FADS IN FIGHTERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1891, Page 4

FADS IN FIGHTERS.

AN AMERICAN Vl^W OF THE-P.R. ; For quite a. ,\yhile', says the editor • of. Peek' » Hun, • there was a, decidedly Britfsh tia^e to pu o ilistic circles,' arid it 1 was the proper thin.,' for the sluggers .: to •'/ be "qmte English,, ,yer know." It remained for ProiefisLr' b'ulljvan to knock this school 1 out ,\vitli : hi--! elegant Delsartean mbveii.uiit of the rkjht duke. He simply said " Lie <k>\vnV to;*(he( English school, .and it bedai'ne a 'comatose reminiscence.] But the lashioninai&ifurated. by ProfassorSulliyan, xt.asrt'yfno' inettns 'an imp'roveftient pverlhe excepting' that it was'decitTf'dty /Yfnerican, in;its meHbocl. ot gettirfg 'there, There' speedily flprangs up.ai larga 'crop of 'fnVimrno'tii brinaerVbeefy and heavy, , whose hole > idfett' 'pi ' 'the %,ti' of sell-clefence, was to knock the other fellow's- ftfcatfofliV i Jj« , first , r gufi <& ' • )'iiypf^3.or a Suittvan re- ' ' fjiivineil ,at llje Head, , of the .schqdlf 4n,d the "Hid' tfcA^be 11 defined- f6"aUow\ahy. ; .pthe.r | man, no matter how big or two'.^sieS, to, llQ i'J^vS- fl!t him caused i ihe school to loss (popularity/ finally^" 'The' i-'H'tn^^jylilVip^j tiHve^uf, and Professor i v-»ufiivan r<i;iftiinda solitary and alone in his j -,i«l.uiftU:\ • i'lKii .»i r. Jack IDampsdy became the rage,,' | -tiui <t ilei'.iJ.eu iaiptove-.nent he was over the 1 j. Miliiyiyi tv;.«, It ; . was his system tb^by in' !':( nout .n!na t^i\\ce ul .niaun^r, with his|oppo'■iitiVts,' have iii's* meal's 'Jrotoght'to him, during .cl^,ijoiii«.st-, and wear out and j^slmust iiis a,|vei - .-?iuijt; ;. 'He avoided -harsh' r.itx'tlioils, ami was a syit p.f jathicalcultu'rist with sumlLiiloves, Dempsey was a trim? lufiic man', -hiVm ttehavecj'iri a very modest. ami i'ent|ft!u;nily '.iiJinner both in public' and j. jMivjutj. Hp >y -is v«p'rasente4 as being quite ; .jt:|i.caie i\\\[\ ,ji}c|inec| topi\lmonary troubles,•Wu| ■ iljU uV-*iv cauji^d a great, many pon-i '')i\.\\\>Ux.t>:\' k>"l(W the other' lung,wHile. ilu.iiiiii-; uiv.ier the delusion that, they'were ,• : vly.i.' i>' ) i ',.■...'■.'.: .. '.'■'';■ '-'"'■■ l . S,iil\. !is.|)!\-i!i,s •j)^ae3 ! t]jo pempseysohbol ' ( \ ;>■,-; ; ;'i, 'T; ,s\.--;i .in ;ulvanc^ of ijhe, Boston' iA,>l^)nf l -v piitv'!>n't'ar lo'r'ce and ruffianism. Un he, h.w •i}ilie»;'and'tHe i c6tintVy is now '•ireaißned with anew style. If your boy is a big, loose-jointed sort of a critter, keep jy.uir, ey/e-,on him:; > He w^ll' .^yant' t<s 'W a. (• :)fiW-ncrhter. 1 'feut' let him go. Some red-i I headed, freckle- faced boy not.half hjs height, I . rmf • 'whose neck is' as big ' around as your Hopeful's body, will convince ..him, that ,he •i.i3 ( !niade ,a imlsbake: - That' 'fellow frqm 1 ' Australja, filtzsirnmons,'' according td the. newspaper,, rlpports,; is v pi}t .up; a; good ideal j ]ilce : a g'As^ipe ; the bijggest:whe^ejhe .hajs' joints; He 1 lookis like a'kangaroo withfthp ;rip. He is a frealo,: and he' really 'b&lbrig's !o a museum instead of-the prize ring. At i^as^t,, Dempsey : wishes . he ihad ;bepo lin ihe njuse\ini instead of \yhere he was. For several hundred years the 1 Anglo-Saxon race has been manufacturing prize-fighters, and to build one on the lines of Mr. Fitzsimmons \vas contrary to all rules. He is a freak, tike the slaib-s'ided, rubber-necked nag that • ;an trot like old Harry occasionally. They ire the. exception and not the rule/ ; ■ But/ this- ifabt will- be 'overlooked, and Isvery big-jointed fellow who measures nine nghes across the; chest and ii inches across ;he soles of his feet, and who has to shut himself up .when. he L enters a traracar., will be ready to make his debut (deboo) as a prize-fighter. There, will be an awful slaughter for a little while, and then these fellows willigq back tp.b ( illjpos£ing<or c ! doing unythitig el'se s wher^ a long reach is desirable. Seriously speaking, how'^ve'r, 't^ie recent bnital ; contest; .at I (New-- teaches a lesson. Mr. Fitzsimmons. «(we 'always say , " Mr." to them when they, win), is a^ flinch !• higher! type 5 of a' than than, the prize fighter I. we have had fo ; endure 'heretbfo're. tte ' never drank a drdp of liquor in his life, j he doesn't use tobacco. He doesn't strut ! around,, a.n^uqe .fouW^ngua^'rand &li the 'other 'fellows names, and he is married and has a very nice little wife. He became a 'fighter accidentally^, and to-jb-because - ( hi discov(§2d jh^d. ln.qdbldl mak* a good deal of money by pounding the lining out ot f a decent and respectabierlife when,h^ wasn't actually fighJnjr.A H isn)tV«asfent tb have ,n fellow that looksjike a patent medicine : dnt of " before takilfey jtS^o^byer from any . ouch, place as Austr'alftPand"whip Americans, bui when the stran&r, is'^a, pretty -decen^ t'ellow.iaa'ditnelA'm'e^ean^bas Been Sestroying the magnificent ,pjiysiqne which God gave him by filling if up with alcoholic J poison we can't feel vef y bad, .patriotism, o; ' i: .v*J .^>SSKii;^'j ■t -■ ; MANy.airamp jsv^uldjbetiiapkfulffojp^^ 1 Jiam. put hdne •of 'them relish the cold 'shoulder. ■}-to-H . . . , , - ■ „-„ • ■ .'-.' :i 7 I !tli -I