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The New York herald., 1922-12-31
by CHARLES F. MArHIsoN.

The system of attack in glove fight
ing differs radically from that in
vogue during the years in which Lon
don rules governed ring contests. 1t
has frequently been asserted that the
fighters of century ago knew and
rracticed quite as many blows as are
used by modern boxers. This is true
to a certain extent. for the elementary
blow, consisting of a straight arm
punch for face or body, is still in use
by many of the most skillful of glove
fighters.
The uppercut with either hand was
also employed by the bare hand glad
iators, but for obvious reasons hooks,
swinging blows, overland punches,
rabbit killers. kidney punches and
other kinds of knuckle breaking blows
were carefully avoided.
During the days of Heenan. Mace and
other noted London rules fighters knock
outs were seldom attempted. That is to
say. fighter did not try to land on an
opponents jaw with the object of rem
the impact of the bare fist with
strong Jaw was quite apt to do more
harm to the fist than to the jaw. The
London rules fighters fists were singu-
larly enough his most vulnerable spot.
The slightest injury to one of his hands
practically meant the loss of the battle,
for with his offensive powers crippled a
fighter was compelled to resort almost
entirely TO a defensive campaign.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Scientific Punishment.

N a boxer was able TO put n mouse"
under the eye ~ an opponent. thus OBJ
atructing his vision. IL was regarded as
a dine bit OF ring skill It was also
thought highly scientific 90 bring the
blood from an opponents nose. as first
blood" In a London rules contest was
considered quite as important as FIRST
lSilockdown In a glove bout. a "how OF
clsret" as ring historians OF the past
delighted to refer 10 a bloody nose, was
looked upon as decided advantage 10
the fighter who produced II. la view OF
the fact that all bouns under London
rules were fought To a finish and ire
ouently lasted 40 long that darkness
compelled a cessation OF hostilitics 10 "A
later date. the question OF boxing for
points never entered into the conditions
Therefore the boxers OF London rules
dS q In training for battle aimed first
OF ~ - gain endurance and bottom.
Bv the latter phrase was meant lung
mower. for a fighter who had "bellows 20
mend" early IN a combat had small
chance OF lasting long.
Road work. including dog trots over
miles OF territory. was the popular
nethed of getting the wind. OF rather
tho breathing organs, IN proper condi-
tion.
In their gymnasium work with train
ers the fighters protected their hands
with four ounce gloves and were care
ful not to swing on the lowly sparring
partners.
An important feature OF the training
was the picking OF the fists and face.
The hands were held for long periods
in pail Of strong brine and the face
was also treated with the solution. This
toughened the skin on hands and face
and was useful in both attack and de-
Tense.
In order 10 melt from the face as
much flesh as possible, fighter while
doing indoor work pulled heavy and
cloec fitting wooden mask over his head
and face. There were Sits for the eyes
and nostrils, and the effect was to pro-
duce drenchlng perspiration on head and
face and neck. II was this practices
that caused old time fighters to look so
gaunt In the face.
The next article In this series will de.
scribe tactics permitted by London rules,
which were designed 10 cripple or
weaken IN opponent.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Seek Boxing Law.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Dec. 30.-The State
Boxing Commission will sponsor an
amendment to the State boxing law to
make fights legal in all parts of Mime
scta. at the coming session OF the Legis-
lature. it was learned to-day. Bouts now
are permitted only in Minneapolis. St.
Paul and Duluth.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
No Count by Referee.

There was no counting over a boxer
who had been knocked down in a con-
test under London rules, and no matter
how many times fighter was "sent to
grass" II did not count except in the
way OF gradually weakening process.
When boxer was sent to earth I'm
bare knuchle fight. either as the result
OF a blow or by being thrown by his op-
poneDt twrestling being permissible). the
seconds at once entered the ring and
took their principals to corners, where
the fighters had thirty seconds of rest.
MS against one minute provided by mod
ern boxing rules. At the end OF the half
minute the referee called Thine :" and
if either man failed to "toe the scratch"
in the center OF the ring within eight
seconds he was declared 10 have lost
the battle
Thus II can readily be understood that
the boxer OF former days used his at
tack in an effort 10 so weaken an op-
ponent that ne would be unable TO toe
the scratch within eight seconds after
the call ~ tima, or else inducs his Sec
onds TO toss N sponge as n token OF
defeat This - in sharp contrast to the
system Of attack now practiced The
successful modern boxer centers his
efforts on landing a blow on jaw or body
that will bring the recipient TO the ring
floor for a count Of ten or else compel
seconds TO toss Ia towel or the referee
20 interfere i'm order TO prevent further
punishment.
The bare knuckle lighters aim was
to weaken or disable an opponent, and
in order 20 accomplish this object
without injury TO his hands. he d.
rected his attack to the eyes. nose and
stomach. and was careful to avoid the
Lony sections ct the head and jaw. AS
a bare fist fighter could not use "a swing
ing blow without endangering his
. .knuokles. he for the most part confined
Fis attack 10 straight arm shots TO the
face and body.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
CRIPPLED HANDS
SPELLED DEFEAT
Picked Their Fists in Strong
Brine When Training for
a Ring Combat.
KNOCKOUTs WERE FEW
No Counting Over Knocked
Down Boxers, as Round End
cd With Man on Ground.

This is the FIRST OF series OF ar
ficles dealing icith the Ddrious blot1s
used i's pugilism from bare knucklc
days 10 the present time The origin
OF the different modes OF attack and
the fighters tcho employed them most
Effectively lciH also be set forth.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Sikh Puts Away Cloves
and Starts as a Salesman
Senegalese Boxer Reported Peddling Shoe Polish in
Paris Cafes-Cannot Return to Public Boxing
Ring for Nine Months

he thought of sikh selling shoe polish
he said:
That's fine! If the polish is as water
proof as Sikh he can sell me dozen
boxes"
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Gene Tunney to Box.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Dec. 3d.
Gene Tunney. former light heavyweight
champion of America, and Jimmy
Delaney of St. Paul. have been matched
for twelve round decision bout here
on the night of January 8. 1t was an
nounced tonight by Promoter Dan
Lackey.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

The next article In this series will de.
scribe tactics permitted by London rules,
which were designed 10 cripple or
weaken ~ opponent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
Steel Barrels.

If the statements Of the makers are
well founded, it is probable that steel
barrels will eventually take the place
Of wooden ones. The steel barrel Is
composed Of slaves of that material
locked together by an Ingenious de-
vice; the hoops and heads are also
Of steel. 1t is claimed that the steel
barrel is more durable and more com
pact than the wooden one. AS it is
said to be lighter and cheaper, it has
already had favor in various quarters.
About 300,000000 barrels are needed
annually in normal times, to supply
the demand in the United States.
Flour mills use about 90,000,0OO, the
sugar industry 40,O0O,000, and the
cement industry $4,000 OO.-Christian
Science Monitor. ID
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
WHAT PERSHING THINKS

The appropriations of the five great
powers for military and naval pur-
poses in the year 1920 alone reached
total Of $16,442 251, 101, a sum only
about $2,O0OOO0,000 more than the
total for the whole fourteen years be-
fore the war. #'.''| 'f
] 1t all comes down to this so far as
you are concerned:
Every morning when you go to
work, or when you stay at home sick
on working day or even If you
are out Of job, it has been arranged
for you to pay your fair share out
of what YOU earn or should earn, of
over $j0OO,000 a day for the support
of the army and navy. That is the
estimate for the fiscal year 1922
over S5,0OO0O0 a day. | have General
pprshings word for il. You will have
to pay il. Five million dollars every
working day is pile of money to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

other activities of the busy women
Of today are reflected in, this knitted
wear. It's field has been immensely
widened in variety Of garments and in
their character.
# Two handsome products of the knit
ting mills, as shown above, lure the
mind in opposite. directions ,one of
them leading southwark, toward
genial cllmes ana the other suggest
ing snowy days and winter sports.
The sweater at the left can allow IT.
self to be a little fanciful-it has in
its company a scarf that will protect
its wearer against any little bite or
chill in the air that may steal down
from the north.
The cheerful and shaggy affair at
the right Of the picture is among the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

many organdie frocks and combina
tions Of organdie and Bingham. 1t al
most Goes without saying that design
ers make these practical frocks simple
easy to put on and take off, wear-re
sisting, and it is very apparent thai
they are Centering attention on styles
in them that give them a new at
mOsphere.
Among the simpler garments ap
pears an apron which combines I'm
bleached muslin with blue chambray
IS shown at the left of. the. picture
below. Mercerized floss is used fol
the simplest of needlework embel1ish
ments on it, and this apron serves al
dress when worn with an under
bodice. Brown and white. checked
bingham in an under bodice, with 6
d. : =
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
in KNITTED OUTERWEAR;
FOR HOME DRESSNNAKERS


TROM the, sturdy and matter-of.fact
sweaters of other years have
come down to us the sweaters of
today-alsO sturdy, but diversified and
stylish; and the comfortable scarfs
that grandmother knitted have numer-
Gus lineal descendants, that continue
to be comfortable, but must also con-
-cern themselves with the element of
style. In all knitted outerwear now
adays, utility and comfort are matters
to be taken for granted; they are the
foundation of garments that manufac-
turers undertake to make. smart and
spirited, and designers have succeed
ed SO well that. all the. social and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

entry. House frocks and aprons, out
door and indoor dresses, and sports
toys and garden froclls are all repre-
scented this, year, and much attention
has been given to style in all these
garments. The procession is bright
one. No matter how unitarian the
character of the dress or apron, IT is
designed with an eye to gay color and
charming lines. ,t.ta y F
Sateen, cotton crepe, unbleached
.mpsiiHp eretonne. and even ticking have
been. appropriated for dresses and
aprons. The sheerer weayes are intro
duced in pretty indoor and outdoor
costumes, and the summer will briag
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

rivals Of fur that the knitting ma.
chimes are turning out. They grow
more and more important. This gar.
ment is n graceful and convenient com.
Notwithstanding of Il scarf and
something Of a shawl handsomely fin.
ished with yarn fringe and Il wide
striped border.
Directly after the holidays are
over, gay spring cottons usurp the
place Of winter goods in the stores
and cotton clothes of all kinds, for
grown-ups and children, make their
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
STALE BLOOD
BLURS LIVING
GUIDES Pepto-M angan REEVES
the Blood to Healthy I
State.

Stale blood blurs living. 1t dulls the
love for pleasure, and weakens the
spirit. Thoughts sink into an .unre-
deemed drearihess that no. goading of
the win can dfspel. Where there was
thrilling excitement, there is only an
aching sensation of fatigue.
Guides jPepto-Mangan taken regu-
larly for a while puts a check to the
facilitating effects of thin, watery
blood, 1t supplies the blood with red
corpuscles. steps it. up TO it's normal,
rich redness. Then II is that the,pleas-
.ures of rhythmic living return. The
smoldering glow of life WARNS and
brightens so that the pleasant sensa-
tons of eating, sleeping, walking in
the golden sunshine, breathing deep
, the health-giving :air, again become
thrilling and; full of delight. 4
Druggists sell GUIDES Pepto-Man-
gan in both liquid and tablet form.
Advertisement. .|.''5'
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And IL He Had Fallen

Reaching the record height OF &c.
600 feet In an airplane, a Frenchman
said he seemed to be flying through
rose-colored atmosphere when at
that altitude.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
Scientific Query.

When we read about monkey stars
getting salaries of $1,000 a week in
the movies we wonder whether evolu-
ton Is what 1t has been cracked up
to be.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

light brown chambray 'slip-over" owe
it, make the pretty indoor or outdoor
dress, which bespeaks the simple lif'
for It's wearer With narrow belt o
chambray and irresponsible pockets o.
Bingham, 1t brims over with goOt
style.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05
MEN WANTED

Wonderful DiscOvery-Vouk's New Life Hair
Tonic Restores gray hair to natural color.
Money back guarantee Prepd 81 hottie. =. j.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

100 Beautiful Social Service Red Cross Seals
of different artistic designs in booklets for
six holidays, undated, 81, U. s SOCIAL
SERVICE, Logan station, Philadelphia, Pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

LOOK! A FULL PINT of HECCO CLEANER
for gloves, cloths and carpets; fully guaran-
teed. Sent prepaid for ten cents silver THE
II. Il. CLINE Co, East Hampton, Conn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

Formulas for Making Soap, Rosewater, cold
cream, ink, furniture polish. imitation 4vory
and 80 other valuable money making secrets.
csc. c. @. Luhring. 1903 w. 29th, Norfolk, Va
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

Let Magician Explain his seven Eeasiest
Tricks 50 YOU can be interesting, entertain
ing and popular. Makes dull evenings merry.
No equipment to buy, Worth SL,40, Mailed
for 22G, Quick. V. Norr, Box 35i, Washington.
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SO Monthly Gives You Some Quality Silver
Foxes. Get out OF the rut. Join US and
make thousands our backing assures success.
Investigate Silverplume Club, Orange, N. J.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

We Make the Best F1nvorinR Extracts i'm
America. To prove II and introduce them
will send one quart vanilla for coo, postpaid.
Paris Pharmacal Co, East Patchogue, N. Y.
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True
Detective Stories
NUMBER 2695
WHEN Policeman William Law


Copyright by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc.
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MIRACLE SALyE--surc relief-piles. sores.
letter, eczema, itch, burns, ring worm, bed
sores tonsilitis, all skin troubles. Sample
stpaid loo. Miracle Spring Co. Elkton, Va.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-01-05

LIVE AGENTS, FULL OR PART TIME,
make good money taking orders for Official
War Picture Books. New York Pictorial
Bureau. Knickerbocker Building New York.
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PAIN FROM PILES ALL GONE after TWEEN
" years agony. so days treatment for $500.
Sure relief. II. d. BOYER, 1907 ST., N. E.,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.
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Boys and Girls FREE Movie Machine. Send
maine and address at once for particulars.
DEPT NJ, BOX 4S7, San Francisco, Calf.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-27

That Mrs Brunswick
cials
Mlls)
her before the dead.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-27

Elsie Toles, the frss woman b
the United Slater to serve on
board of pardons and paroles after
her year and q half experience on
AFixona's board. declares that the
present method Of dealing with
criminals ie all wrong. Bar our
gates against the ignorant. viciou.,
and dises sed from sther countries.
seRregate detectives and nse
greater safeguards Cor childhood, :
Il her theory,
South Bend news-times., 1922-10-07
ITCH YOUR MONEY

when some ten thousand. more or less bankers
CT This country met in New York. they listened
most attentively various orators who told them
why this country should cancel debts due from
Europe.
A very able emmlsary from Britain came 10 tell
them that OF course the Empire would pay and
expected 10. but that the other nations could not
possibly hope TO pay either the Empire or this
country. That was adrot and a part OF that
diplomacy in which that country has been engaged
since tho armistice, making a brave front paying
little or nothing and trying 10 arouse such
antagon4sas in other lands against this country
as may be done by placing the blame upon the
"dollar-loving' Americans.
The bankers listened, all attentively and a large
number OF them most sympatheucaIIy TO the plea
that any demand for money loaned would isolate
this country from the rest OF the world and that
Europe can never hope to pay the price Of its war
borrowed from Americans. and get back uron
solid footing.
Far back OF those who made these pleas is the
master mind of finance which desires to collect
hve billions OF private loans They know that if
the public debts paid first. they must wait
for the money they loaned as matter Of money
making and OF proft.
They know that if the billions loaned from public
debts are cancelled that their claim viii be worth
many more dollars.
and how perllous the dollars you raised by
Liberty Loans and then loaned to England and
France. largely to England a statement was issued
from the White House early the week saying that
nothing would be done towards the cancellation OF
foreign debts until after" certain action had been
taken reparations.
There a sinister sound TO that word until
and that word after. They suggest that such
plan for cancellation may be worked through
the committee which now has charge Of debt colec-
tion.
Every American who wants to protect the value
of his Liberty Bonds not from any dissipation
through the war-ridden governments still spending
huge sums for war but in order that a few great
financial interests may profit should be guard
II may be well to have guard at Washington
members of Congress who are not so committed
90 political machine that they will vote for such
a robbery administration measure when
it finally shows its head.
South Bend news-times., 1922-10-07

Enough gasoline To run a Ford car 1.44OOCO.OOO
miles is wasted each year in America through pre-
ventable evaporation in storage tanks. SO announce
Johns-Nanvine engineers, working with the L. 5.
Bureau OF Mines.
Ii seems like big waste. T. is.
But America IS a land of waste The old saving.
that the food throw into our garbage pals would
feed Europe is not far from correct.
However like other people. most of us are reason
ably economical We turn the carpet to distribute
bleaching by the sunlight instead of letting the fad
ing concentrate on one end. We make the remains
of The roast into hash. We mend and patch And.
too. most of atticfuI Of stuff that might
come in handy"-but never does.
The big waste in America cannot be prevented by
the people The job is ur to inventors and engineer
ing experts.
ton OF coal leaves the mine with 2900o.OoO Brit
ish thermal (heaD units locked up in IT, But only
1O1400O OF these heat units are actually converted
into mechanical energy The rest is wasted-lost in
transit up the chimney or carried away by the ash
man.
You could fry an egg I'm a twiukHng by holding the
spider over the top Of the average chimney. No
one has ever been able TO figure out to that
wasted heat Eventually some one Will The solu-
ton may be in putting hot water tank few inches
above the chimney top or water pipes crosswise
within the chimney
Stag in the steel industry used TO be wasted piled
up in small mountains Now it is ground up used
as a surfacins for bricks
Time was. in the oil country. In the days OF kero-
sene oil LAMPS. when men around redneries washed
their overalls in tub Of gasoline and then dumped
the gas out. The fellows who invented gasoline
engines and autos stopped that sort by ind
ing q use for gasoline
The profits Of many big corporations today are
largely in such economies as these
More opportunities FOR bright minds In The stop
pins or waste than any other held-
South Bend news-times., 1922-10-07
TIE POISONED RING.

A collector purchasing ring made in the ff-
teenth century is dying from the effects OF
subtle poison hidden In the head Of a serpent which
was ts form of ornament.
Doctors are unable to discover the real character
OF tae poison and historians assert that the ring
belonged at one time to the famous family Of
Borgla, noted for their knowledge Of poisOns and
their ruthIessness IN using them get rid Of those
stood n way OF their ambitions.
This poison has reposed for seven hundred years
in that ring. now TO strike at the merchant who
saw in unusual specimen of the jewelry Of that
half civilized day.
What must have been the hate IN the heart Of
that early maker Of the ring that could concoct
a poison 30 powerful that stretched It's hand
down through the centuries. always carrying hatred
and death?
What impulse Of devillshness could prompt
mind to seek such a secret and then it against
his fellow men?
You think that the Borgias rulers of their day,
must have been inhuman to concoct such thing.
You may wonder then at the showing that IS being
made this week by the war department Of its
inventions
There Is a new gun which throws shell weighing
nearly ton a distance OF "a miles. This is shown
in pride Let it be hoped that other nations will
it with the proper fear and respect and not
try to create larger ones.
There is a bomb, deadly enough to kill a regiment
or destroy village which IS exploded by contact
with the wing o airplane
After all, perhaps the heart has not changed but
methods OF warfare and the forms of conflict
In that day and age. hate was personal Today
wars are waged by nations whose human
units have sentiment of either hate or personal
enmity against each other.
In that day, when made war they saw
PERSONAL enemy the poison ring but the
subtle and ingenious way OF killing without the dan
ger that came from personal clash OF arms
Today nations spend much time and great effort
trying to hud OF destruction that will be
so terrible as to enable them to kill by wholesale
Let it be hoped that when another seven hundred
years Will have passed that the people of that day
will so little understand the or composition or
mechanism of todays great instruments OF death
as the chemists today know of the nature Of that
poison killing after seven centuries OF innocuous
wa