The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 122
Boxing Gloves. slightly outward, resting his weightchiefly on the right leg. The fistsare closed, not too tightly, and thearms are held as shown in Fig. i. Advancing and Breaking Ground.In advancing the right foot is neverput before the left, as in walking, butfollows it, faUing nearly on the place… … Fig. I. tance. Retreating is called break-ing ground, and is always per-formed by first moving the rightfoot backward and then drawing theleft back to the place just occupiedby the right. V^ \ \ 0: L/ Fig. 2. Both on Guard. The boxers standso facing each other that the leftfist of one is on a level…
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