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Show DUKES AND B00KS!: MIXF.K" MIXES KM TO GET EDUOATldN I ' lighting lor an education Is the real thing for "Mixer" Mitchell He's boxing his way through St. Johns military ncad m . MaliUutt, N.Y. Al-o be s making enough in the prise ring to pay his kid brother's expense in the same school. 'Mixer" is the only mllltan acad-elhj acad-elhj student in the i nlte'l States who's earning an education with his dukes. P.ut his nYiibitlon doesn't lie in the prir.c ring. He wants to study law. He's already Saved UP 700 until hs ring earnings for a nest IflS l Scent vti tory over Cal Helanej oi Cleveland, one of the lending welters, wel-ters, k-Kcs the school boy boxer u big boost. It ! help hln lo gC rtiore money for future bouts. That'll help swell tho law school n3t egg. I (il i. II t K i: ' -Mi.er" i .nisi 19. He was one of the "dell dogs'' OVeneaS and was, I mixed up in some ol the mavin goes with the kaiser. He had to get permission from Brig-! ladier General William rbeck. eom- inandfiht of .t. Johns, to engage m 1i ofesslonnl bouts, King engagements don't Interfere within tho ranks of the school's honor students The cadet pugilist hasn't lost a bout yel. He isn't particular an to the weight of opponents, In mosi of hi" lights he's had to ghe away from lu to lb pounds. I g FOR ll I M When a fight la over he collects his earnings and hikes bark to his kil brother and his books. In Syracuse, where he usually boxes, they're all Mitchell enthusiasts whether wheth-er they're fight fans or not. They llkr. a fighter who fights for. an education. It's something new.- |