| Show r ann ruin 5 5 FITZ NOT INVENTOR OF THE 1 HE SHIFT h h h N J WU U U U U I no na blow lion has been more moro morer P r talked about titan limn the tho shift which was wan u a 1 favorite a punch of at the tha ancient Robert Hobert l a n num number her ber of ot earK II go 1 hiss has nl al always ways 1111 received credit for or being the originator of that particular punch but bUI ac according according according cording to Mike Donovan the blow blot was Invented by him many years Mora before tho limo thought ot of visiting this country According to Donovan this thin blow properly executed execute IN hi the most moot mo t effective punch pariah h In the category of ot n a 1 boxer U H HII IB is II nothing moro more titan than ti Ii of at un en unordinary ordinary lend tot for the body only the time loft U is used Instead In striking leg ing the tho body bOil must moat be first swung from left lett to right rich I stepping forward nt ul tho the sumo cameo time with the tho right foot toot Iy Ry this means the thu strikers lt lI body budy gains u it I groat or lr awing a all as he voices romes forward orwArd with his left lett hard hand and the tho force orce of ut tho the body bOI It if applied lI correctly will brinK bring an nn opponent ent exit down mi no mutter matter how strong or how heavy ho ratty may be beIt beIt beIt It urns mainly through an accident emit that I J come to Invent Invent the shift says days Donovan It occurred In my In third match with William C McClellan oC of Now We nut stet In San Sen l cisco on Aug 13 1878 On the night of ot the fight I WRIt was In perfect condition mind and barring 1 I that 1 could auld not nut lose lone lo e We fought ought umber London prize ring IIII ruleR ruled on un a n hurl hurd Moor ioor McClellan would not meet me under tinder any other rules bellev believing ing that his knowledge of at wrestling VIM II enable him hini In III some same way to crip cripple ile 1110 me At the beginning of o tho the fight 1 I forced creed mattes III II tt and In tho the first three rounds round had 1 things all 1111 my way WR At the call coil of time for or tho the fourth round 1 turned to my second Joe Winnow who had hal trained Tom for far or his brittle battle with Sullivan and aul sold said Joe 1 I will finish hint him this round roune Iam I nm am un slime To make my III assertion good I led le off ort with the time right mooning moaning to do dothe dothe dothe the trick If It I 1 could I J struck at a t him with such lIuch force that I 1 lost my balance falling on Macs shoulders ns III ho ducked to avoid 1 old the th blow blo In III doing so he ho caught mo me by tho the leg leK lifted me from tram tho the floor and threw throw mo rim over ovir his head mead It Jt wee was a deliberate foul Caul but tbs tho referee refused to allow u It uI ItI I was Iva badly dazed but recovered In a 1 few fen to minutes and toed the tho scratch for far the fifth nUh round I 1 then discovered that I J could not rAIe right arm the tho fall nil having Injured my icy III shoulder flats Hals leg Ing III my right arm with my left loft hand hund I 1 put my lilY thumb on ohm my belt to support the tho arm and antI fought on None but those who have huc hued had n similar experience nce can the dreadful state of at mind and I feelings that I experienced at that mo moment i ment inert Defeat stared me In iii tho the face but my Judgment did dM not desert me mennel mind for fen some coma time I was waa successful ful In keeping the extent of my Injuries to myself I even een manager to conceal tho time thoRd fart fact that I 1 was wu hurt from personal friends friend In my Icy corner lOrner They rhey kept on mi yelling Why dont you us your our right Mike Milter Fearing that mi my opponent would discover dIBer my crip crippled pled pUd condition I managed ed to whisper to tomy my rimy friends of or tin time Injury slid and fought on oft U tin 1111 b belt haet it I could coull Mac line In lu his corner he ducked and sidestepped to the time right I 1 fo fol 01 lowed lowal stepping forward romAn with Ith my right foot Coot In and an swinging my left letl struck ruck him on the tho th Jaw knocking kno him out of or the ring rill And nd out out oui of time for tor over two minutes |
