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ROOSEVELT’S SONS AS BOXERS.Teddy Jr. and Kenneth Sntjtriae Ban-taina'clght Kelly When He Tells Them to “Smoke Up.”Bantamweight “Kd” Ivelly, of North Albany, noted for being the best 115-pound boxer in that section of New York state, the other daj' began teaching Gov. Roosevelt’s two boys, Teddy, Jr., and Kenneth, how to spar.Gloves were fastened upon the boys’ hands, and Kelly started in to explain the various swings, counters, uppercuts, half-arm blows and side-step-pings. When he had finished he bade the youngsters “smoke up.” They did so in a manner that surprised Ivelly.The bantamweight had forgotten that the boys had been taught a deal in the manly art by their father, and also by Prof. Dwyer, the governor’s tutor. Before Kelly realized it, the boys, as he expressed it, were “putting it all over” him.
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Milford Mail
Milford, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 01, 1900
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