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Show ISO CRITIC SHOOK L It a Interna-L Interna-L Art That Appeals to All Classes. ' MM (MM lU Mv " hOX,nS ''.! ... .v.h'.n ' ' P L Mprtnted h.re bocuusa it m, u .-'.imrvt comparison c( WfSSwb. of M-'.-ul Interest on EWLSS"52i hS bn in-d, in-d, although il had , ,re Lm: -' . ... . . , - icUvltv vn MK'ic marked BP .toth- booni which -.id been !" -V The enormous liuer-,rn liuer-,rn iw joxlnj; at the Albert hs!l Kiw for ih King's trophy "ft to th: ev:it boing a his- ("Saof the Itlns's and his po-n.'t po-n.'t in dui f""rt for SIU'- I !5SS bsU mted and muscle must tZ, rLd hard nd quick. ' . nfr a more poou.ar sport ilurins trie P"' '-' years. ;' for all box"' ,vm; ct.v., :.s "r" irK, er.ir!.' veiv enormous ' '.' of -.ctator ir:at . "mwis for tJle econmtkltl0'1 Lt 'Sl"of the promoters. There was fftincous boxing at such large 'Uvc-s Hivre, Boulogne, Ab-P-'' .'i'eci's" Ms'.'.v t-. .hr.: tov.r- : ' ; i.'-o !.:.! A- .1- i - nt Kh Interest Manifested. m great was the Interest tak?n ff j not oolj- in large centers tha: IL place. There was boxing CJLrt. Tourmuneats ere iield In id. iad oa nuuiy cessions in the .'."'. "f.-.r.-.ir,.: .'.:'...; ::: :v..; , irsM rings. Frofessionsis and amis am-is -.if -t together, and ne one or-rtt or-rtt tie dividing line, of which so Vss as msde in tne o.d nays. "om there were prises and some-,.v, some-,.v, were r.r.. There was go :. Bird bad boling. The interest tasen iyt the same. The enthusiasm, si, iss otien the grea.er the worse displayed. htfcg is an international art. which u to ali classes. It is popuia.- In services, at the antverslUes. and at tie public and prepara tory schools. it this year there have been e -j,!-1 ' matches of considerate raace in London. Sergeant Johnny Ut, the welterweight champion of tSritara, has beaten Chief Petty Qf- Sm the welterweight champion be Ttited States navy, ir. a flfteer.-et flfteer.-et :;-tes: for 550. whCe Joe Lynch, lithe best of his weight in America, ieatea Toxmy Noble, the holder of tessiale belt for bantamweights, in Best of twenty rour.ds. ten is a disposition to believe that as, four years do not count In re-It0 re-It0 sport, and that players of 1914 the same players today. This cannot me of any game, least of all of box - rrrr izi a half years :; a :::. c t r.te die best period of a boxer's life. I I he is boxing seriously all that L If. en the other har.c. those four i few ;ars have been passed wlth-1 wlth-1 C7 serious rralr.:r.g an J figh ting the tge that has been done may well be Iffiaie. That the four-year period est toes maae a difference to a first- 1 Qjoaent was exemplified in tne A between Basham ar.d Shevlin. kiiiers Slow Up. '';" ;peired to be very qtifck 1 oersamry mnch qu.cxer than i te-out it was apparent Quickness I m riaa real He was not so quick ' 2 S wta he beat Beattie of Gs-FC Gs-FC ihe Xational Sporting ciub three ; Further, he was ;udg.r.e d:s- 'err 'rndafferently. Kany of his . V ie terribly short, and his punch, : f"l was not so terrific as it used Satii things were bound to be. t a be interesting to note other i.u they come back to the ring, to sudsee if they, too, have lost some ,2sniess which made them so for-Ue for-Ue .oar years ago. Will Carpectier jomerfnl as ever? Will Wells be suae as ever in temperament, and paucity to receive punishment proved: Army life may have ai- ' i teas things, if eucrj n0. V mfficnlt to imagine Wells ever : ;::n. .our years' Interval In serious box--. hare been of great value if It ? 10 tie realisation of thos i Jlf ia' England the fact IP? supremacy of English box-JzJFT box-JzJFT danger. Boxing In t h?LJ2 'ong to stereo - itnSK0118 ln method and style 'aSJ wen. looked upon tmfavor-4L?et-Eod employed by the aSu.0- toe art hav even JS? unsportsmanlike. -y1 -w e system of ln-cAI?15' ln-cAI?15' may blame the large WaiiSS which u tee v 'n atiS . who bo1' rt is his C .1. "owi no other method of ?lieaflrftem of atta. It is . anantage of the inflghter to (iteJ 'l.contrar- to the whole of Ve can it "ion he holds e less Jgaa he obtain from his method "stem Jhat infighting Is -.jm whicn should be used bv t fcfrA0011" Or'Koil. one of Ts.Aemrica. 'Ser,htan.Upathy 01 60 many ii of go for 'he body. The ifjSf ,dthAn,e.r,c are x?L? .th,ey favor n8ht-W n8ht-W Pren'rh I Sty e of tn Ameri-,b"iy Ameri-,b"iy Sh- mplona ls tha result ' wJ-'sm ifFc. " been ad-'itiTri? ad-'itiTri? 0, 8 coun'ry, but the !t'-. br'adonM0n-y simple' but v'ery tSlt nB a cruching stand. bi aiso .i?er away from the ad- recen, '2ey are' ln a waV. 'ov-PSd 'ov-PSd to?? lhe United stat6s 5 hich ,rif" HChamplon8 than f hnt becare,vbo,xers of greater 5! S w72, thelr system or urae i,tyed and because aett dlvl,dual Peculiarities ar? b";n la a science Ki other s 01 yet exhausted, styles nf'riea .have adf ted S?w is surll t0er than ours. and 5 W!l who V B,u,f,Ieent answer bing a?uWouM nl" continue ?? feMTthi U 18 t0 unfair i'alealt.iS W?rld' must altf' S,Mly h th" ta"h-f" ta"h-f" to - w tl." thelr methods a nrie!B,,ona!- they wil LVnarfl I ,1 lD?' B'Jt 'ill the-y'-IWrlL. aniateur8? This . ntCnt ' the two!3fc Se m '!, a national spor" Sttr.e Iff'8"' 'Port. It Ir tomauur'i? schooIa and unl-tCh unl-tCh L,UM 86e that their mU8nt 1 In the new W feet y, "xfd movements ! 1 msstet-teachlng them as I SL'her tWU t.'aoh the quad-S',5 quad-S',5 It iem8m'1fencourage in-t in-t ?dlvldnal?, ,eachers of dances H' ne-step, tango and - I |