BOXER’S ROAD WORK
JACK CROWLEY BUSY. Having recovered from Lis motor mishap. Jack Crov ley, the local hexing iinstructor, who is due to fight Mark Carroll in a 15-rounds’ contest at Wanganui shortly, is now actively training. Those residents who arc not conversant with all the ways of the noble art, need not take any alarm when they see the local featherweight combining shadow boxing with road work. This is a most essential part of a boxer’s training, for long distance bouts. It is all ipart and parcel of the game that they should do these ' early morning lightning sprints, up to 4 and 5 miles before breakfast, by way of an appetite raiser ami weight reducing. The examateur champion i s astir these frosty mornings while many other good citizens are still hugging the blankets. Some people who witnessed similar “road work" in Wellington formed the on e neon® impression that boxers wore a hit peculiar. Far from it. A pugilist has to develop his mind a-s well as his .body, and no doubt Crowley’s daily tasks will prove of great advantage to him in his coining encounter
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10891, 19 July 1928, Page 6
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