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Show Something About the Weigfit of Gloves Used in Ring The recommendation that elght-ounre !' be uf-ei in the ho una; which is f-xjefited to become a Jaw in the state of ;.Nw Vrk in il4 near future, appeara to jbe ItrM-'Jiia; up the Frawley bill, and lnl-jdentsliy lnl-jdentsliy (-renting- quite a atlr imong the ...id timers who re..i the dsy of John I U. HwiJitan. Hull I vn was supposed lo have j.n eight -ounce f ovea at th time I hut lis waw knock hie out aM his opD-renl opD-renl In from one lo four rounda. Hut the u-f tun srlcg. and thre his al-wurs al-wurs len j01iht in the minds of many who knew (Sullivan at that time, did lie, knwk them out or did he have tltem : 'cait-d to dt-ath before they even entered the rim. If he knocked them out. then i the eiKht-ounce gloves had much in do with hia auccena. for they cover mot- i apetce and with a itrima; arm man like Kuitivan. made It rsosaible tor him lo ! Bcore cay ou many of the co cillej tiKhtcrr. Th'ese feats earned Sullivan j ri'-igT renown, and Incidentally made it 'hard to understand why the Howton airotia lxy muuM ner asrree to a meet Ins with boxers f'e(-r Jackson, Frank 81avln. Joe f.ioddard and (iesiae Godfrey, who were at their best in those dayx. Sullivan's Sulli-van's succeea wae always somewhat of a urprlae to those who knew bis real fighting abllltv. The following story Is to.il by an old time spor' who followed .Sullivan on hia knockout tour: It frequently happened that Sullivan found a tough rue tinner smong the fellows fel-lows looking- for the f 0 offered, and we had an effective way tf disposing of him .Veariv sll theae four-round bouta werti deHM In theatres snd Sullivan's manuger alwava had two huskies srmed witn ciuba ernfed Iti the wings, who mmagrd to gel over a clout If John happened hap-pened to le out of form. When the op-poalrig op-poalrig party became trmiblesome and II look.! aa though be might laat four , rou nd s. Sullivan a I ways ma na ged to ; crowd him to one aide of the stage, j where the fellow with the club aoaked the atranger on the head. This took alt the nght out of him. of courae. It waa; eav for (SuKlvan to put on the flnlahtng , 'touches. A conservative estimate places' the victims disposed of hi thla manner dure to the :'- mark. Whenever an antagonist srted like a novice Sullivan wouid take a chance, sail Into him quickly quick-ly and pull out a win." The davs of the blr glovea are over. Every boxer In the ring today objects to the large gloves. They are ciumiy. have a tendency to slow up a clever man and are absolutely good for no one but the strong arm boxer m he depends wholly upon hta strength to win. The small glove will lnure clever boxing snd make the wild swingers exercise . due care. Boxers ran work faster wllh the small gloves, hit oftener and make an altogether alto-gether better looking contest. The longest long-est fights en record were fought with skin tight glove, while some of the ahortest hsve been won with the pillows, aa they are' commonly called. 4 |