'A Chinese Boxing and Feneing Tournament Nanking, Oct. 15.
The first national boxing, wrestle 1g and fencing tournament opened here this morning at the Public Athletic Grounds, "A special tempurerected for arranged by development of wrestling and fencing.
In view of the fact tha Chinese boxing and, fe) permit the contestants to hit or ki ok any part of tone sport and to use genuinely swords and speurs in the are extremely danger om, preparations have been made to compensate any contestant who may he killed or seriously injured during the tournament, which will last for several days, More than 260. persons coming from all parts of the country will tke part in the eon teats According to the rules of the rmamen:, the ints will t bow to each other, At the blowing of the veTeree's whistle, the contest starts, and the contest ants must return to their original positions at the ringing of a gong. They will how to ench other again before retiring to their resting: quarters. They may wont headgear, and body guards, Each contest consists of three rounds of froma 20 to 3% minutes ench. There will be three judsres—Reuter,
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