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Show I' 1TB IS I I TO MIT CHAMPION T Benny Leonard Gives Reasons For His Great Success in Boxing World. By Benny Leonard. I have been risked on numerous occasions oc-casions the reasons I have achieved success and here they are: Plenty or vorlc and sleep, home rooking, a great manager and the best mother in the world. Pientv of sleep is the first consideration consider-ation fo'r all kids and it works for boxers, box-ers, too. To retire early in the evening eve-ning means that one can get up in the morning with a clear brain and eyes s 'k. wide awake. Consequently one can yp see thigs quickly and the brain moves jfcfe fast. I'm a long way past the kid stage mvse...' but I usually manage to j get to bed nights by 10 o'clock or soon- 1 cr. Boxing is my means of earning I .a livelihood, and so it's my business ' fcv; ' to keep In the best physical and men-, men-, . tal trim. I always find that when I ! . -stay up late at night 1 feel ?tupid and. have no pep the next day. My job is j f to think just a little bit faster llian, the other lellow In :he ring and I havc( J ' . to be on edge all the time. , j Everyone should be an athlete un-j 1 less there's something wrong with him. , And. if there is a defect in his make- ! f , ': . up, it's Iikelv because he hasn't had ! enough out-of-door exercise. '. .' Exercise takes the poison from the i cells of the body and allows healthy! building of the bones and muscles. A boy can hardly play too much. A j healthy body is one of the most im j porlant stepping stones to success, j Without health life is hardly worth j living. -J! . , Boys should keep this in mind and vf remember that most i...s that tend a i- to build up.meir bodies are good hab- 3 ' its. ami that most habits that lend to y:- destroy health are bad. There is no 1 o- need to warn against drinking, but, ,r .. while smoking may not be injurious jr J... to a grown man, it is not good for ia youngsters and athletes. j :" - . I -want to say that the "home boy" ir.- has every bit as good, or a better1 . chance to succeed in this world than L . anyone else. Many fellows do pot 1 , e realize it when they are young, but. it ' ' is true that a boy's mother is his best f friend, and that she is seldom wrong. ; 1 can't remember any time when 1 I failed to lake my mother's advice that I wasn't sorry afterward. K . Home cooking is wonderful for the ' youngster ns well as the athlete. I am not particular in my diet, provid- ing my mother is the cook. She knows what's best for me and sees r that I get it. r A fellow should never fail to take ? his mother into his confidence, and in boxing he should always confide in his r. manager. I have always told Billy E - Gibson, my manager, everything that ? happened and we would figure things 1 ' out together. Consequently we both have succeeded. |