Show i I I I I I I I I I RYAN DEfENDS JEffS CROUCH By B Ed W V Smith Chicago That there Is ls Isa a generally wrong Impression regard regardIng regardIng Ing lag the thc crouch position as used u by h lames James J Jeffries when he was fight fighting fighting ing Is s made plain lain by hy recent state statements ments monts of or Tommy Tammy Ryan former mid middleweight middleweight ed eel by b the way and the man who handled Jeffries In his more Import out engagements In the ring mg mgR Han Fyan R an read the tho statement made by byJoe byJoe Joe and was moved to Lo dis discuss discuss cuss the crouch still sUll further with without without without out having any un desire to get Into a controversy or argument of any au sort with who Is a friend of his lis I Tommy 1 vcr docs does not agree n I v wIth In tho the broad ho he that thit no boxer that crouches can ever evor hope to be bo clever clover But Buthe Buthe Butha he ha says sa s that Is merely a 11 matter mattor of opinion In lit which he differs from Joseph Bartl y that all To back my m statement that a man milD With a n crouch can bo be r I 1 can cite you ou several clever yellows fellows who used the position and used It well soll welland w Il and awl to their own great advantage flynn Hyan told lold me the other night In ui dis his discussing discussing cussing tho the coming comin big battle oh on on the Ule Pacific coast There was McCoy for the only man that over aver knocked me out He was my pupil too Ho lie used the tho crouch used it that night In Syracuse when he ho whip whipped ped lcd ed mo Int I used It and m my modesty I ia is not too to l strong for or mo me to say sn that I had considerable of a reputation for cleverness Thoro Thore wore numer numerous ous cus others too that used II it but that hiss has nothing to do with tho the present discussion d The Tho crouch as ns I used it was used only once by Jim Jeffries Jorie and that was tho the night that he fought Bob FItzsimmons for tho the first time I 1 taught It to Jeffries because I knew that thuL Fitz was the style of fighter who would go right at him and fight him up close FItz had hall to do this because of o tho the extreme size sl lao o of Jeff Jerf Jeffries Jeffries ries rles Jf If he lie stood off orr he would woul i have henI very ery little chanco chance of landing any an of ot othis his punches on him That Is s why h hWe we practiced the crouch and cd ed it by tho the hour hou It IL may ma not bo ho pretty to look at nt but hut this case alone will wl suffice to show liow that It was effective I er fir that t It won von Jeff Jerf the champion championship ship of o tho the world Heres lereR a n little HUle point that tho the public does docs not know about I used the tho crouch In numerous fights lights but ly l for fol a different purpose In each case When I 1 boxed a n man mun I never looked him in ho the eye I always had my sight focused on his left No boxer In the world can make a move piove of any Sort ort without making his Ills purpose known by h the action of oC his hi left knee lence That was what puzzled puzzled a lot of them liem They Thoy lh understand how It was sas that flint I know hoes Just what they tho were going to 10 do and usually boat bent them to it You YOli saw Jeffries fight harko and you OU remember member r well tho moving pictures show it too that Jeff Joff did not IIO uso use tho crouch against him He have to it being bettor botter In that case ClO to stand up lip straight and anti slug away with ha man mail Nor In the fight did Jeff use uso tho crouch to any extent Corbett never got sot very N close to Jeff Joff and this rendered tho the crouch of ot little importance USed Crouch Effectively Now If a n little follow fellow like I 1 was for Cor I never foyer know what hot It was to welsh weigh over pounds during tho tIo t o time lime I was waa good could use uso the tue I crouch effectively the position must be of Cf sonic us lu Iu the llIe ring rn I f weigh I only on stripped now neW 1 But I 1 hope this tills start tart E any nn i controversy I urn um simply simp Siring giving my version of or the thc crouch cronch nail and nn an outline I of tho the results I 1 have seen HOen It bring in Important contests |