BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 235, 27 June 1908, Page 9

BOXING.

V. (ByiSIEnODRT.) COMING EVENTS.'/ ' i" July l.—Ch'ristcliurch. Championships; July 3.—Gosling-Gault Match'(Opera House). July 13.—Tracy-Ross Match : (Auckland). August.—New: Zealand Championships, Ghristehurchi'v ; . August.—Tourney ;at Horowh'enua. September.—Gojlfrey-Green ' Match -' (Opera -- - House).. - i "The kncclfout—its use and abus.b". has been the textwherever two or three boxing enthusiasts have foregathered in i town during tho past week, and various havo been the expedients sug£ested_ : to avoid a. repetition of tho "slugging' tactics' adopted by so many .of the championship aspirants at tile recent carnival; Tho most revolutionary of the reactionists advocate the abolition of the knockout,as. a scoring factor, altogether by making an intentional blow of this nature a "foul" bringing disqualification in its train. This, of course, is not practicable. For one thing the adoption of any such measure would striko at the very root' of the gamo by doing away with'all hitting, and so render useless .-that''capacity of being , able to takn a nasty one with a smile, of being able to control the temper ■in the faco of -heavy punishment,- and all thoso qualities -of- grit and determination' that tho sport ,is irieant 'to develop. > . -.- .Another suggestion, that has been freely offered is that a knock-out should .terminate the bout,' and that the decision should be gpen -on .the points scored up to point of cessation. This is a better notion, but it is open to grave abuse. For instance, it is easy to imagino the' easo of a boxer,.'who! has scored heavily ;in.-.the., earlier stages of a. contest through making - the' pace very-hot, finding- that ho has .shot his 'bolt,-and that; Ins condition * is giving out. His obvious course then would be to take .advantage' of any old punch handed out to him to go aown and take.the full count,' thus, terminating tho conflict'' : and;"'securing Tlfe: fact of the matter, is that all argument goes;' to prove that the only way to settle tho: question of tho "knock-out decision" is for boxers to acquiro. ..sufficient'science-.indefence to render tho would-bo fatal punch;- inopera- j tivo, and after all this is only what boxers aro supposed to learn—the art : of self-'] defence-. .. . . •

of this, I append a cutting from Dublin Sport," -which appeared after the Burns-Roche fight, and which'is stated by that -paper'to bo the. opinion of ' a distinguished Irish surgeon. ... V The typical knock-out blow," said this great authority, "is delivered on : the jaw, generally on the point of the'chin, and it dobs not require to bp a hard blow; It is usually delivered with'a slightly upward-ten-dency, and when' so delivered the impact is transmitted . to the, base of'tho-skull, where; tho jaw articulates with the base'of tho'skull: 'Immediately over the •point--; of .'"•.articulation is' : the ■; internal ear,' arid in the internal, ear'are the. semi-circular canals through which equilibrium is maintained. For instance, if a man is put: upon a revolving table in the dark and the table is spun around, ho- knows tho direction in which ho is moving by the direction of the fluids in tho semi-circular canals. Similarly the phenomenon of sea-sickness is partly duo to tho disturbance of tho fluids

m :tho ; semi-circular: canals; When a blow is given at . the jaw there is a momentary violent concussion of the-fluids of tho semicircular canals, .and this produces a complete ' inability to • maintain a man's balance. Ho generally falls upon his face. 'That is a characteristic of it. la experiments on pigeons, -for example, when the semi-circular canals aro injured the ipigeon ' proceeds •to rotato, the direction of tho.. rotation vary-, ing with the canals injured.' These canals are in threo opposite directions—ono vertical, ono horizontal, and the other fore'and aft." - ■ , "'What is tho effect upon a man?" was asked." ,- " It is. a temporary loss of- power, 'which just exceeds 10 sccbnds. : A knock-out is sometimes ; given by a violent blow on the side of the head, .'which., produces, with a miicli - greater .expenditure of force what is produced by tho scientific tap with very much less forco. Another knock-out is a blow on what is .called 'tho mark,' which is just . below the breast bono. Thilfc ;is oti the nerve/which controls' tho movements of the heart! A blow there temporarily' arrests, the .heart's action, and tho brain, not getting its proper supply of blood,, becomes partially inactive; / and the person temporarily loses consciousness. As soon as ho is lain down ho-recovers in a moment." The report that Burns had again defeated Bill Squires in a -fight in Paris has been authenticated by the following. cablegram published in Sydney'' London. Sunday Evening.—Tho fight between Tommy Bums, of Canada, tho champion of the world, and Bill Squires, of Australia, came off in Paris yesterday, and, after a fine struggle, which lasted half-an-hour, Burns knocked out Squires in tho oighth' round. In the fifth 1 round' there were- terrific exchanges on tho head-and body,, and it was decidedly ill Squires': favour, Burns being groggy 'at : the call of rtime. , In the sixtn round Burns showed- superior generalship, and forced the fighting.- Both were heavily- punished. In tho seventh round, Squires was most of, tho time on; the ropes. ■' A- blow"'on'the body in the eighth round-finished Squires."' Says the "Referee":—The splendid display given by Charlio Griffin, the Now Zea- . lander,'at tho National Sporting Club, when lie dofcated Joo Bowker in decisive fashion, has gained for. him many fresh admirers. According'to London "Sporting Life," Griffin is, going to America almost immediately, arid'will .bo under tho management of Mr. Harry 1'ollok; well-known in sporting circles in tho States. Mr. Pollok, who has managed many American enterprises, notably an important six days' cycle race, will endeavour to fix up a contest between AboAttell and the Now Zcalander. Wo wish Griffin every success iin his now task, but cannot' lose "sight of the fact that ho is entoring upon a severe ordeal. However, if pluck and determination go for anything, the Australian feather-weight champion possesses theso advantages in a high degree, ,and should put up a iiiio sliow against tho 'Frisco boxer. ' The. newly-formed Horowhonua Boxing Association will hold /its initial tournoy at Levin some time-in August. Tho actual date ahd details will be published later, when settled definitely. -

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