New Britain herald., 1926-02-15

oath the man in the cap suddenly
 shifted his right foot behind his left
 and swung vicious blow with his
 right fist
 If it had found it's mark the en-
 counter must have ended right there. It swished Wickedly through the air. But quickly as it had been launched, Jimmy had been quick
 CT, and the blow famed the air
 in front Of bis face as he sprang 1 lightly back.
 The man was still half turned
 with the force of his swing when
 Rand moved swiftly forward, and all the power in Jimmy's shoulders was in the straight thrusting punch that he aimed at the others jaw. It crashed home, and the man stag 2ored back on his heels. He tot i tered for an instant. but he quickly rcgaincd his balance. With q bel low of rage he rushed his smaller opponent, his powerful arms flail. ing as he sought to land one of those bonc-crushing blows.
 Jimmy had aimed nt the point of the others chin -- the vulnerable "button," as it is known in prize fighting circles. X powerful punch. landing squoroly on that nerve cen ter, robs q man of consciousness just as surely as does an ether cone in inc hands of q surgeon.
 "Too high,' Jimmy muttered as he saw the other recover and come charging in, "lll have to finish him or I'm gone"
 It looked that way, certainly. A spectator witnessing that fight would have declared it too unequal. Rand, not small man himself, but straight and slender for all of his breadth of shoulders, was actually dwarfed by the hulk of his antago- mist, who was easily half head taller and must have had a weight advantage of 20 or 90 pounds.
 Once he reached out a mighty paw, showing surprising swiftness in man Of such size, and grabbed Jimmy by the arm, trying to draw him close, In that position his greater strength would Have crush cd the other into helplessness, Jim my struggled against the grip, but his left arm was held fast. He club bed his fist and brought 1t down with all his strength on the mans wrist, and the hold was broken.
 Jimmy was not agile enough In backing away from those huge flail- ing fists and q laundering blow caught him on the shoulder and sent him rcrling backward. He would have fallen if he had not backed into the brick wall of the building. He sprang away from the building and 10 one side just as the other came boring in with bull-like rush. But another thing became ap. parent. too, as they maneuvered back and forth. the bigger man ever plunging forward and Jimmy re- treating in a circle. That was this: In giving ground as he did, Jimmy not only managed to keep out of reach of the others swings but also 10 keep 10 his opponents right. Consequently the man was forced 10 turn slightly toward Jimmy be- fore starting one of those right hand "haymakors"-and he seemed 10 be using his right hand two to one in preference 10 his left. In- variably, every time he made the shift Jimmy would dart in with q stinging punch to head or hody and back again in time 10 avoid the re- turn.
 There was another marked differ- ence between the two. Whereas his opponents attack was confined to those mighty wide-arced swings Jimmy was punching straight from the shoulder or snapping little short hlows from the wrist. It Is an axiom in scientific fighting. just as it Is in mathematics. that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, and in countering as he did with those swift lance-like thrusts Jimmy was not only beating his antagonist to the punch every time. but he was astonishingly accurate. Besides this there was a deceptive power in those straight. snappy jolts that were raining a steady tattoo on the others face and body.
 Come on and fight like q man." II" snarlcd at Jimmy through lips that were puffed and bleeding His breath was coming in short, jerky