Show WHERE ERNES HITTING POWER COMES FROM Did Di you ou ever notice noUe Frank Ernes Ernt s el d elbows bows bow asked aked Captain Godfrey a sur surgeon surgeon geon in the United States army arm Not particularly Well WeIl Yel notice thorn them now They seem to be a little bit bony It I 1 the captain captin Theres where he gets geLs his hitting power Erne is isa isa a fellow f He mus muscled muscled cled ciel like a blacksmith Is I he Well 01 hes twice twiCe as an a strong stron as most men of o his wel ht Why Vh Strength is all an a matter mater of o leverage replied Captain Godfrey Godre The he size of a n amans amans mans muscles anything to d with wih his strength or his hitting power Every Everything Everything Everything thing depends upon tho the leverage at ut the joints If I a man has hus a good long elbow joint then lum h ht lie has a strong stron arm It I take hike a n t bl bI muscle to move moc it I If there ther ia is rood leverage Do you Ol remember remember ber br what whit Fl elbow looks like 1 I did Fitz hits has his bony elbows The he mus muscles muscles cles cles ele are arc long Jong and Ind not at extraordinary in size But his elbows sUck Stick out in bony bumps where creat reat hit lilt hitting hitting ting power comes come in declared Captain Captin Godfrey y hAi All of his joints are long Jong There here Is 18 plenty plent of oC leverage His Hi muscles are arc under good nerve control the lever leer leverage leverage age does doEs the rest The theory looks good Take Kid Mc McCoy McCoy Ic Coy CO for or Instance He lie is one of oC the te hard hardest hardest est eat hitters that ever donned a glove Mc McCoys McCoys Ic Coys Coy elbows stick out like bumps bums on a blackthorn He Is barr Jon and loose and limber but he is bony wherever a joint shows So Is Jeffries I have noticed many man a a time that the big fellows Joints joint stick out as if they the were ere enlarged His wrists wrIst his elbows his hh knees all al of oC his joints that are not entirely covered from front view by masses mas es of muscle are big and und bony Jeff Jeffries Jef Jeffries ries knees particularly show tremendous leverage I remember that Walter Chris Christy Christy Christy ty the great lt sprinter looked Jeffries s over at the tle time of his last fight with Corbett and said sid that h hp he t had the knees and the legs 1 of n a I tn man manSo manSo I Js So If it J you ou dont happen to be muscled like lk wily why 11 stop worrying You may ta have the leverage and und true strength lies le there instead of in hi bundles of QC tissue camels back like BIte tho the bumps on a |