| Show I II I I e t e eO O OO O I I II I A PUGILISTS I It g gs t ADVICE TO TG BOYS s I I Y p O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O e The im It b IF by 1 R I by r sway 11 prow fe si It bete III to tilt ibo of 01 the world for lor tile the r lilt while willi es Idea kid Riel I wt wet oaly DIU b Idease se Ite be saw ab td out by U hit hi 1 all an 0 of M sod tift Masted tows WI barn n t ti whoa M Mt net su la t that t people have begun berun to to re NOW the wonderful benefits to b be beder der vad from Ii a course in culture thousands thou and ot of II parents both bolh rich poor are handing their lIOn eons who wh ire te delicate to wh where re they will 1111 get t plenty ot of h eXt exercise I have traIned man mant such uch boy boYI and their gain aln In weight and ancl strength Is l II A boy bof wh comes coma to 10 me weighing about pounds In three or tour years ear will turn tup tile the scales At ISO I 1 Have ha one PUI pupil I whO came ame to me weighing 9 rounds ft tend nd I two weeks ekl he tipped the beam at 10 pounds I 1 find however that most moat ot of pu IU pile take more interest In their exer obese And get mol more bane fit from them If interspersed with the tho regular gymnastics J I gh give them lessons leMons In boxing The Tho Art or of self HIt def defuse I Ion Ion on which every boy should lun earn acquaintance with not only H ot of Its great use on occasion but ut also bo be cause UIt It brings Into play e every rr nu m ole ot of the body boIly a lad laa first comes to m for box boxIng lag Ing lessons i 1 give he hIm a of l ees ot of sticks lUck such as athletes use le when running on the track to hold In his clinched tIts fists Then I teach him II a tow few ot of the principal leads After Atter about IIi 16 minutes of this I let It him practice what I have just taught him with a punching punch In ing bar bag for tor an opponent J I have de devised a bar bag especially for tor use In homOl Its III main feature I Ie Us its t as It Itcan rn can be pat pitt In place In 10 and taken down In ten It but six pounds and will not loosen even It If put up against a weak partition Pail Its Ita best beat taint is I that It maker mall no noIse when to In use UH and eves on Interrupt an ordinary conversation on inthe In Inthe the same mo room Then the pupil has been for 15 min minutes utes It or so IO I at th the bag r make hIm lie down nil on a backboard Holding Bolden the his legs leg legout out stiff sUII I make him rat Miss the upper halt half of his 1111 bod body to the slowly Anti and down again flat This he reo re repents peat a dozen dOlen times The next exercise is III for tor the loge legs and andIs Is II also allO splendid for tor the o of the theAnd stomach And abdomen sun Still lying on onI the wIth loge leg stretched out I he raises ral them up UI slowly lowly about two I fat Ct then stretches thorn apart so o an to toI I form a V slowly bringing them together i er 1 again and then down clown to the board this also about U 12 times I Alter After a short rest we spar for tor a few minutes In which I find out how much I of oC the I lesson uon he has It If ho hola hois la is very er bright And quick to learn he may flay catch on to halt half a dozen lt leads ds In Inthe inthe the fi t lesson leMOn though I 1 dont like to tolve give lve too many at a time Ume as In trying to learn them aU all the boys are apt to for forget forget get While sparring e Iw till the boys the wa to block oft every overy lead As A I 1 am pretty well known In the world tel as a good defensive many young oung who want ant antto to know how Itow to block off ott nn an opponent cent to me to learn The first thing I Impress on l a boy Is Isto isto to hit with n t arm blow Never swing awing It you ou W wish lh to bt be a goal boxer The man maD with wl leads straight will always but beat out a boxer who swings wildly Ot Or course I 1 knout knot that Tom Sharky Sharkey and Terry Irry both do this very thinS thing but then you must remember that th two men art are phenomenal I fighters In their r cl classes which you are Itro not so that thy they cannot be cited M as examples but rather as ex to the rule retie bOth loth thew thel fighters can deal tremendouslY hard blows At 1 a wry very short tango which only comes from lots loti ot of experience and sat great strength are some Othe of oC the tho loads Ids which you must learn first ot of nil all The first I lead is III n a with the left while hold holding InK the right In 1 a pod tion to 10 guard rua The second Is u a right hand blind blow across crOll fur the heart with your left I guarding guard In The Tho third lead Is a 11 aloft It loft it blow for Cor the stomach and across for Cor the Jaw while th fourth le II n a right land blow for tor the heart and over for tor time the ja Jaw In the fifth you oU lea lead with your left and It if your opponent comes at your hurt heart you pull your arm back and let Jet hi his blow land on your elbow The III th lead lelu Ir II used when your our opponent Ids Gads with his hll left In n which CAse you push him oft with your Our loft and land your right on his hll jaw The seventh Is the same with the blow deliver delivered ed by the Iho other hand In each case OUO Ot Of course o In a sparring match thEl these leads s are used In any order and the Idea Is III to know hOw to block off an any bl blow aimed at you ou and at the same time lime do the most moat affective work your our own mitts milts Remember boys bos when whon boxing always ahns block oft a blow with your our hand han open as thereby you cover so 0 much more mora territory anti and when delivering Ii a bloW kp keep your our land hand open until Just on the tho point of oC landing Th Then n close your fist It If your yur hands handa are shut tightly all the Urn time you OU will soon feel CI a strain on the tho muscles ot of the forearm The leads leatIs that I teach at one lesson Isson Itell I Itell tell the tho boys to practice at home with the little pieces ot of sticks In each hand When II a pupil hu has had a few l lessons sons I put him up against another about equal to or perhaps R a little more advanced than he to see what they can ean do While they are aro sparring I watch them both clos closely and Immediately one makes a false taille move thoe either olther with his hll arms or legs I atop tol them ani and make them go through the motions until they get them correct I lay partiCular parch ular stress on blocking as I consider that the most moat pert part ot of boxing to learn properly A man who knows how to reply to every lead an opponent mAY make can stand up for Cor Coran foran an hour before an adversary and not nott get t hit more than two or three tines times It if h he hIs to warding off the oth others blows Exercising with the heavy heay dumbbells slowly III graduating from 20 O to SO 0 pounds is III good for putting muscle on the arms and shoulders while the long Iron bars with weights at eAch end help to develop do de the back and loins A 11 splendid exercise Is to stand with your hands on the backs of tWO chairs placed back to back about tour four feet teet apart Lean forward as tar far a as you CAn holding on onto onto I Iback to the chairs and then pull yourself back to your our original position Do this slowlY for tor about a dozen times You will soon lOOn feel foel 1 a pain across your chest IUS as If there were not enough room tor Cor you Ou to breathe brathe ThIs is II your our lungs lung expanding ex from Crom the unwonted It I LP v vH H t tj tt ty te j t e 3 ar rt y N NL Nc Ni y L c i L t y J f l r ti h a aa 1 Y r rh a t V law rn rna f m 11 f a I GEORGE E you practice It everyday In addition to tc toI your boxing you OU timid find your chest cheal I measurement increasing very bly Some ot of m my pupils wi sit to reduce their weight Instead of increasing It ItIn ItIn In their case Oale of employ some lome somewhat what though the diet Is the principal means ot of reducing flesh fieh It If you wish to lose loso flesh drink very little water Inter as Ills it Is very fattening It If you ou aro t take halt half a 11 cupful ot 01 weak weRk tea toa Eat Ent no potatoes as they contain a I great quantity ot of water and no pastry A young fellow recently came to me weighing 18 8 6 pounds When he loft lott lie was down to liO pounds lie was n a ball player and the exercise he obtained on the tho diamond lamond naturally aid aided ed tl him In taking oft off the tho superfluous nosh flesh noshA A good many young oun fellows bo have havo acquired some knowledge ot of boxing are anxious to got get a line on their abilities and enter the amateur or professional ranks One of my pupils Danny Mur Murph Murphy ph phy Is the national amateur feather teather featherweight weight He has haR entered six amateur tournaments and won In all Ho recently turned professional and won his first bout In three rounds An Another Another other ot of my boys boxed Joe Gans the well known colored fighter n a six lx round draw It If rou ou think of at going In for tor boxing either as an amateur or professional proC I 1 thInk loan I can give you n a few pointers that will be useful to you ou Dont un underrate underrate your opponent either before the contest or when you met meet hIm In the ring Dy By this I mean dont donl neglect your training for tor the bout and dont get careless when boxing with your man manTh These Th two things have hae turned the tables ta bl bles against many a good boxer Tom Sharkey Is one ot of the most moat conscientious boxers In these respects that 1 know ot of lie He prepares just as faithfully I ICor I far Cor n a six roUnd go with nn an unknown or little thought of oC man as ho would for tor tora fora a championship fight with Jim Dont think because you have easily bested beted a II man once that you can necessarily do so 10 again The second time you meet him he will kno know your our style ut ot b and will have a 11 defense e for tor every evry one of your attacks and probably some lome new tricks ready for you up his I et t c C ff |
