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JUEENSBURY
ULED AVEL
BOXING GAME
Sport Was Too Brutal in Olden
Days—ls on Higher Plane Now
Than Ever.
HAT veteran referee of the New
| York prize ring, Johhny Hck
hardt, in an article recently
published in a Philadelphia paper
shows the difference between prize
fighting and boxing. He takes this
view of the matter:
Boxing has been revolutionized in
the last 30 years to such an extent
that few peopie of the present day
ever realize the brutality and hard
ships the fighters in the olden days |
had to endure, and the small compen
satlon they received in battles that
decided the championship, for all
championship battles were fought un
der the London prize-ring rules on
the turf, with bare knuckles, and
every dollar won under these rules
was literally blood money. ’!hose
mme days when fighting wds all
the e implies, Men went into the
ring with nothing but their bare
hands, a dauntless courage and a
sundry- determination to win.
“Those battles bore the stamp of
brutality. They were fights that took
every ounce of strength, every bit of
science and every iota of grit to bat
tle, and when the old London prize
ring rules were thrown into the dis
card and the new Maqruis of Queens
bury code supplanted them there
wasn't a man connected with the box?
ing game that didn’t sce the new era
of reform in the fistic game.
Old .Fights Too Brutal.
It was necessary, too. The old bat
tles were too brutal to endure. The
sport might have perished if the old
style of fighting existed much longer.
Today, thanks to the introduction of
Queensbury rules and first-class ath
letic clubs and boxing commissioners,
the game is on a higher plane and
more firmly fixed as an institution
than ever. The prize ring today is
as gentle as lawn tennis as compared
to the old game. Today the fighters
have no conception of real training.
‘The bouts are mere love affairs, and
by side-stepping, fancy footwork and
blocking they leave the ring in better
condition than when they entered. |
The rules were brutal, to say the
least, and many poor fellows ende(ll
their careers by bheing beaten to
death. The training for one of these
battles was a hardship, as the men
had to be in the best possible condi
tion to stand the awful grueling, and
it meant weeks of hard work. The
hands and face were pickled with
horseradish and vinegar. As the
battles were fought on the turf, spikes
were used on the soles of the shoes,
and often found a resting place on
the shins of an opponent.
The round ended when a man was
either knocked or .thrown to the
ground, and all sorts of foul methods
were used to accomplish this trick. .
The men were allowed to wrestle, and |
back heeling was one of the maini
features in sending a man down, gnd
in the event of a knockdown the sec- |
onds would jump into the ring amd‘
carry their man into his corner, and a
half minute’'s rest was allowed be
tween rounds. 3
Rpund Over Three Hours.
Perhaps the most unique fight In
the history of the prize ring was the
championship filght between Jem
Magce, of England, and Joe Coburn, of
America. This fight took place in Bay
St. Louls, Miss., in 1870. They fought
one round lasting three hours and
forty-eight minutes, and as neither
man would goc into a clinch or could
score a knockdown the fight was
stopped and all bets declared off.
The last championship fight held
under the l.ondon prize-ring rules
was the famous battle between John
L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, at Rich
burg, Miss., on July 8, 1889, for SIO,OOO
a side and the world championship,
which was won by Sullivan after bat
tling 75 rounds, lasting two hours and
sixteen minutes. They fought in the
hot, boiling sun, and when they left
the ring their bodies were covered
with blisters from the sun. There
were no gate receipts in the olden
days, and all championship fights
were for a stake or side bet.
In this great fight Sulllvan was
backed by Jimmy Wakely and Dick
Rochs. Kilrain's stake was fur
nished by Richard K. Fox, the fa
mous sporting man of New York, who
also backed Paddy Ryan for SIO,OOO
against Sullivan in 1882, This was
John L.'s first big fight, and he «won
in nine rounds.
‘After the Sulllvan-Kilrain battle,
the London prize-ring rules ended and
the Queenshury rules came into use.
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A. A, Stagg Predicts
Good College Year
LAFAYETTE, IND., Feb. 16.—Alonzo
A. Stagg, coach of the University of
Chicago, believes Intercollegiate ath
leties will be much stronger and will be
conducted on a larger scale next season
than they were during the first year of
the war. 2
The “Grand Old Man'' of the Midway
gave as hte reason for his opinion that
students of military age would not be
rushing to the colors in such numbers as
at the entrance of the United States
into world war, as they would walit their
turn, knowing they would be called
when needed.
Stagg believes minor ag well as major
sports should be continued and said thev
would he furthered at Chicago. He
stated the proposition of continuing the
minor sports lies wholly with the school
itself and the reason some schools are
dronping minor sports is purely finan
cial.
“Millionaire Kid" Is
@lad He Was Traded
Al Mamaux, the *millionaire kid”
who figured in the recent trade between
the Pirates and Dodgers, is glad 1o
become a member of the Brooklyn club
He was quoted recently as saying that
he felt ssure of having a good vear
and expressed the hope that ‘‘Uncle
R%bby" will send him i:‘xkfiamst the Pi
ra e.
Ml.me! a:uxofter:mass &O:S lowest ranking
pitcher: in the National League last
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End 6f Great Conflict Probably
Will See Many Big Changes in
Ring Situation,
DSTON, Feb, 11.—The end of the
war probably will see some big
changes in the boxing situation.
‘lf the struggle continues for any
length of time few of the present
ring s*ars now engaged in various
phises of the war game will be left.
When an old-timer lays off for more
than a year it practically is impossi
ble for him to come back.
- Many of the veteran cracks who
were making ring history, and some
who were in the ascendancy, practi
cally have retired from active com
petition since they joined the army
and navy, and when their time is up
after the war is cver, few will be able
to start whre they left off.
A year or two makes a big differ
ence in fighters. Featherweight
Champion Johnny Kitbane, who has
bean alone in his class since he won
the title from Abe Attell back, in
1312, no longer will be able to stand
off his youthful rivals.
Kilbane has promised not to enter
the ring again until peace has been
declared, and there is no telling how
long that will be. While he may get
a certain amount of exercise going
through the motions of baxing for
the benefit of the soldiers at the camp
he is teaching, that can not take the
place of real fighting.
It also is likely that ring followers
have seen the last of Mike Gibbons
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as a topnotcher. Gibbons lis now
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Jess Willard, Frank Moran, Jack
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not retired from boxing, but not one
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This country may be hit hard, but
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great French champion, never again
will amount to anything as a fighter.
Instead of taking on weight, as most
‘athletes do, Carpentier has grown
thin and stringy. That meang that
The far flung tentacles of Prussian
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the Kaiser and his counselors are still at
tempting to reaiize their dream of world
dominion—the gigantic web of the spy
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Startling chapters tell of insidious German propaganda now going on in America—
propaganda that is often cleverly concealed in a guise of apparent innocence. They
tell how you can help discover and suppress this “poison gas” attack.
Ambassador Gerard’s New Series will be
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his constitution has been affected,
and there peems to be slight chance
that the French hero will be able to
take a leading part In ring affairs
after the great struggle comes to an
end. .
Bombardier Wells, the English
heavyweight champion, never will
come back strongly, although he may
be able to hold his own with some In
his own country. Jimmy Wilde, the
wonderful English flyweight cham
pion, may last long enough to come
over here and make a fortune,
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1918.
Killed Cuban Game
HAVANA, Feb, 16.—Gready demands
by Cuban ball players have killed the
game in Havana this winter. Last year
Curley Brown spent $40,000 to build a
diamond and field in his big race track
inclosure. Numerous games were play
ed there on off days and Brown split
the gate receipts with the players on
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aster and the entire history of Germany’s
submarine activities—intimate first-hand
pictures of the Kaiser, Alfonso of Spain,
Gustavus of Sweden, Briand and Poin
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relentless power of the German General
Staff,” which dares defy even the Em
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of articles by the one man best qualified
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a fifty-fifty basis. In December, when
Brown reopened his track and expressed
a willingness to resume the ball games
the players sent Mike Gonzales, of the
St. Louis Cardinals, to the promoter
with a demand for 76 per cent of the
gate receipts or nothing. Brown prompt.
ly told Gonzales that there would be
no more baseball at Oriental Park, no
matter what the players were willing
to accept, with the result that Gon
zales and his companions are spending
the winter in idleness.
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Backing Up Hornghy
Roger Hornsby has m.)t as yet w
his differences wi h Branch Rickey over
the amnunt ha i to be pald for cover
ing short for the Cards. Homc}i‘ s
being backed up In his claims by & Mn
jority of Mound City fana.
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