BOXING AND RELIGION
London Minister ?s Views LONDON, Oct. 9. For the first time in the history of boxing a clergyman has been elected to the council of the Amateur Boxing Association. He is the Kev. T. W. Morcom* Harneis, of Shoreditch, London. For six years he.has helped to promote boxing among boys in the F.ast End. "I believe boxing is an ideal train* ing for religion," he said." "I have j found that the self-discipline and control that boys have to practise to be boxers is invaluable when they face the wider problems of life. It is for that reason, perhaps, that boys who are boxers pften'make the best church-goers. "On a Sunday morning I find that many of my older boys come to Holy Communion, bringing their boxing kit with them. They leave it at the bacls of the church, and when the service is over they go across to the-gymnasium for training. "The effect of boxing on a boy's character is enormous. Over and over . again it makes street arabs into decent citizens. Boxing is not fighting — there :is no antagonism. — and ifc. attracts all j the best boys," - I
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 36, 5 November 1937, Page 3
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