The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-06
THE TRAINERS CORNER
A Column of Comment on sporting and AthIetac Men and Events,
 Physical Culture, ExC eise, Health
 Measures and Body Hailding.
lBy Aaao Levy of Babylon.l


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 (MacIsevy. the famous Long Island 'fhealth farmer has been engaged for eighteen years in the training or athletes and the building up of run down people, and is a recognized all- thority on all subjects connected with athletics. physical culture. and scien- tiflc exercise.l
 Now that boxing has been included ia the program of the Olympic Games and an international boxing federation to control the c0ntestss of amateurs is to be formed, the manly art may be expected to regain its old popularity as a .fgentlep1an's sport.
 The inability of the public to 6is- tfnglltsh between boxing and prize fighting, and the dubious methods Of some profesai ona1s and promoters. to- gether with the popular belief that boxing is dangerous. have served to prevent a. general adoption~of one of the most Interesting sports and healI.1- full forms Of exercise known to man The Olympic Congress is to be col.-J gratulated on its adoption of The sport. and doubtless it's action will do much toward dissipating the prejudice against the hstic art.
 Amateur boxing, properly conduct ed, between boys and men who arc evenly matched, is about as tsdan- - the hazards Aare not as great as in football and many other games, Ease ball has claimed more victims than modern boxing. The possibility of accidents cannot be eliminated frone any manly sport. For the matter of that, it is dangerous to be alive.
 The arguments in favor of boxing as an exercise for creating and main taIning manly yigor and good health would i'll a book. The glove game comes as near as any sport to de- velopaug evenly all the muscles af the body. It will not produce big and bunchy muscles like heavy weight lift ing. but for the average man such de- velopment is not to be desired.
 Another great virtue of boxing is in developing the capacity for quick thinking The boxer who per its his wits to go wooi-g gathering is ike ly to be awakened by a. stin punch. The cooperation betwe cen mind and body which is one of the marks Of the successful man. is encouraged by box ing as by few other sports. Even baseball is inferior in this respect Tor few plays in the national pastirnc are pulled of with such startling sud- denness as marks the action of a clev- CT boxer.
 Quickness in thought, swiftness in putting the thought into action-wa would not any ambitious man give to attain these qualities? Yet both may be accomplished by persistent prac-
 ice with the gloves.
 Development of sGlf-controI is an- other pronounced virtue of the manly art The man who flies in a, rage at the slightest provocation, who finds 1t impossible to control his temper. and who realizes that these faults are call culated to ruin and embi tier his whole life and keeps him Constantly in hot water, could not do better than to I HEW- - teacher of boxing. Nothing is better calculated to impress upon man the futi1ity of getting tall het up'' than a few stiff punches to the jaw. It is a fact that indulgence in the emo ton of rage injures the brain cells. poisons the blood, stops the digestive processes ,aud causes such an Inter nal ruction that frequent repetition actually endangers life. To the man who Is addicted to such a, vice, and who has enough horsa sense to hon. estIy seek a, cure, T would say: Take the game. and learn to take your med 1cina like a man. Many a murder and other violent crime would never be committed if all boys were taught. in the school of hard knocks. the nec- esstty for self-control. It is a. note worthy fact that no professional pug Hist who was unable to control his temper has ever been successful at the game.
 Another point in favor of boxing is that the boy who wants to shine with 1 the gloves and be1a. champion among his companions, soon learns that he must live a regular and wholesome life, and avoid late hours and dissi- patton, in order to accomplish his ambition.
 Boxing as sport to be recommend ed to amateurs, does not mean slug gfng Many of the best professional boxers seldom if ever try for a knock l out, and the amateur should develop all his attention to skill, cleverness and science rather than to the devel- opment of a hard punch.
 Incidentally this. Sunday marks the 1 21oth anniversary 1of the birthday oz the father Of modern scientific box f ing. John Broughton. who was the second champion of England and the drst to introduce a code to govern l the game as well as the hrSt to use l boxing gloves or stmuff1ens'' in teach l ing the art to his noble and famous pupils was boBn in London on July
 5, 170A.
 While the early exhibitions of pro- l fessional boxing were often brutal l pugilism at It's worst was a triumph for the spirit of humanity and civ ilization, for the houths took the place of the bloody and often fatal combats with swords which disgraced the reign
 of George I.
 Itis noteworthy that when English men substituted fsticufEs for the duel with swords, England first began to
 manifest the spirit of fair play and the square deal which has character ized her sportsmen ever since