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JEFFRIES IS TO TRY A KICKINGBy James J. Jeffries.It 1* not because It's a novelty that I am about to contest with France's supple men ait their game of lu muvate. but because I want the money. In the fighting line, or lines. I might say. I tear nobody and am Just as sure that I can beat the Frenchmen as that I cun beat the best pugilists In America.When 1 was in Paris I saw the French-«n.n at their game. It was really Interesting and 1 studied It. As a result, I don't believe the most agile of the country could do battle with success against my lists. As big us 1 am. I'm sure I can dude their most dangerous blows or kicks.I've read and been told how these men can deliver a kick for the Jaw or head With the greatest accuracy. Maybe they can, but I never saw them do It. One time in a thousand, a professor of the art told me. a face blow could be landed.In the other nine hundred and ninety-te times the kicker jeopardizes his own chances.The most effective blow of this style of game Is the shin kick. The tighter who is about to deliver it awaits an a-ancemenla opening, with his left foot forward. His Y® ®f gorgeouswhole weight rests on the other, and f,p°nV 13U^ “ “j'e a Her courtswhen his opportunity comes he throws lh„ \ t P'e '^eopportunity his left foot at his opponent's nearest shin. The to - of the striking foot is always turned in and the blow delivered with the heel or hollow part of I he foot. ^ ilit'clUsoIf landed squarely, a broken leg Is the result, and of the course the fight ended.Hut none of them could be too alert for .*r“nd dukei'lth that kick. I'd avoid it with aside-step and then a nice short-arm jolt J ,u ■on the kicker's jaw would wind up the ““!Pe.d sovereigns,mill. This is not guessing, for I'veVne “£rded Wa little practicing with Jack McCormack .fm in.raVy world reSPLlt;'t ^as the Frenchman. i 0ne of the begl ,,f not the verywill end royul a^tor of the present day is the czarowitzof Russia.whose recent appear-nce ln lhe Hermitage theater at St. . : Petersburg. In the role of Hamlet, has-in.tM.i caused the greatest admiration, and hasmeans used for the production of a piece on the stage.Weimar was at the commencement of the n.neteenlh century the great center uaJ life in Germany, and Schiller. Goethe and many other famous men found a due recognition ofwhich, if they reach their'mark hostilities. Hut their chances of landing are so slim that it's hardly wor telling about them. There are twdangerous ones that are ten landed. Bivun hlm a place amongst the. V|v r 'a „ih.h hLi in .h« J , talented actors of the present day. known as 'k.lKrEBhe ispoet and an author of con-ih ^ slderubl'e reputation. It was he wh,. 1. '. .J. ,., ..1;I '“Je the beautiful translation of Ham-Tin. with me I'd lust sten ,l t ’ lnl° the Kussian tongue, and h. atm witn me. id just st p engaged In translating anotherah the kicking foot andengaged leg. Hut woe to the kicker misses hi:’ back slight . wheel the man off his pins. He'd land hard, too, you can bet. and would surely take the count.There's the foot jab at the Instep. You must know whut a little tap on that part feels like. If you don't, try it! With hi.s foot in the same position as in delivering the shin roaster, the F t-nch-man stamps on the foot. The result is usually the recipient's finish. To land that he'd have to come close and tb # s Just my style. I'd have a few jabs to the body and one to the jaw before my French friend would have his knee well poised in the air.In such a manner I'd elude the la sa-vate performer's most vicious foot lunges if I were just going to stand and wait for an opening. But I'm not u defensive fighter.When I gel in th ring with on? of ♦hose fellows, I'll feint him into a state of bewilderment. Then I'd get close and stay there until my man goes down. They'd forget they were to kick, and their hand blows I know wouldn't feaze me.I may be mistaken, but as I understand It. the kickers can sling their feet at any part of their opponent's make-up. That's a great advantage to them. I should Judge, hut when I sign articles I'm willing to concede them the privilege of kiting if they want It. .But I've told how T would beat the game and If Mr. Charlemont, the chamthe works of England's greatest polt;The grand duke's rendering of the much discussed part of Hamlet hag caus 1 great interest In the theatrical world, a- he made several Important alterations in the usual manner of playing the character, and his acting was as finished as it wag original.In the English royal family we have more than one member who is clever in :he histrionic art, mid most people have heard of the lu! nted acting of the Princess Henry of Bittenburg. who is also famous for her skill in arranging theatricals and in selecting who shall ploy lite various roles. Her royal highness would have made an excellent actress or manager of a theater had h r lines lain in other plains, and as it is her talents have often given the queen herself and -t'he other members of the royal family great pleasure.In the Austrian imperial house theatricals are amongst the favorite amusements of the younger members of the family, and m»ny are the charming pie-cs which are played during the winter. During the life of the late Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, his younger children always arranged theatrical-, in which they took part, in honor of ail the family festivals. The oldest daugh-tter of his lale imperial highness, the an especially clever actress, as is also her younugest brother, the Archduke Ferd'ln '-nd Carl Ludwig, who is as goo ! In c. inedy us he is in tragedy, and whoplon kicker, does not think my figuring t|w of Wall, ns:. i ,practicable, 111 give^ him a ',^a£(? at Pressburg, the residence of his cousin show where 1m wrong. Ill sail fit the Archduke Frederich, when he gn other side as soon as I see lean t make excellent rendering of that most ditii a match for the championship here. cult nart. Another talented royal actress is theIFTIIPO HUH AIlfiENQ Princess Friedrich-August of Saxony.MHUO AM/ UUDEinO nee Archduchess of Austria-Tuscan: ,II n A IT fTIIP orrinr who delights in arranging 4lttle plays,UPON THE STAGE to the great delight of the king amiUi VII mu Minuu, f)Uel,n of Saxony, and who Is best in -| comic roles. Once, however, -her im-Actlng has always had a great fas- perlal highness undertook the port of a dnatlon for many people, and from the servant maid, am in blai k'n*‘ke ^cok earliest times plays, representations anil was a little „ho|itr^^^emeMsVatbTOurtsm0ng ‘ *'°me begged his lively niece to’ remember In Germany every little sovereign had that she was the future queen of Sax-his residence town, with his theater, the any. and that he would like her to il cose theater being under the special protec-1 roles more fitted to her station in life, tlon of the sovereign. It must be said In Wurtemburg, beforethat the drama, and. ln fact. art. sel- J or the Princess Pauline of ^ur'emltnirg ence and literature, all owe an Immense and the twin duchess of W ui temberg. SeW o? gratitude to the rulers of these little plays were often got up by thern small principalities, who from time lm- and were mostmemorial have been the patrons of the whole court. The Princess Pauline the stage. In some of the more im- I (now the hereditary princess zu Wled), portant of the European capitals the however, who has a passion for horses, theaters were often of great dimen- | was even fonder of taking part in Bions and the fittings and all the ar- i equestrian fetes than of acting, and al-UBAMPION JAMES J. JEFFRIES PRACTICING WITH HIS SPARRING PARTN^ AND FTiANNING DEFUSES ^ WITH WHICH TO OVERCOME THE INTRICATE BLOWS IN THE FRENCH GAME OF LA 8AVATJH. -
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