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.
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