{"id":1071,"date":"2013-08-27T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:54:23","slug":"how-to-box-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"How To…Box to Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Sappol ~
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How to Box to Win; How to Build Muscle; How to Breathe, Stand, Walk or Run; How to Punch the Bag: A Book of Health and Strength, 1900<\/h3>\n

\"open<\/a>This little book (5\u00bd\u201d x 7\u00bc\u201d) is one of those charming turn-of-the-century hybrids that delighted readers in the golden age of illustrated newspapers and monthly magazines. An amalgam of fitness, health, self-defense lessons, exercises and advice, leavened with autobiographical reflections, it comes equipped with simple but elegantly rendered illustrations, diagrams and comic vignettes, by one or more professional newspaper illustrators, and the wit and wisdom of five authors.<\/p>\n

The volume is really a collection of four pamphlets. \u201cHow to Box to Win\u201d<\/strong> is by \u201cTerrible\u201d Terry McGovern, a 19-year-old \u201cSouth Brooklyn boy,\u201d who was bantam and featherweight champion of the world. It begins with this punchy opening line: \u201cHow many of you boys would know what to do if a larger fellow walked up to you and struck you?\u2019 The answer of course is to punch him silly\u2014but only if you know how to box (otherwise you\u2019ll get creamed).\u00a0 Terrible Terry then goes on to tell you what you need to know.\u00a0 He also \u201cexplains his knockout blow\u201d:<\/p>\n

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George Dixon couldn\u2019t stand it; Pedlar Palmer fell before it; it put Sammy Kelly out; Jack Ward was hastened to dreamland by it; Eddie Santry collapsed when it had spent its force, as have dozens of others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow!<\/p>\n

In addition to all that, Terrible Terry provides readers with some helpful diagrams for aspiring boxers and a bunch of amusing ink drawings illustrating important events in his life and career.<\/p>\n