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{"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":"<p><em>By Michael Sappol ~<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil.jpg?fit=1255%2C908&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1255,908\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"07420260R Box to Win 2 Sil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil.jpg?fit=300%2C217&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil.jpg?fit=840%2C608&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1121\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-box-to-win-2-sil.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" alt=\"open book with line illustrations showing arm parries and the uppercut\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/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<p>The volume is really a collection of four pamphlets. <strong>\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<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil.jpg?fit=1579%2C1142&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1579,1142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"07420260R-Knockout-Blow_sil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>How to Box to Win<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil.jpg?fit=300%2C217&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil.jpg?fit=840%2C608&ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1422 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-knockout-blow_sil.jpg?resize=650%2C470\" alt=\"open book displaying a line drawing of McGovern's great right hook\" width=\"650\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wow!<\/p>\n<p>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<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/27\\\/how-to-box-to-win\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1071 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"moves to Brooklyn\" data-attachment-id=\"1086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn.jpg?fit=1200%2C1152&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447002","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"moves to Brooklyn\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn.jpg?fit=300%2C288&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss1_moves-to-brooklyn.jpg?fit=840%2C806&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss2_may-and-terry-friends\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss2_may-and-terry-friends.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"May and Terry friends\" data-attachment-id=\"1087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss2_may-and-terry-friends\/\" 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href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"in the lumber yard\" data-attachment-id=\"1088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard.jpg?fit=1101%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1101,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447022","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"in the lumber yard\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard.jpg?fit=275%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss3_in-the-lumber-yard.jpg?fit=840%2C916&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss4_at-the-jackson-club\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss4_at-the-jackson-club.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"at the Jackson club\" data-attachment-id=\"1089\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"he buys a house\" data-attachment-id=\"1090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house.jpg?fit=1200%2C1178&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447052","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"he buys a house\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house.jpg?fit=300%2C295&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss5_he-buys-a-house.jpg?fit=840%2C825&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"gets married\" data-attachment-id=\"1091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married.jpg?fit=1200%2C1167&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447080","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"gets married\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married.jpg?fit=300%2C292&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss6_gets-married.jpg?fit=840%2C817&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"mrs McGovern\" data-attachment-id=\"1083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern.jpg?fit=1200%2C1130&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1130\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447091","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"mrs McGovern\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern.jpg?fit=300%2C283&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss7_mrs-mcgovern.jpg?fit=840%2C791&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"the baby\" data-attachment-id=\"1084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby.jpg?fit=1200%2C1126&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1126\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447108","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"the baby\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby.jpg?fit=300%2C282&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss8_the-baby.jpg?fit=840%2C788&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Meets all comers\" data-attachment-id=\"1085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers.jpg?fit=1034%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1034,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447128","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Meets all comers\" data-image-description=\"<p>07420260R<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers.jpg?fit=259%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r_ss9_meets-all-comers.jpg?fit=840%2C975&ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cHow to Build Muscle; or How I Made Myself Into a New Man\u201d<\/strong> is by \u201cGentleman\u201d Jim Corbett, who beat John L. Sullivan in a legendary heavyweight 21-round championship fight in 1892. Gentleman Jim, being a gentleman as he was, has a slightly less punchy prose style:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some months ago, the world at large looked upon me as a back number\u2014a \u201cdead one,\u201d wrecked by high living and altogether unworthy of consideration\u2026.\u00a0 After I lost the championship I went on the road as an actor. Then I opened my saloon in New York. \u2026[N]either of these professions is conducive to perfect physical condition\u2026. My muscles lacked their old-time size and hardness. My liver and stomach were in a wretched condition. My nerves left much to be desired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But with a strict new diet, rigorous exercise, a boxing routine that included lots of punches on the \u201ceighty-five-pound bag\u201d, and many rounds of sparring with \u201cbig Gus Ruhlin\u2026a man of enormous strength\u201d, Gentleman Jim regained his strength and challenged heavyweight champion \u201cGiant\u201d (really only 6\u20191\u201d) James J. Jeffries. Late in the fight, Gentleman Jim was ahead on all the cards.\u00a0 But was knocked out in the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> round.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wow?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil.jpg?fit=1592%2C1080&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1592,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"07420260R-Smith-on-How-to-Punch-the-Bag_sil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>book<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil.jpg?fit=300%2C204&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil.jpg?fit=840%2C570&ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1421 alignright\" title=\"How To Punch the Bag\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-punch-the-bag_sil.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"Opening showing line drawings of the overhand tattoo and the Left-hand half hook.\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two more sections round out the book. <strong>\u201cHow to Punch the Bag\u201d<\/strong> is by Gus E. Keeley and Artie R. Keeley, who were not boxing champions but vaudeville-performing \u201cChampion Bag-Punchers of the World\u201d. Less enchanting, but perhaps more useful, is<strong> \u201cHow to Breathe, Stand, Walk, or Run\u201d<\/strong> by fitness expert Dr. J. Gardner Smith, \u201cformerly special instructor in physical training in the New York public schools and at present physical director of the Harlem Branch YMCA and President of the Harlem Medical Association.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/27\/how-to-box-to-win\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop.jpg?fit=323%2C529&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"323,529\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1370447361","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"07420260R Smith on How to Run_crop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop.jpg?fit=183%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop.jpg?fit=323%2C529&ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1418 alignleft\" title=\"How to Breath, Stand, Walk or Run\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07420260r-smith-on-how-to-run_crop.jpg?resize=183%2C300\" alt=\"Quirky line illustruation of a man in a bowler hat walking on his toes\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book is actually still available on several martial arts and boxing websites, but for some reason without the charming illustrations. Which makes it a great deal less charming. But you will want to read it (when we digitize it) (<i>with<\/i> the illustrations) (which will be soon). So hold out for the authorized National Library of Medicine version. And then get ready to punch someone\u2019s lights out, and become very fit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Terry McGovern, James J. Corbett, J. Gardner Smith, MD, Gus E. Keeley and Arthur R. Keeley, <a title=\"Catalog record\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.nlm.nih.gov\/permalink\/01NLM_INST\/1o1phhn\/alma991461383406676\"><b><i>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<\/i><\/b><\/a><i> <\/i>(reprinted by permission of the <i>New York Evening Herald<\/i>, 1899; New York \u2013 London: Rohde & Haskins, 1900); 5\u00bd\u201d x 7\u00bc\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Read other How To… features from the NLM Collections <a title=\"How To...from the collections of the National Library of Medicine\" href=\"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/tag\/how-to\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/07\/01\/a-relic-of-gettysburg-and-cycloramas-past\/mike-in-chicago_final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=446%2C600&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"446,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot A430","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1188062475","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.4","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Michel Sappol\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=223%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=446%2C600&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?resize=78%2C105\" alt=\"profile portrait of Michael Sappol in Chicago\" width=\"78\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>Michael Sappol is a historian in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Sappol ~ How to Box to Win; 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