To My Friend
Phil Lawson
Good Luck
Benny Leonard
will be in for a drink

"Until my dying day, I will always have a kindly word for the boxing game. It gave me a chance of a lifetime --- that is, to travel about the world, learn of the people and get a chance to mingle with them. It gave me the opportunity to make friends and persons in all classes, men of the business world, the bench, the college. It taught me more than I could have gained had I gone to an institution of learning. It was the school of hard knocks that I had to endure before reaching my goal . . . that made a real man out of me. I made a fortune out of boxing," he said, " and if I never made a penny I would still be grateful, most appreciative to the sport for what it has done for me. And yes, I wouldn't hesitate teaching my boy the finer points of boxing and even permit him to box as a professional if he had such a desire."

Benny Leonard
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