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Show Many Pugilists live Glass Jaws Biffors Who Can Stand Unlimited Body Punishment Usually Have Weak Spot Here. , Pugilists with "glass" Jaws are a." common as baseball pitchers with "glass" army. Tlie whole secret, of the glass-Jawed fighter is that he is born with a weak Jaw. While many fighters can stand a lot of pounding on the vulnerable vul-nerable point, others will go out from the slightest Jar. A number of boxers In the ring today would probably have been world's champions but for this-tact. this-tact. Some fighters can take unlimlleu punishment in the stomach, which I.-.-considered the tenderest spot of a boxer's box-er's anatomy. Joe Grim of Philadelphia lu not susceptible to blows on eithei the Jaw or the stomach. He has taken any amount of beating on these spoil-without spoil-without ill effects. Yet he is only human hu-man and can be knocked out. His weakest weak-est point, in all probability, i on the Jugular, and If he is whipped In decisive fashion it will be from a punch either on the neck or on the temple. It is usually the very nervous fighter who has the weakest Jaw. He Invariably Invaria-bly has a lean visage. At the same lime. he may be the most skillful boxer in the profession. There Is no more scientific sci-entific pugilist in the country than Joe Choynskl; but the Californlan has a weak jaw. He can stand plenty of grueling on tho body. But when a rival succeeds In reaching his face, Choynskl I becomes dazed and is in a position to be put to sleep easily. When Choynskl met Joe Walcott at the Broadway Athletic Ath-letic club several years ago he was getting get-ting along famously until Walcott landed land-ed a light blow on the Hebrew's coun- hi:uuiiLv, 1.11c uiu iimuu 'wiiu uoixi hLKJo gy and Walcott' had no trouble In defeating de-feating him. Kid McCoy is another fighter who has a glass Jaw. A single punch In that locality lo-cality will pave the way for a finishing blow. MaCoy realizes- this, and holds his guard high. He also has a weak stomach, but would prefer a couple of Jolts there than one, no matter how light, on the Jaw. Jim Corbett cannot stand much pummellng on the jaw. Jim Jeffries conquered when they met at Coney Island with a left hook on the jaw. For twenty rounds the champion tried to get in such a blow, and Corbett knew it, for when' he left his chair to begin the twenty-first roundi he turned to one of his ssconds and said: "I wouldn't mind so much one of Jeffries' Jef-fries' body blows, but If he ever catches me on the chin it will be all day with me. And I am going to look out for It, too, you can bet." But Jeffries got there just the same. Wild Bill Hanrahan, who died a few years ago in Chicago, was one of the hardest hitters In the business for his weight. Hanrahan had a wallop that would have felled an ox. One of these smashes knocked out Marvin Hart of Louisville, "who was then rated as an Invincible. In-vincible. But as soon as some of Hanra-han's Hanra-han's opponents landed on his Jaw BUI went to pieces. Hanrahan was making rings around Tommy West when they fought at Coney Island, but West tumbled tum-bled Hanrahan to the canvas with the lightest of taps. Young Grlffo of Australia, as scientific a boxer as the ring hns ever known, has a weak jaw. That Grlffo was able to avoid being put to sleep was due to his exceptional skill. After his dissipations dissipa-tions had left Griffo's constitution In a feeble state, the clever Antipodean was easy prey for the man who could locate his chin, Joe Gans has a weak Jaw, but none of his antagonists as yet has succeeded In finding that spot with any degree of accuracy. ac-curacy. Sieve O'Dohnell of Australia, who, about eight years ago, was a marvel mar-vel of skill In the ring, has a glass Jaw. In fact, this weakness Is so manifest that his rivals were afraid to hit very hard on that organ for fear of fatal results.- Tommy White might have been the premier featherweight of the world but for this weak spot. White met Ben Jordan In England and was getting along swimmingly when Jordan suddenly sudden-ly slipped over a slight Jolt on the chin and the Chlcagoan bit the dust. The "glass-Jawed" scrapper, if his weakness is not known, conveys the Impression that he is faint-hearted. Ho Is subdued so quickly that a question of his gameness Is ralsad. Often from this cause honest battles are mistaken for fakes. Dr.oko Has Not Retired. "Enoch Wlshard, trainer for John A. Drake, the Chicago turfman, was at Nashville several days. Mr. Wlshard did not give out the nature of his visit, but It was presumed that ho was on the hunt for good yearlings. Regarding the sale of the Drake horses held In New York recently. Mr. Wlshard said that all of the best ones, including Ort Welles, Runnells and Jocund, were bid In by Mr. Drake, and that the sale was only held for the purpose of getting rid of undesirable unde-sirable stock. When Mr. Wlshard said that he did not care to Rive out any particulars, but that It was most likely Mr. Drake would be represented by the best stable that ever raced In his name. Besides the old horses he will campaign a number , of 2-year-olds, which he Intends In-tends to buy at the different winter quarters during the winter." This Is in the nature of news and puts a quletus'on two stories that have gone the rounds. One to the effect that John A. Drake has retired from the turf and the other that Enoch Wlshard Is a nervous nerv-ous wreck. It was whispered about a few weeks ago that .the great trainer had finally succumbed to tho nervous strain that he has gone. through In recent re-cent years training for men like Gates and Drake, who bet enormous sums of money on races. That means that the trainer practically carries the responsibility. responsi-bility. "If Wlshard had broken down It would have been no great surprise, but It Is pleasing news that such Is not the case. Bergen Back in the Saddle. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Rip Van Winkle Win-kle happened to wake up yesterday, when the numbers were hoisted for the sixth race at Aqueduct. He looked up and saw that Marty Bergen was up on Myricn, and without slopping to consider con-sider further he said: "Marty Bergen oh, yes, Marty he's a good boy. He rode Loantaka, the winner of the Suburban Subur-ban this year. Anything he rides Is worth a bet. Put me a hundred on Myricn," My-ricn," and straightway sank off to sleep again. It looked like old times to see Bergen riding, and there were plenty of people peo-ple who put a small bet upon his mount for sentimental reasons. There Is no Jockey riding today who Is the peer of Bergen as he was In his palmy days, about thirteen years ago. His mount yesterday was connected in a measure with old times, since the filly Myrica belongs to Miss Annie Marrone,. and Miss Marrone is a daughter of a celebrity celeb-rity In the old Guttenburg days, who went under the nickname of "Jot, the Maroon." He raced many horses In his day, and was a great bettor. He is said to have spent a fortune of over $250,000 on the Guttenburg turf. . His daughter's filly Myrica ran yesterday In his same old colors red, white sleeves green bars on sleeves, green cap typical typi-cal Italian colors. |