. in that it abolished as a
"great" blow the previously dreaded
'iow kick" on the shinbone of your
"dzfFssss' 4 ~ss told that earlsmont could