The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 13

Upton Soldiers Make It Hot For Instructor B. Leonard After Five Boxing Lessons Lightweight Champion, Teaching Men Art of Hit, Stop and Get Away, Says He Has All He Can Do to Defend Himself, in Describing His Work of Putting Men Into Physical Condi- tlon to K, 0. the Kaiser.” Thi ta the fourth of a cortes of articles on boring in the army ea- pecially prepared for The Evening World and written by the civilian instructors, who are for the most part well known puyilistio stars of the country. They will show the benefits derived by our soldiers from the systematized study of the manly art, its relation to the all impor- tant bayonet fighting and ite value as a conditioner of men for serious business “over there.” It te a@ dig work, as will be seen from the ar- ticles as they appear in these columna from time to time o ganized classen of their own. Then came a flock of non-coms, #0 many | | from each battalion. IV.—By Benny Leonard, U. 8. Boxing Instructor at Camp Upton. Copyright. 1918, by the ress Poblidhing Co. Tho New York bvenina World.) VERY cera and privates box. Every one at camp must eager to learn mitts properly. Already progress ui. .d cha m pion sbi ps will etart the end of this month. They will demonstrate the value of box- ing for Uncle Sam's soldiers. In the opinion of many Camp Up- ton officers, boxing is better than any other sport to arouse the fighting spirit and increase the physical eMm- clency of our soldiers, At our camp/ all hands are anxious to get on the other aide and land a couple of knockout wallops on te Germans, The Commission on Training Camp Activities decided early to make box- ing comp The purpose of this was to help tm- prove the physical condition of the men an& simplify the teaching of as modern bayonet bayonet *wo fighting is based pretty principles of boxifg. I was appoint- ed an instructor and aasigned ta. November to Camp Upton. On my arrival at enmp there was no boxing equipment, no plans for boxing classes: othing. The first step was to organize classes of of- ficers for instruction, A class would consist of thirty or forty officers all from the same regiment. Many of these officers had been well own in ge sports. Yet t were awfully ignorant how to use their hands for boxing. First it was necessary to teach them how to stand eit toes, left knee extended, the correctly, on t slightly bent, ! right hand held ¢ ‘Then the pupils we ab, how to deliver it with a lot of enap. 1 how t Jock the left hook. ‘The right hand p it some f many. But ine 4! they learned the knack of putting ver a punch with the force of the body behind {t. In these classes I boxed with all tt 8 individu- ally. One lesson to two urs, fi of the class, WHEN HIS STUDENTS BECAME TOO AMBITIOUS. In two Tessons they began to shor tar! ly to the body. taught the left ov time ‘ lot of improvement. In five lessons they were makir 3 hot for me 1 wouldn't hit but they tried their hardest to slip over a punch on me. ‘They were so eager to excel one nk glove kept continually beating a etream of Joits on my face, L was marked more after these settos than in most of another that my protect my ring battles. The number of these clas: from six to eight a day eoltiers became sufficiently y went back to th STOP HEADACHES BEFOREHAND You never had a head- ache when you were well. To keep well is to keep clean, inside. To relieve headache, and to prevent it, keep the liver active and industrious and the bowels as regular as a clock, Two generations of healthy, vigorous people have done this by taking one pill at bedtime, regularly—a larg: er dose when nature gives the warning. RTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS “al Genuine bears Jignetere 4g ae SILER PAO Colorless faces often show the absence of Iron in the bloox!, CARTER’SIRON PILLS will help this condition in learning to know the art of|hikes and self-defense. The entire division 1s how to use its learn surprising. Our camp boxing in this line ts The ry ot all cantonments. | | with a refere Each battalion w winners uch on the ke from one | rding to the size | Red THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918. 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