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Show FLAT-FOOTED IN HAVE WE GOOD New York. Feb, 1. Billy Madden, the famous old fighter and boxer, who taught John L. Sullivan what he knew of the boxing art In addition to developing devel-oping many other stars of the ring, today langhs at the statement ty James J. Corbett that Jeff will beat Johnson because Johnson stands fiat-footed, fiat-footed, while Jeff stands on bis toes when he delivers his blows. Madden declares that a man standing stand-ing on his toes to deliver a blow naturally nat-urally thrustB his head far forward, allowing bis opponent a cross-counter, 1 or "beat him to the blow."', A flat-fooied flat-fooied man naturally draws his head as far back as posslblo to deliver a blow and thus saves himself. He mentions a score of tho old-time fighters who fought flat-footed, among them Tom Allen, champion of America In the bare-knuckle days; Mike Mc-Cool, Mc-Cool, Joe Ooss, Joe Coburn, Charles Gallagher, Ned O'BaldwIn and Joe Wormald. Of the- latter-day fighters who fought flat-footed, Madden mentions Jem Mace, Larry Foley, Bob FlUslm-inons, FlUslm-inons, Peter Jackson and Young Grlffo. Those who dance away the fight are "timid" fighters, which, according to this oldtlmer, is another word for cowardly fighters. |