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Show SWIMMING GREAT AiD Develop Muscles Essential for Professional Boxer. j i i Australian Crawl Stroke Produces 6houlder Development Neces.-.ary for Knockout Punch, Says Promoter Baker. t litis iil-.-itys l-i-ti ii fiiv-irlti; con-t.i-nlicm at 1 1 : i r 1 1 thai i ii-i j v Li Ii n ' li.' Mil- fiTS in fJH-i-till ill -Illlilil.V, Hi - .swilll-. .swilll-. IIIIT W tu.-i- I. lily 1 1 : 1 .- Iiri-ll ! . - v. 1 1 J i m 1 ,y Ilii'l Im'-I Hi' nil o.'-riis.-s liiiN inquired in-quired ii .h. -iiil.- III.; i..s...-;sl.ll of u liii'll Ih imli ,nil.i;ilili' Id Mtn.VS a Iw.x.T," sii.vt ".Snowy" linker, Ail.i-t Ail.i-t fii 1 1 : 1 1 1 liu'lii i . r j 1 1 1 j I i- ami pliyoirul- ill! 1 1 r- expert. - -' J " 1 1 . il.-vi-h'pniHit that results from iiiilnlorial exereis.-s Is superior to Unit irorin-ril h any slpnig-iiiaii sysleoj, fur llii' muscular lirilgiues.s so iio-iioiiiii'i'il iio-iioiiiii'i'il In hti-sI li-rs aiiil weight lifters Is rarely conspicuous in the swimmer. "When In repose llit; swimmers inuselcs do nut olii null? themselves, hut, nevertheless, when the effort is wanted, when Ihe strain Is put upon thrin, lliey respiinil reailily. "It is somewhat el' a coincidence, too, that In hiiilil the swimmer ami huer n io much the same. I'.oxcrs usually usu-ally have their weight w here It is most neeileil, bell.; lug of shouliier anil liHht in hls iiixl lens. Jinny gooil swimmers are lieavy limheil, but the majiuily slmw a tendency to taper frinii the chest down and approach tin; ideal of physical beauty Immortalized Immortal-ized In Creek slaluary. "In both swimming and boxing tho muscles brought into pluy are regularly regu-larly tensed and relaxed. , The swimmer swim-mer making his stroke exerts all his strength, and then, recovering for the next one, the muscles are at rest. The boxer delivers his blow with tensed muscles and then relaxes. So it goes throughout a contest in the water or In the ring, ul I emu te strain and rest for I ho muscles employed, and so both produce a condiliou where the muscles retain their elasticity and respond readily and quickly to all calls made upon them. "I have before today expressed tho opinion that one swimming stroke, the Australian crawl, produces a shoulder development that is a necessary possession pos-session of the man with a "knockout" punch. So far as my experience of boxing goes, the favored few who have the handy gift of being able to dispose dis-pose of an opponent with one "clout" lire always men with loose shoulder action and good shoulder development. "Now, with I ho crawl stroke most of the work falls to the shoulder and arms, and the continual effort to pull the body through the water with a swinging action results lu such a development." |
