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Show HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE BOXING May Become Established Sport In Many American Institutions, According to Gibbons. Boeing may become an established sport in many American high schools, Judging from correspondence which Mike Gibbons, former middleweight ring star, has had with students in various parts of the United States. Gibbons wrote a home course in the art of self-defense after he completed his term of service as a boxing in- Mike Gibbons. structor for the United States army. A great many of his students are high school youths. "Several of these young men wrote to me asking that I contribute articles to their high school magazines," said Phantom Mike. "Subsequent copies of the publications showed that boxing classes were being organized or proposed pro-posed in the respective high schools. It was noticeable that the editors were aggressive in pointing out the splendid results of boxing as a sport." |