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Show ! A FEW CHOICE SAMPLES OF CAULIFLOWER EAR I I ! f A ( b',, J) GtAOL-Ui'T9cx3roppefr ' tUttv VlAUfP wJITmTmiB. The cauliflower ears of the puglllete afford af-ford Interesting studies. Those big roaases of mangled flesh that decorate th aides of th fac ar aometlmes called "tin" ears and again "bum" eara, but no rnatlar under what nam they are equally attractive attrac-tive to took upon. Paycholuglsts find something esthetic In them. They ar beautiful In their ugllnesa, although. Lord knuwa, the poor maulers who carry them about do not hold that opinion. And the depth of the beauty Is aometlmes four Inches. Aak Bat Nelson or Johnny Thompson. Gnarled ears ar a matter of course with the pummelling profession. Many hav them and some have them not. However, If you would preserve your beauty In all Its nsturalneaa. you had better bet-ter turn your talents to some other pursuit pur-suit than that- of knock-outs and dollars. Kunny thing about pugilistic arat Many of the bruiser type of-ttghter possess pos-sess ears aa perfectly ahaped aa thoe of any prlvata cltlsen, while boxers of th hlt-and-get-away school wear conaplcu-ous conaplcu-ous Insignia of their profeaelon. Frank Erne waa clever. So was patsy Hsley. Jem Drlscoll, Owen Moran. Tommy Murphy and Al Greenwood. They all have tin eara. Greenwood haa two excellent specimens. Phllsdrtphln Jack O'Brien. Young Kmc. Owen Moran. Jimmy Walsh and nanny punn are three more scientific men whosv hearing organs are a maas of swollsn muscle. Thar are manv others. Gsa upon Jim Flvnn. the Pueblo fireman, fire-man, who rights Carl Morris July 4. and vou will not find a sign of a bad ear. Klvnn has ben through many atnrma of terrible punishment, too. Tom Sharkey was a punch ahsorber. yet be never had a cauliflower. Stanley Ketchel waa In many hard but I lea. but he emerged wllh hia now. Tou have to get close up to him before he can hear ytm speak. Willie I-ewls, Orover Hayes. Frank Klaua. Bert Keves. and L'nk Russell are cloulcrs with bruised ear. Kussell has a pair or them. Nelson and Russell have two of the best aver taken out or a prise ring. Young Corhett waa a clever fellow, who feaiurea are normal to thla day. Corbert was lucky aa waa his namesake. Jim Corbet!, but there are several others In th same clsas. So there are fast men with and without hum ears snd knocker-out knocker-out who never try to get out of the way of a punch, who ar so fortunate as to escape unmarked. Alaothere are hard "nuts" whose ears ar rbelr cholee possessions. pos-sessions. It Is so essy to get a cauliflower ear It la eurprlslng that mor rlKhtera do not have them. The rub or a iglov across the ear In a clinch will etarfon. and a few more louche will cause It to puff. However. How-ever. I Is In turning the head that most bova suffer them. With a punch coming straight tor the noae. they will wait until the glove geta almost lo them, when they shift their head to one aid, letting th punch go around the neck. Butmany tlmea when going round th bead the glove will connect with th ar. After a fighter haa advanced so far In science, it becomes a habit to turn a punch aa wall as th proper mat hod of procedure. Still. Abe Attell's defense lies chiefly In movements move-ments or the heud which avoid a punch. And Abe hasn't a aign or a "bad ear after thirteen veara of fighting. Many glove artlsta bathe their ears In hot water after a ght. no matter whether they got nt there or not. Thla treatment prevents the swelling. Boys with mild cauliflowers, who do not want them to grow larger, apply a liniment after every bout, and upon retiring wel cloths with lead snd opium wash and bandage the ears keening thm on all night. Mike (Twin) Sullivan ar great mlxera. but they hav yet o experience the aen-aatlon aen-aatlon of a swollen ear. Tou could name fifty more of good reputation. Mike (Twln'g) ears are flat but not puffy. It waa different with Battling Nelson. He took so many wallops that both ears were miiwapd out of shape, snd he Is oenf |