Harvard Boxing Club

Hewlett brought his own system that included a mix of English and German gymnastics, Indian Clubs, weights, medicine balls and Boxing.

In 1871 after Hewlett’s passing, sparring master John B. Bailey became the boxing instructor, and Frederick W. Lister the superintendent at the College gymnasium until 1878.

Athletics gained momentum at Harvard and in 1878 a larger facility was open as the Hemenway Gymnasium ran by Dudley Allen Sargent.

According to historian Edmund Morris, the crowd started booing Hanks, prompting Roosevelt to put up his hands and shout “It's alright, he didn’t hear [the bell]”.

[3] The team expanded during World War II, when all undergraduates were required to participate in intercollegiate boxing training as a way of improving wartime fitness.

Harvard Gymnasium 1858-1878. At the small Delta on Cambridge Street and Broadway, Cambridge Massachusetts
1858 James Green’s membership card to Harvard Gymnasium, Paton Stewart Jr. Proprietor.
Hewlett Boxing
Hewlett Sparring Lessons Receipt
Hewlett with Boxing Gloves
Hewlett with Boxing Gloves and other exercise equipment.
Hewllet Portrait