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27. That the use of hard substances, such as stones, or sticks, or of resin, in the hand during the battle, shall be deemed foul, and that on the requisition of the seconds of either man, the accused shall open his hands for the examination of the referee.

28. That where a man shall have his antagonist across the ropes in such a position as to be helpless, and to endanger his life by strangulation or apoplexy, it shall be in the power of the referee to direct the seconds to take their man away, and thus conclude the round, and that the man or his seconds refusing to obey the direction of the referee, shall be deemed the loser.

29. That in any case where men on meeting in the P.-R., or at any subsequent period during the fight, shall retire from the scratch, or refrain from all attempts to fight for the space of five minutes, the referee shall give them an additional five minutes, and if at the expiration of that time no blow has been struck, or no attempt has been made to strike, he shall have the power of awarding the battle-money, or one moiety thereof, to the funds of the Association.[5]

30. That all stage fights be as nearly as possible in conformity with the foregoing rules.

INDEX

Advertisement, a typical, of a hundred years ago, [59].
Albert Hall contests—
Burns v. Beckett, [155];
Carpentier v. Cook, [189-92].
All India Championship, 1909, [174].
Amateur Boxing Association rules, [203].
American Union rules, [146].
Amphitheatre, Broughton’s, [3], [4], [6].
Andover, [68].
Angle, Mr., decision in the Jackson-Slavin fight, [126].
Appleby in Warwickshire, [86].
Apreece, Sir Thomas, umpire to Mendoza, [16-17];
timekeeper in Cribb v. Molineux, [46].
Aston, Mr. Harvey, [17].
Attitudes, [86].
Banbury, [7].
Barclay, Captain, referee, [37];
Tom Cribb trained by, [41-42], [52-54].
Bare-knuckle fighting, nature of, [60-61].
Bartholomew, Jack, Jem Belcher and, [24].
Basham, Johnny, [194].
Beckett, Joe, Broughton compared with, [3];
and Tommy Burns, [154-57];
and Bombardier Wells,
[170-76];
and Pat O’Keefe, [172];
and Carpentier, [173], [183];
and Frank Goddard, [173];
and Eddie McGoorty, [173];
and Dick Smith, [173].
Belcher, Jem, Broughton compared with, [4];
early fights, [23-25];
Joe Berks and, [25];
accident to, [25-26];
and Hen Pearce, [26-29];
and Tom Cribb, [30-33], [41-43], [74], [92];
reputation of, [85-86];
and Tom Sayers, [108];
character, [171].
—— Tom, [52];
seconds Neate, [64], [68-69];
seconds Langan, [76-77].
Bell’s Life in London, articles quoted, [80], [82];
presentation to the editor, [84-85];
report of Bendigo v. Burke, [86];
Bendigo v. Caunt, [96];
Langham v. Sayers, [99].
Bendigo and Deaf Burke, [85-87];
the Champion belt, [93];
and Ben Caunt, [93-97];
character, [97-98].
Berkeley, Colonel, referee, [73].
Berks, Joe, and Jem Belcher, [25], [27];
and Hen Pearce, [26].
Birdham Bridge, the Langan v. Spring contest, [75-76].
Bittoon, Isaac, Tom Jones and, [24-25].
Blyth, near Doncaster, [26].
Boots, [59].
Borrow, George, on Jack Randall, cited, [60];
on Tom Spring, [68].
Bowker, Joe, [194].
Boxers and Their Battles, “Thormanby,” quoted, [49].
Boxing, English style, [194];
the science of, [171];
necessity for “character” in the boxer, [171];
thoughts on modern, [201-4].
“Boy Jim,” [25].
Bradyl, Mr., [14].
Brain, Big Ben, [8].
Britton, Jem Belcher and, [24].
Brompton cemetery, John Jackson buried, [22].
Broughton, John, and Slack, [3-6].
Broughton’s Rules, [13].
Burke, Deaf, and Simon Byrne, [80-84], [201];
Bendigo and, [85-87];
and Nick Ward, [93].
Burns, Tommy, and Jack Johnson, [147-53];
style, [150-51];
and Joe Beckett, [154-57];
his commercialism, [178].
Byrne, Simon, and Deaf Burke, [80-84], [201].
Byron, sparring with Jackson, [21-22].
California Athletic Club, [121].
Cannon, Tom, and Deaf Burke, [83].
Carpentier, Georges, and George Cook, [38], [189-92];
a genuine champion, [148];
and Bombardier Wells, [163-69];
appearance, [170];
“character,” [171];
and Beckett, [173], [183];
methods, [174];
account of, [176];
and Jeff Smith, [176], [178-82];
and Frank Klaus, [178];
and Papke, [178];
and Battling Levinsky, [183];
and Dick Smith, [183];
and Jack Dempsey, [183-88], [192];
war service, [183].
Carson City, Nevada, Fitzsimmons v. Corbett contest, [135].
Castle Tavern, Holborn, taken by Tom Spring, [78].
Caunt, Ben, and Bendigo, [85-86], [93-97];
Nat Langham trained by, [99].
“Charlemagne” and Jerry Driscoll, [176].
Choynski, Joe, Corbett and, [128];
Fitzsimmons and, [133];
Jefferies and, [139].
Church, [59].
Clarence, Duke of (afterwards William IV.), [30].
Clinches, the English tradition regarding, [139-40].
Clohessey, Private, and Bombardier Wells, [164].
Cock, the, Epping, [12].
“Colour line,” Sullivan and the, [128].
Combe, Mr., umpire to Humphries, [16].
“Commercialism,” [154-55].
Coney Island Athletic Club, Jefferies v. Fitzsimmons contest, [139-43].
Cook, George, and Carpentier, [38], [189-92].
Cooper, Gipsy, Tom Hickman and, [64].
Copthall Common, [46], [53].
Corbett, James J., and Peter Jackson, [121-22];
and John L. Sullivan, [127-32];
and Robert Fitzsimmons, [133-38].
Cornhill Magazine, article by Thackeray on the Sayers v. Heenan contest, [114].
Corri, Mr. Eugene, Thirty Years a Boxing Referee, quoted, on Peter Jackson, [122-25];
referee in Wilde v. Mansfield, [199-200].
Crawley Downs, Jack Randall v. Ned Turner contest, [60].
Crawley, Peter, Tom Hickman and, [64].
Creedon, Dan, and Fitzsimmons, [133].
Cribb, Tom, and Jem Belcher, [30-33], [41-43], [74], [92];
supports John Gulley, [35];
Gregson’s lines in honour of, [40];
and Molineux, [44], [46-54], [68], [75];
a remark of, [61];
seconds Spring, [68], [73], [75-77].
Crookham Common, Yankee Sullivan v. Hammer Lane contest, [87].
Crosby, near Liverpool, [94].
Crouch, Abe, and Tom Sayers, [99].
Cumberland, Duke of, patron of Broughton, [5-6].
Curphey, Jack, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
Curtis, Dick, seconds Deaf Burke, [81], [83].
Customs of the Ring, [95].
Daily Oracle and Advertiser, [21].
Davis, Tom, and Hammer Lane, [92].
Deaths, accidental, [80-84].
Deerhurst, Lord, [73].
Dempsey, Jack, and Fitzsimmons, [133], [183];
—— (The new), and Jess Willard, [162], [183];
and Georges Carpentier, [183-88], [192].
Descamps, M., manager to Georges Carpentier, [168];
gymnasium of, [176-78];
intervention in the Carpentier v. Jeff Smith contest, [181];
power of, [192].
Dieppe, Carpentier v. Klaus, contest at, [178].
Dixson, W. Wilmott, see “Thormanby.”
Don river, [17].
Doncaster, [17].
Doyle, Sir A. Conan, Rodney Stone, [25].
Driscoll, Jem, style, [154], [157], [199];
winner of the Lonsdale belt, [194];
and Spike Robson, [194-97];
and Jean Poésy, [197-98].
—— Jerry, and Charlemagne, [176].
Dunstable volunteers called out, [36].
Eales, [59].
Edinburgh Star, The, [54].
Egan, Pierce, quoted, on Perrins and Johnson, [8-9];
on the Humphries-Mendoza contest, [14];
on the rules of 1795, [20];
on the “Lancashire” method, [38];
on Gregson, [39];
on Cribb v. Molineux, [46-50].
“English attitude,” the, [69].
English Heavy-Weight Championship held by Bombardier Wells, [164].
Epsom racecourse, the, [41].
Farnborough, Heenan v. Sayers contest, [108].
Fearby and Belcher, [25], [27].
Fewterel of Birmingham, [19].
Figg, [3].
Fight, The, Hazlitt, [64].
“Fight,” use of the term condemned, [126], note.
Film, the, and Boxing, [149].
Finchley Common, [24].
Fisher, [59].
Fistiania, or the Oracle of the Ring, cited, [3].
Fitzsimmons, Mrs., [136].
—— Robert, and James J. Corbett, [133-38];
and James J. Jefferies, [139-46], [160];
character, [171].
Fives Court, St. Martin’s Street, [59].
“Fly-Weight Champion of the World,” Jimmy Wilde’s title, [199-200].
Foley, Larry, [121].
Fouls, [91], [113];
Bendigo and Caunt, [85-86].
French Flying Corps, [183].
French, the, as boxers, [109].
From Pit Boy to Champion Boxer, Lucas, [177].
Gamble, Andrew, and Jem Belcher, [24].
Gaynor, Tom, [81].
Ghent Exhibition, Carpentier v. Wells match, [165-66].
Gibbons, Bill, second to Gulley, [37];
to Molineux, [53].
Goddard, Frank, and Joe Beckett, [172-73].
Goodricke, Sir H., [73].
Grain, Isle of, [103].
Grant, Jack, and Tom Sayers, [99].
Gregson, Bob, and John Gulley, [35-39];
personality, [39-40].
Gulley, John, and Hen Pearce, [26], [34-35];
and Bob Gregson, [35-39];
seconds Cribb, [46], [53].
Hague, Iron, [164].
Hailsham, [34].
Hall, Jem, and Fitzsimmons, [133].
Hamilton, Colonel, [17].
Hampton Court, [30].
Hannan, seconds Bendigo, [97].
Harmer, Harry, [59];
seconds Neate, [64], [68].
Hart, Marvin, and Tommy Burns, [148].
Hatfield, Caunt trained at, [94].
Hayes, Bill, [103].
Hazlitt, William, The Fight, [64];
description of Neate v. Hickman, [65].
“Heavy-Weight,” Times article on the Heenan-Sayers match, [116-17].
Heenan, John, Tom Sayers and, [107-17].
Hertford Assizes, trial on death of Simon Byrne, [84].
—— Police, warrant to apprehend Tom Sayers, [107].
Hickman, Tom, [59];
Bill Neate and, [64-67].
Hinkley Downs, [68].
Holborn Stadium, Joe Beckett v. Wells match, [172];
Jimmy Wilde v. Alf Mansfield, [199-200].
Hole in the Wall, Chancery Lane, [63].
Holt, [59].
Home Office, intervention in the proposed Wells v. Johnson match, [164].
Hornchurch, [19].
Hounslow Races, [4].
Hudson, Josh, [59];
seconds Langham, [73].
Humphries, Richard, [57];
and Daniel Mendoza, 1787, [12-14];
1789, [15-16];
1790, [17-19].
Hungerford, [64].
Hurley Bottom, near Maidenhead, [25].
India, Championship held by Wells, [164].
Ingleston, George, [19].
Jackson, John, second to Humphries, [17];
and Mendoza, [19-20];
a letter to Mendoza, [21];
rooms at Old Bond Street, [21-22], [52];
keeps time in Belcher v. Cribb, [30];
superintending the ring, [46], [53], [70], [76].
—— Peter, reputation, [45], [149], [151], [158];
and Frank Slavin, [121-26];
and James Corbett, [121-22].
Jefferies, James J., methods, [134];
and Robert Fitzsimmons, [139-46];
and Jack Johnson, [158-62].
Jews among the boxers of England, [12].
Johnson, Jack, reputation, [44], [85];
and Tommy Burns, [147-53];
and James J. Jefferies, [158-62].
—— Tom, and Isaac Perrins, [7-11];
second to Humphries, [13], [16], [17];
to Mendoza, [17];
his figure, [26];
and Tom Sayers, [108];
character, [171].
“Jolly Butchers,” Wardour St., [26].
Jones, Paddington, and Jem Belcher, [24];
seconds Molineux, [46].
—— Tom, and Isaac Bittoon, [24-25].
Journee, Paul, and Wells, [173].
Keene, Alec, seconds Tom Sayers, [99], [101].
Kilrain, Jake, and Sullivan, [128-30].
Klaus, Frank, and Carpentier, [178].
Lane, Hammer, and Yankee Sullivan, [87-92];
and Tom Davis, [92].
Langan, Jack and Tom Spring, [72-78];
generosity of, [78-79].
Langham, Nat, and Tom Sayers, [99-103].
Ledoux, Charles, [194].
Lee, Harry, and Mendoza, [20].
—— Tancy, [194].
Lens, colliers of, and Carpentier, [165-66], [176].
Levinsky, Battling, and Carpentier, [183].
Longford, Lord, backer of Bendigo, [98].
Lonsdale Belt, Pat O’Keefe the winner, [167];
won by Jem Driscoll, [194].
Lonsdale, Lord, on the use of the word “Fight,” [126], note.
Lucas, F. H., From Pit Boy to Champion Boxer, [177].
“Lying on,” art of, [155].
Macdonald, Jack, seconds Perry [103].
Mace, Jem, [121];
competition organised by, [133].
McGoorty, Eddie, and Beckett, [173];
and Bombardier Wells, [173].
McKay, death of, [80].
Maher, Peter, [133].
Mahoney, Packey, [166].
Mansfield, Alf, and Jimmy Wilde, [199-200].
Martin, Jack, and Jack Randall, [62-63].
Mendoza, Daniel, [57];
and Richard Humphries, [12-19];
and John Jackson, [19-20];
and Harry Lee, [20];
and Tom Owen, [21].
Miles, Henry Downs, Pugilistica, by, [49].
Mitchell, Charley, seconds Kilrain, [130].
Moir, Gunner, and Tommy Burns, [148-49];
and Bombardier Wells, [167].
Molineux and Tom Cribb, [40], [44], [46-54], [68], [75];
history of, [45-46].
Molyneux, and Hammer Lane, [88].
Monte Video, boxing in, [202].
Moulsey Hurst, [30].
“Mouth fighting,” [145-46], [151-54].
“Mufflers,” [34].
National Sporting Club contests:
Frank Slavin v. Peter Jackson, [121-26];
a private meeting with Fitzsimmons, [134];
Wells v. Iron Hague, [164];
Wells v. Packey Mahoney, [166];
Carpentier v. Wells, [167];
Jem Driscoll contests, [194], [197-98].
Neate, Bill, and Tom Hickman, [64-67];
and Tom Spring, [68-71];
manner of, [95].
New Jersey, U.S.A., Jack Dempsey v. Carpentier, [184].
New Orleans, Sullivan v. Corbett, [128-29].
Newbury in Berkshire, Neate v. Hickman, [64].
Nichols, George, and Tom Cribb, [30].
Nigger, the, in Boxing, [44-45].
No Man’s Land, Hertfordshire, Deaf Burke v. Simon Byrne, [80].
No-Decision contests, [146].
Northumberland, Duke of, and Bill Richmond, [46].
Nosworthy, [59].
“Nottingham Lambs” support Bendigo, [96-97].
Nottingham Steeplechases, 1840, [93].
Odiham in Hampshire, [12].
O’Keefe, Pat, and Bombardier Wells, [167];
and Joe Beckett, [172].
Old Bond Street, Jackson’s rooms, [21-22].
“Old K Legs,” nickname of the Tipton Slasher, [103].
Old Swan Stairs, [7].
Oliver, Tom, seconds Jack Randall, [59-60];
and Tom Hickman, [64].
Olympia, Joe Beckett v. Bombardier Wells, [173-75].
O’Neill, Colonel, Langan’s backer, [76-77].
Osbaldiston, Squire, referee in Bendigo v. Caunt, [95], [97].
Owen, Tom, [59];
and Mendoza, [21];
seconds Ned Turner, [60].
Painter, Ned, seconds Spring, [68], [73], [76];
referee in Sullivan v. Lane, [91].
Palmer, Pedlar, [194].
Papke, and Carpentier, [178].
Parish, [59].
Parker, Tass, Bendigo’s challenge, [93];
and the Tipton Slasher, [102];
seconds William Perry, [103].
Pearce, Henry, and Jem Belcher, [26-29];
and John Gulley, [34], [36].
Perrins, Isaac, [103];
and Tom Johnson, [7-11].
Perry, William, see Slasher, the Tipton.
Pinckney, Mr., [45].
Plimmer, Billy, [194].
Plough Inn, Carey Street, [34].
Poésy, Jean, and Jem Driscoll, [192-98];
and Digger Stanley, [198].
Pontefract, [34].
Prize money, amount in 1789, [7-8].
Prize-Ring, the, and modern Boxing, [201-4].
Punch, lines by Thackeray on the Sayers-Heenan contest, [114-16];
on the boxer’s appearance, [171].
Pugilistic Benevolent Association, revised Rules of the Ring, [204-8].
Pugilistica, Miles, quoted, [49].
Randall, Jack, [59];
and Ned Turner, [60-62];
and Jack Martin, [62-63].
Reeves, Harry, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
Referee, action regarding “breaking,” [139-40];
duty of the, [156].
Reno in Nevada, Jefferies v. Johnson, [158-62].
Reynolds, Tom, seconds Langan, [73-75];
complaint of, [75].
Richmond, Bill, and Tom Cribb, [30];
supports Bob Gregson, [35];
seconds Molineux, [44-46], [49-50], [52-53];
seconds Ned Turner, [59-60].
Ring, broken in the Langan v. Spring contest, [73].
Robertson, Colonel Archibald, [107-8].
Robson, Spike, and Jem Driscoll, [194-97].
Rodney Stone, Conan Doyle, [25].
Ruhlin, Gus, [139].
Rules of the American Union, [146].
Rules of the Ring, [96], [204-8];
English, regarding hitting in holds, [139-40].
Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney, Tommy Burns v. Jack Johnson, [150].
St. Martin’s Street, the racquets court, [25].
Sampson, [59].
San Francisco, Jefferies v. Fitzsimmons, [143].
Savate, La, decay of, [176].
Sawbridgeworth, [56].
Say and Sele, Lord, backs Jem Belcher, [30].
Sayers, Tom, [53];
and Nat Langham, [99-101];
and the Tipton Slasher, [102];
warrant for his arrest, [107-8];
and the Benicia Boy, [107-17];
character, [171].
Scholfield, J., [51].
Scroggins, Jack, and Ned Turner, [55-59].
Seabright, Sir John, [37].
Sellinger Cup Week, 1790, [17].
Shelton, Tom, [59];
seconds Hickman, [64].
Shepperton, Turner v. Sayers, [58].
Six Mile Bottom, near Newmarket, [35].
Slack, Jack, and Broughton, [3-6];
Jem Belcher his grandson, [23].
Slasher, the Tipton (William Perry), and Tom Sayers, [102].
Slavin, Frank, and Peter Jackson, [121-26].
Smith, Dick, and Joe Beckett, [172-73];
and Carpentier, [183].
—— Jeff, and Georges Carpentier, [176], [178-82].
Spring, Tom, [59];
Broughton compared with, [4];
seconds Hickman, [64], [66];
and Bill Neate, [68-71];
and Jack Langan, [72-78];
death of, [79];
seconds Simon Byrne, [81-84];
attitude, [86];
interest in Caunt, [94], [96];
character, [171].
Stanley, Digger, and Jean Poésy, [198].
Stewart, Mr., [25].
Stilton in Huntingdon, [15].
Stock Exchange, gift to Molineux, [50].
Sullivan, John L., [135];
James J. Corbett and, [127-32].
—— Yankee, and Hammer Lane, [88-92].
Summers, Johnny, [194].
Sutfield Green, Oxford, Bendigo v. Caunt, [94].
Swift, Owen, and Hammer Lane, [87];
action of, [106].
Thackeray, W. M., articles in the Cornhill Magazine and Punch on the Sayers-Heenan match, [114-16].
Thirty Years a Boxing Referee, Eugene Corri, [122].
Thistleton Gap, [51].
Thompson, John, [85], [93].
—— William, see Bendigo.
—— Mrs., [94].
“Thormanby,” pen-name of W. Wilmott Dixson, [52];
on Molineux, [45];
Boxers and their Battles, quoted, [49], [52];
generosity of, [78-79];
on Bendigo’s arrest, [85], [93], [98].
Thornton, Mr., [15].
Thurtell, [64].
Times, The, letter from Molineux to Cribb, [51];
notice regarding Tom Sayers’s fight, [107];
on the Heenan-Sayers contest, [111];
article by “Heavy-Weight,” [116-17];
report of Deaf Burke’s trial, [201].
Townley, Arthur, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
Turner, Ned, and Jack Scroggins, [55-59];
and Jack Randall, [60-62].
Turners, the three, [59].
Union Arms, Panton Street, [54].
Ward, Jem, the Championship held by, [68], [80];
seconds Simon Byrne, [81], [82], [84];
seconds Bendigo, [87], [97];
gives the Champion’s belt to Bendigo, [93].
—— Joe, seconds Gulley, [37];
seconds Cribb, [46], [49-50], [53].
—— Nick, and Ben Caunt, [93].
Warr, Bill, [24].
Weare, Mr., backs Bill Neate, [64].
Wells, Bombardier, and Georges Carpentier, [163-69];
character, [163-64];
appearance, [170];
and Joe Beckett, [170-76];
and Arthur Townley, [173];
and Eddie McGoorty, [173];
and Harry Reeves, [173];
and Jack Curphey, [173];
and Paul Journee, [173].
Whitaker, [59].
White, seconds Jack Randall, [60].
“White hope,” a search for, [158-59], [164].
Wilde, Jimmy, Fly-Weight Champion of the World, [198-200];
and Alf Mansfield, [199-200].
Willard, Jess, and Jack Johnson, [162];
and Jack Dempsey, [183].
Winnings, amount in 1750, [6].
Winter, see Spring, Tom.
Women at the Albert Hall, [190].
Worcester Racecourse, Spring v. Langan, [72-73].
“World’s Championship,” the phrase, [121];
holders in 1915 and after, [162];
Sullivan’s title, [128];
World’s Middle-Weight Championship held by Robert Fitzsimmons, [133];
the Heavy-Weight Championship won by Tommy Burns, [148].

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] “In Praise of the Fist,” from Life and Flowers, translated by the late Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.