O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 38
the northern conquest of Rome theuse of the straight sword, or rather the use of thepoint as the principal means of attack, practicallydisappeared for over a thousand years, and when ANTIQUITY OF BOXING. 13 it came again, it was in tiie long, light rapier playof the Italian and French schools of… … GREEK BOXERS WITH THE TESTUS. When Pollux obtained the boxing victory at the ^Pythian games, he wore gloves or leathern ban-dages filled with lead and iron. When Sullivandefeats his man, he uses soft gloves filled withcurled hair. This is the chano-e of time and ^judgment. The latter is the better…
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