Show YOUNG CORBETT ON TIGHTING Champion Describes His Methods of Feinting and Leading In an Interview pabllahed In the New York World Young Corbett thus gives Ms Ideas of the proper method of Jlghtins I Nearly every prominent lighter haD liln own favorite clinch I Big Jim Jeffries worp down Fllzslm 11 anona and won the cluunplcnshlp largely I large-ly by hanging heavily to his opponent Jn a clinch throwing his arms about the othprn shoulders and letting FRi hold up his enormous woighL Fit In a clinch tries to get his cl tb bows and forearms above his oppo jientM HO as to leave a free opening for the others Jaw Si When I clinch I catchmy opponent by both arms Just above the elbow holding him there till the breakaway I OChus I effectually prevent him from having any free hand to hit with and I am bettor protected than he is In the breakaway z There is a lot of ignorance on the Subject of clinches Charley White Is e one of the very few referees that real 3y understands them Ninetenths of i tho specUilcrs dont understand tbem i at all For Instance Ive heard the 1 crowd howl and hIS and yell Foul 1W when IL man wasnt fouling at all t but was merely using his right to hit W when tho other man was hanging onto him and when his own hands were free If your opponent chooses to try to atop your onslaught and to save himself him-self by catching hold of you or by i throwing his arms about you and if ho Isnt clever enough to do It In such tc way as to prevent you from hitting 14 hit-ting him there Is no good reason why I 1 you should stop fighting until he gets j ready to go onTo i on-To be a real clinch the clinch must effectually stop both men from sparring spar-ring That Is why I fancy that clinch of mine which Ive Just explained to you Tho grand old American game of bluff works In boxing aa well as In poker The greatest bluff is the feint I Hero arc one or two good feints When boxing at fairly long range suddenly lower both hands several Inches at the same time dropping your head Then step in and lead for tho face ThoMoworlnsr l head and guard will usually make your opponent lower low-er his own guard thinking you are go ing to lead for the body Thus If you fire quick enough you can step In and land on his face before he has tlmo to protect It Reversing this feint for the face o Vp 1 goes your opponents guard Now Jead for his body heart or wind whichever you seem to have the beat chance of reaching or both with right and left blows In rapid succession But never leave your body and face exposed ex-posed by having both arms extended 1 at the same time Always bring one i back to guard before leading with the i other C Another and more common feint Is tot to-t < J leajljwlth one hand for some part of yon1opponent to check the blow while It Is on Ha way and to lead with the other hand for whatever point he has left exposed In trying to guard I jour folnt Or lead for the body with a straight lead change the direction of the blow in its course r to a half hook or swing iI nnd land on tho face while his guard Is defending the body Qulckncsu und accuracyare the sole keynotes of tjucceas in feInting When tho hero of a dime novel written L writ-ten by a woman resents the insult to f his tnvcOtheail he does so usually by lc atietchlriE Urn villain to the earth with IC a blow between the eyes l Nov what sane man with a whole body full of vulnerable places to lead for would wer make a try for that IQ hard bony part of the head I More men have bceii put out by a blow on or ijunr the point of the Jaw than by all other knockout blows put together It Is the easiest of the vulnerable 4 vul-nerable places to reach with the aver sI SP flghtcr and therefore a point to li be carefully cuarducl Never box with your mouth at all open or a blow on the Jaw may shatter lI1l shat-ter your teeth Dont slkk out tho Jaw but hold the head so the Jaw IH iv as much guarded as possible and d strengthened by the muscles of the j4Ii4 necks neck-s The solar plexus IB a wcond vulnerable vulner-able point It IB I the central spot b nbout the size of a halfdollar where c the breastbone separates In a V shape I anft the ribs nun at the top I of the abdomen Ii A solid blow there will not only I I I knock the breath out of a man but will make him collapse I A third is the heart A series of I blows landed there or on the kld I neyn weaken and sicken a man to tho point of defeat Besides Jaw solar plexus heart and kidneys there is a fifth vulnerable spot little played for This Is the liver liv-er It Is below the ribs and Just above i tho hips on the right side When you lead for the Jaw and your opponent j guards throwing your glove outward I bring your glove around In the same direction he has started It In a semicircle semi-circle opening and stiffening the hand as you do so and land on the liver with the heel of the glove In boxing friendly bouts never try except with light blows fo reach these vital points Remember boxing among friends should be an exercise and a pastime not an exhibition of cruelty Infighting Is an important Item oC boxing When your opponent leads for you knock his blow outward If you can and instead of bringing your arm back to guard lead for him Inside his I guard For instance If he leads for your Jaw with his left knock his glove to tho right then at once give him a Jolt or hook on the left side of the Jaw or head with I your right To keep your opponents arms outside own at close quarters leaving his face or body open to your attack is the main I object of Infighting It was in this sort of fighting that I put out Terry McGovern This is how Iftld It I blocked his right hooking him on the Jaw with my left Then as he camo around with his left for my Jaw I brought my right up inside his left ann and sent In a halfhook for his JawHad Had I failed to land this blow my I right arm would still have blocked his left halMiook I It was only by quickness and the ability to do this piece Infighting effectively ef-fectively and at short notice that I reached his Jaw with sufficient force to score tho knockout |