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Show f A- - 9 fir w i ft rrftrA , - V r THE SALT LAKE - TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22,1921. A ' . SALT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOLD FIELD MEETDEf j BY JOHNSON YOUNG FEMININE ATHLETES SHOW GREAT AGILITY Perfection of Defense Fir Step; Novices No Longer Pounded by Instructors.1 A tu, i s?hk. 'sgsas m. zszr! a. ir . a. w & " BY T. S. ANDREWS. Specie I to Til. Tribune. MILWAUKEE. May 21 Boxing o.-- a ' By Tribune Special Sports Servloe. CHICAGO, May 2L With Jack Johnson coming out Into tho open again and with the statement that he stands ready to meet all comers, not barring even tha champion. Jack Dempsey, there comes up chatter of Johnson's last meetings with the two big 'fellows of the priaa ring, Jess WUlard and Jim Jeffries. There has always been a cldud over those two fights that Johnson had with the two biggest heavyweights in the history of the American ring. Johnson won .the championship when he met Jeffries at Reno, Nev., on July 4, 1910, and lost tt when he ran afoul Jess Willard at Havana, Cube, on April at an ixergise and alo US a profession haa be.-discussed thorough), in this and other countries in the past year, due 19 a tntasure to the Intense interest In the approaching world a championship bat tie between Georges, Carpentler, French champion, and Jack Dempsey, the best of Ahem all. There has been little change in the style of boxing elnce the advent of James J Corbett, when he demon strated that speed and skill could over a coins sheer strength and. stamina. of today follow much the same rulea as laid down by the Jam Mace school of nearly a century ego During the past few jears Great Brit atn has lost much prestige In the box Ing world bv the Inferior class of pern formers dec eloped In that country Frank Starr of London recently attended a lecture on the art of boxing and said afterward that It was most In structive, even though tha poihts raised be logical During the past might not century or more Jhere haa been little originality n the form of boxing, all teachers being content to accept the method banded down from one genera It seems that their tion to another. Idea has been to follow the old principle was that "what good enough for their teachers was good enough for them and v their pupils ' It has always been the system of giving the novice a test of gvU at the start, and as a result the pupil would receive anything but soft treatment. ThsTrst lesson would probably be enough for the beginner, and- - this same rule would follow in ntnety-uin- e out of a hundred caeca n Box-er- s, Cap-tat- the win for a little matter of latter-t- o heard of this laughed at Johnson's statement and said It waa the last cry of a beaten man But whatever the fight between Johnson and WUlard waa. one thing is certain, and that Is that Johnson s victory over Jeffries at Beno waa a clean-c- ut one When Johnson met Jeffries at Reno' he was In the finest condition ol hie Ufe and before the battle he told hie friends that be was confident of winning. The day of that fight was perhaps ths most tenaa In all the annals of the ring. The tremendous crowd that had paid a new record In gate receSlpta. 1 370, 776. was almost to a man hoping to see the re Invincible white champion come out of his retirement and beat the arrogant black. All morning a procession of men covered the road from Reno to the arena. It was a biasing hot day. The qurious tension grew as noon approached. Silent thousands sat for tha men to enter tha ring waiting Ths click of ths moving-pictur- e machines could bs heard. -- Therewos a y Jef fries and Johnson were In the ring at last. Thousands craned their necks to look at the champion; to see the black challenger. Silence deep ss the silence of the Valley of Death fell on the crowd as BUly Joidan made the announcements. A long line of old champions climbed Into the ring, stood a minute and clambered down again. There were John L. Bob Sullivan. Fltxslmmons, Tommy Burna, Tom Shark ey, Stanley Ketchell and a score of others. Jeffries stood in midring, hla legs awkwardly, balancing himself like spread a Coloaaua of Rhodes, as Billy Jordan Introduced him. He looked huge, with akin drawn tight over bulging muscles, burned black by months of exposure, to desert sun snd wind. ' Jeffries was the picture of a fighting man. But there was something queer about hts pose He moved slowly and His balance was Insecure, hesitatingly. A whisper crept around ths ring that something had gone wrong with Jeffries. No one lyiew what it was. , In the opposite corner Johnson's lips were parted wide In hla golden r smile. BUly -- Delaney leaned over him and laughed. Behind Jeffries, his brother Jack Those who six-ye- ar The new svatem, aa suggested by the lecturer, wipes out many of the old ideas Under the latest method, the first rule to be considered is "defense first," the principle being that the pupil shall never be hit.- - Let tha pupil feel that he cannot be hit If tie perfects his defense, and he will go into the ring Dempsey or Carpentler Get the against pupil e confidence first and work up his defense Then later he will be able and willing to take a punch. If he cannot elude it, but by all means perfect the defense first A description of the recent demonstra- - tton by the lecturer in London may prove Interesting to tha readers at this time When the demonstration began, the lecturer, whom we will call "L," stood facing a supposed pupil, whom we will call "p," and tha following dialogue took place L- Are you a footballer? P. No L Are you a cricketer? P. Yes I play a bit. L. Well, I want you to suppose that th's (seising the pupils left hand and closing the fingers) la a ball, and that this (touching his own "point") Is the wicket. You are to bowl at my wicket, and I 'shall try to catch you -- Bowl In this fashion. straight A he spoke, the lecturer drew the pupil s f si slowly toward his own Jaw SI'" the line of the straight left The pupil began and the lecturer caught hli fist,bowling much as on would B hall w th both hands After severvl "overs the positions were reversed The lecturer bowled at the pupil's wicket. and-the- n long-dela- long-retir- be seniors and d?a8n2' sophomores end freshmen" vbIh on the other. This haa only recent ly been taken up sport by the girls of the school and is proving a great favorite. Maas ball, a game made popular by the American soldier. Is another new o In athletic both for and boys of the East high school. Itgirlhaving been only during th last season. Girls In the posture parade, which wa the flrt event on the field day program, numbered 1900, while about 4119 partdpated In the athletic events. scowled anxiously, while Corbett. Choyn-sand Berger busied themselves wltg-th- e final preparations for the battle. Tex Rickard was referee. The fight was from the second round on. Only In the seventh round did Jeffries Show a flash of his old form. At that stage Johnson struck him a fearful righthander on the chin, and In an Instant the great champion of older days seemed galvanised Into new life. He stepped briskly in and sunk his left fist to the wrist of hie glove In Johnsons ribs. Johnsons eyes rolled and hla mouth opened In a gasp, He clinched. Jeffrie drew back the left and tried again, and the blow waa blocked Jeffries moved In slowly and Johnson blocked hie blows and uppercut him until his head rolled back. In th fifteenth round the end came, Johnson hammered Jeffries to the ropes and sent him down with a hard right on the chin. Jeff fell to a sitting position, turned, grasped the ropes and, after Rickard had counted a few seconds, slowly rose to his I h,m ,??nt over I down, to fall m a sitting position I the bottom rope, outside the ring Dased, beaten, he struggled to rise, but the rope him balanced back on his haunches I It was here Jeffries was counted Blnsa far not th,tfrom, , been heard except aa was the case I the other day when he came out hell to say a few words The big has sure enough quit the fighting game for good. On the other hand, his old opponent. Jack Johnson, is planning to reenter it. Although still In th penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kaa., serving out the last day of hie year sentence, Johnson, who claim to bk in excellent condition, has already made matches tor fight some of tho best colored heavyweights as soon as the prison gates open to just let him out Into the world. Jookevs, or the race riders as are called now. Bird you will run they Into the smartest youngsters In the world It s chicken with nearly all one day and feathers the next. But they are nei el worried Not one of them ever thinks of the morrow were shooting craps with a vengeance. Those levee negroes never work on pay day "The Dago was attracted to a sho were "rollin' de bones" There group were fully a score of them and they were all kt The Next Step. one-sid- an advance was mads. Tbs catches were taken pith one hand Instead of two AU the time the lecturer was carefully correcting the pupil's distance, teaching him that f ha force of the delivery came from hla "rear leg, and not from his arm, getting out of distance so that the pupil was forced to advance In order to reach th wicket, teaching him, In fact, the rudiments of footwork, without ever mentioning the term. From footwork the lesson progressed to swaying, dodging, and deflecting The three hlte straight, hook and uppercut were shown, the defenses taught. The demonstration, which embraoed a Score of lesson In tabloid form, culminated In the rechristened "a leg glide, and an exposition of surprise and shock tactics In boxing, end concluded with the Instruction that pupils boys especially must never be forced to enter competitions. When have confidence In the soundness of they - their own defense, said the lecturer, "they themselves will want no but will be eager to put tt to theforcing, test" There ere Inevitable weaknesses in the theory. No man or boy could take two lessons In tha bowling game and remain Ignorant of the fact that he was learning the art of boxing; but possibly when he found at the end of hla second, or first, or third lesson that he was still scatheless, the game would have made Its own appeal, and he would carry on with the practice no matter what Its name The -- new ays tern... when It has been shaped and molded altered here and there will be made public, or, gather, submitted to the test of public criticism. It will havs much to recommend tt, the mere fact alone that It will attract as a game will be an argument In ita favor The spread of boxing among boys. In schools, scout troops, boys brigades, etc haa created a demand for an Instructional system which shall not oreete fear or disgust In ths mind of the tyro before or after hla first lesson It It of no use railing back on the exploded fallacy that the boy or man who shlrkt a hammering la a coward That tradition was upset by the late war, which taught that for one congenitally bnve man there were at least ninety-nin- e In whom bravery waa created and fostered by use and wont. Pluck In moet cases la a habit It the old system of tuition accepted only the 1 per cent In whom pluck waa Inherent, and any new system can be discovered which can make pluck habitual among nearly 40 per cent, then bv all means let us exchange old lamps for new. Then v X'A'i cross-count- th foul blow It even more foul than the kidney blow, and the Utter U barred almost the world over Let us have elean boxing end with suck blows, which ere undoubtedly foul Buffalo battier and a faster worker In the ring. Kansas Is a proposition snd able to take a worldtough of but he haa not got tha finish tobeating, hla boxing that Leonaid possesses Too bad it could not have been held a night or two Leonard and Kansas June 6. before the Carpentler-Dempse- y battle! In would be a feather In Rickard Benny Leonard, champion lightweight, fact. toIt have two had cap other events title and Rocky Kansas, who gained ring fame before the big show, making It three In overnight when he won from Richie all, waa aa same the pulled off when Mitchell, will get together June f for Jim a tenretmd scrap at N. J livan Corbett and the late John L. SulCity, Jersey had their famous battle In New was expected that the and the Buffalo bearcat would champion have a reg- Orleans. ular championship battle in New York, over the lg.round route, but with the Aggression Best Course. big OardeiLxlosod At deemed best to Boxer of the present day that a shift tho contest over to Jersey, where the limit la twelve rounds and no the real rules of the game of eeptlon Nothing has been said about the They start out with little of weight, but the chances are that It will the art of boxing. In fact, knowledge do not they not be at the etlpulated lightweight get at the first rudiments of the game limit 135 pounds aa Benny has been do- They learn to "cover up and awing ing little work of late and would not wild that Is about ail Of course. consent to get down to the limit In so there and are 90 per cent of but exceptions, short a time. Under these conditions it them do not know bow to lead properly, la only to be expected that Kansas will counter-Mocetc. Bob Fltxsimmons ,ro th distance with holder end once told me defense hat the newspaper verdict will favor at times wag Inthat the greatest knowing when and how Benny, not because It Is Leonard, but to take the offensive have been because he U much more clever than, the w few boxers who couldThere box to advan- - doewy vu -- 1 decl-alo- k, the-titl- e tag on the retreat Eddie Santry and Jack McClelland were exceptions to ths rule Young Orlffo neither retreated nor rushed much, he waa such wonderful blocker that It waa not necessary for him to follow the other course. The boxer who continually retreats has little chance of defeating a good aggressive some are There who wait to fighter counter but they, too. are not juccesa-fu- l. and they are never popular boxer Oft times when boxers are In distress the safest policy Is to take the aggressive end force thefr opponent back. In ao doing they save themselves for ths time being and have a chance to clear their heads That was one of the secrets of Lea DsrcVt success . He never retreat- Ib-i-e. the same with Jak Dempsey .Rocky Kan Leonard as, Benny Rlihle Mitchell. Joe Lynch, Jimmy Wild and other stars, and was the method that won for boys like Ad Wolgast. Battling Nelson. Joe Gang Sam Langford and Bob Fitsstmmona. A A. A CLEVER v iva, C yoV JvU A COP-GETS luMMw,nn,,nSl .n? T b1 ven-tur- Officer Raid Negro Gam Pyd bJing Game and Gives Proceeds to Jockey Friend -- By Tribune Special Sports Servlet. EARLY VARIETY. CHICAGO, May 21 Your average raee Are you fond of Indoor sports. Miss rider is always a smart fellow. Mabel? Go Into the paddock of any race course "Yes. If they know when to go home. the evil thereof, so. take no heed Exchange. In this country, get friendly with the of the morrow, goes all th time. v hen a race meeting closes - In one town and they have to get to- another get there eome old way or another they I call to mind an Illusft-atlOof this fact which came up on day at New Orleans NEW PLANT FOR DUCKVILLE GUN CLUB naTv I day-Jeffr- ies hi illi! more, they were gambling recklesMy, .Ia there waa about 60 in sight when the cop strolled along. A wise look Illumined th cop's countenance as be noted the stakes, and h took a firmer grip on hie club, which. t'hck ii.'had bronzed off of tnoney nd ha all th way If anyone want to claim any of thla from th Crescent Citygetting to New York here wag," said he, let him hold up Up to the - of hi rulln, . It up " Dago- - had been- on Every darky held up his hand. I Continued."" "ilj gam- Yorkownerra whJ Thi??. L,."11! a New the he had remained in New Orleans after I M Despite the fight that has been made the "rsbblt punch." and also the against back-han- d blow, by boxing authorities the country, they are still throughout used in New York state and a few other plaeis Recently, It waa announced that the new rulea of boxing In New York City and the state, backed by the" com- mission and the International chib, called for the barring of Sporting the two alleged foul blowa, as mentioned above Referees, however, seem to place their wn Interpretation on the rules, as they d and "rabblf permit both the punches without question At the army and navy boxing tourney, held In the ballroont of the Hotel Commodore, New York City, under the of the International club, tha "rabbit punch waa 8portlng used eeverai times without warning from the referee, but always bringing boos from the crowd At Buffalo, during the bout and also the Good rich .Logan battle, the "rabbit punch was In evidence and alwas brought hooting from the crowd There it no doubt that the rabbit punch is dangerous much. more o than the and should be barred When a man is bent over and hts opponent- swings full feres-e- n the beck the neck, sometimes with the heel of of the gloved hand, he la very liable to suffer most serious Injury to the spine Doctors have repeatedly warned against T.THE first annual field day ever held by the girls of the senior and Jun.or high schools of Balt Lake the outstandlAr features 7. between wets match the-hook- er .Rabbit Punch Again. aUita'11' aaint gtHcteetttv that the way was to Orleans by boat. e will oblige me by The Dago had a friend on the New I when I tocount-thre" th station-hous- e Orleans police force. He waa a levee coming was There and cursing and grumbling, but knew all the steamship men cop fcamla were " lowared, all excepting one. Cnflde1 U hl I that wag the good right mitt of troutdes 'P aV. back-han- .d!7n L'dtthV thla" ld th. eon. g. toth': strov Dage after reflection, "and I will In I JidPIr!hedD JT 'lEh ?" band lth th other ,fh troduc you to a steward- - who will get Com along to New York. You may have to you Then there was th finest Imitation of peel potatoes and wash dishes on th you ever uv, "The DaoM J way up. but you will have a good time." kicked nd twisted, nd apparently tried At the appointed hour the jockey met to bite the pollcemAn who dragged him his policeman friend, and together they eeverai blocks, while the negroes shouted. went over to th steamer, only to find Just a the two turned a corner the that theto friendly steward had been trana ,t,c.tc.,i tor tlm8-Rlc018 .A-a ferred ship which was going to Porto ,8t. ,n and that an entirely unapproachable I pocket," feaid er youyo,S)rmis ixot vhrop. Individual was in his rlac Th Dagp sprinted back to ththo boat ' The Dago" waa crestfallen and levee. rip done broke away from cop was sore. If 1 only had the money, I'd stake the peeler. Yelled the darkles a th aboard the ship just as It vou," said he, ' but don t get downheart- Jockey jumped 0,8 d00lt sent up ed about It. Just walk around for a bSck,J .,fromv cheer A minuteThey later the ofwhile and 1 11 see what 1 can do Re ficer appeared, to be able to raise 140 somehow apparently in a ragtf. oughtwas It pay day on the levee and aev. . ''The Dago laughed as he saw him ere! hundred negroes of the tough sort. I 'ndmg at the edge of the levee shak. who, here employed In handling cargoes, Ilif hie flst at the veekel He knew thit were making merry. hi, menacing attitude meant: , Some of them were lounging on the Good-bold chap Bafe Journey! cotton bales. slng!nrongs, others were Wli the first good thing you' fishing, while the gamblers among them have.' ,;? tP aue-pic- 1 o 11 er " -- d, . 130 000. The New Method. back-han- ms. that last fight Johnson claimed ' After that he could have beaten WUlard If he had chosen to, but that lie had allowed' plAxS for the structure of the club pleted In time for the 1921 season, which been completed aha work on the new Th club Is situated sixteen miles west club plant will be started this wee);. The of Bilaham City, on Bear river At thla clubhouse which was used formerly Bear river divides Into a great burned down Thejiew one will he com- - many channels and jllls numerous- little or . lakes Th water Is shallow and an ex ellent shooting groun& tp afforded Ac cording U a great many, there are no better duck grounds in the United States Tice XHukvllle Gun club was originally organised In 1903. Later It found more members and It has now grown to be one of the largest of tt kind In the United States The stockholders of th club are chiefly cltlxcns ofHalt Lake and ltaH7 but there are a few holders in ths eastern states The new plant Is being built by Solomon Nelson of Salt Lake. - y, V |