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Show Trainer of Boxers Gives Diet Hints s i To Kid Howard of Chicago and his new system of training and "condition- 1nr. Rflmmv ATnn- IB dell, the present . lightweight boxing : champion of the .world, gives a great deal of the credit for his meteoric ! rise to stardom In j the world of pugil- j ' Ism. When Mandell j first started fighting, fight-ing, he was small, j weak and undevel- oped, but after J turning himself , over to Howard It ! was only a short i time before he look the decision from Sid Terris of New ; York that resulted In him being recog- , nlzed as the boss j nf thp llphtwpiirhts. i j Sammy Mandell. Howard's system j j Is unique tn that It works no hardship on the athlete who is In training. Unlike the sys-! sys-! terns that have been used for years, i this prominent and successful trainer! of men makes conditioning more of a pleasure than a distasteful necessity. ; Instead of demanding that his men eat i only certain things he advises them to i eat what they want and when they want j It as long as it Is cooked In a proper i manner. Mr. Howard, In a recent In- i terview on the subject of diet and condition, con-dition, said, in part: "Years ago it was ! a task, and an unpleasant one, for a boxer or a wrestler to train for a bout because he was forced to literally starve himself unless he wanted to eat ! steaks and chops at all times. I re ; member that when I was training for a , match, I was so truly tired of steaks that I choked every time that I ate one but it was steak or nothing. I ad- ; vise my men to diet at all times but it ; Is perfectly possible for them to diet ; and. at the same time, to enjoy their food. My only 'don't' Is the one re- i garding the eating of such comhina- tions 88 fresh milk and cheese, and ! fruit with cream. In fact, I advocate ! the use of evaporated milk entirely, i Vegetables are fine and the more that i the athlete eats the better he will be 1 for it. Pastry, of certain kinds, such a? homemade pies, cakes and cookies, If ; made correctly, and with pure butter, i evaporated milk and pure lard, arc , I very beneficial. Stews and boils are ' ideal. Taken as a whole, any food. : with a few exceptions, Is "all right if I properly cooked and eaten without j gorging." And one has but to look at Howard. ;! who Is the most religious user of his' i own system, to realize that it la a suc- cess. ! |