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Don't pass up a chance to deliver a head punch simply because you want to land a body blow. Ring generals, of course, find the weakness of the opponent and hammer him there whenever they get a chance. But in boxing - you are working for points not trying to batter a man to pieces and finally deliyer.a knockout. ; I want to explain feinting which is perhaps the finest "bit of' ring work from the spectators' viewpoint-and also an art most necessary to every boxer. Feinting means to make your opponent'belieyeyouare going to hit him in one place$ thus drawing , him off his guard, leaving an opening into which you can, shoot' the real punclrthat you'plan. Tq do this you musf be quick. Feinting comes -hard a. first, hut don't be discouraged. It'll copie natural after a time audit's a big v asset. Put your . left foot forward from six to ten inches, according, to the length: of your legs, make believeyou are sending the left hand to your opponent's body or head, -then pull back the arm, quickly step toward your oppea ent and shoot the left into the place you want This is a fine point in boxing, but, as I said before, it can bny come with practice and Jo ac complish it you -must wonjc like lightning so as not to give the ,'other fellow a chance to guess your plan. I have always had success in puzzling ' opponents' moving around, shifting, -side-stepping, feinting and ducking. L always try to keep in motion and be wilder With quickness. By being quick you rattle your opponent, as he cannot continual ly follow you. Hegets flustered and you" have a chance to hit him when he least 'expects it. To be a boxer " you niust be quick, moving with, the speed of a piston rod. Never" -place your self in a position where your op ponent can get a good smash at' you: Keep moving-qircle around nop around, jurfip back and forth, but always-keep- in, motion. ' And remember, yrd.u are in the ring for the purpose ol guarding yourself from the other fellow's punches-and to punch him at every opportunity """ (Effective punches will be taken Up inmy next article.) 6-o IN' THE LIMELIGHT One ofthe-most popular of the western women in Washington is Mrs. Coe I. Craw-r ford, wife of the Senator from South Dakota. -While de voting ndt,a little time to the many social duties -which fall upon a senator's wife, Mrs. Crawford has achieved an en viable reputation as a mother. She has not seen fit to rele gate her boys and girls to the care pf another while she climbs the social ladder, as many other' Washington mothers do.