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Rule 28.-No hacking, throttling, butting, tripping-up, tackling below the hips, or striking with closed fist shall be allowed...
...following article on amateur boxing from the N. Y. Sportsman will be of interest : The youth who can use his hands well will rarely resort to a knife or a pistol, as the fist is much quicker than any concealed weapon, and, like the Irishman's shillelagh, never misses fire. The simple fact that boxing teaches self-reliance to a boy ought to be recommendation enough to paterfamilias, who should encourage his son to become proficient in the art of "hit, stop and get away." A broken head is soon remedied, but a cold leaden pill or a cruel thrust...
...nights ago about THIRTY of the boys went to Boston to attend a party, and concluded to walk home. On the way they encountered an amiable policeman, who, after a brief discussion with them on the subject of making less noise, waded in, and with club, revolver, and fist, put the whole party to rout. They claim that they were only singing a little ditty, but he swears that they were drunk. - From a St. Louis Paper...
...places Putnam's Hill was the most interesting. Here was the spot where Putnam galloped down the church steps at full speed, shaking his fist at the British and receiving, in exchange of compliment, a bullet through his hat; and here, I thought, "the old meeting-house, before which the Americans awaited the charge of the British," must have stood. They waited until the British got unpleasantly near, when Putnam and his men, concluding that "discretion was the better part of valor," rode away. To the right of the meeting-house are the stone steps down which Putnam rode...