| Show pRIZE AND WAR Nn the joint between b Mr lr Jr Nelson n arid a d Mr Gans OnnE lla been bOen b en con c n in favor of r the colored gentle rr an 16 ih in rd r No argut t I nt is f possible as to the wickedness nf rt fighting ml nl no one not even the tho pugilists pu them IY C attempt to defend d Mir h same ame l the t o severest sc oro t critics rIU s of O t the tho tit ring as a n pastime admit Its fascination and deplore its popularity Tho Th spectacle l of two trained tr animals battering patt ouch other through tort t o munds is I not not nor profitable the tho gore and wounds ought to toik ticket ik n the normally constituted man and the gambling element nt which is II i ih ift F liable Is h the Worst force for evil Jl im imaginable ImI I y Yet t thousands gather gathar to s hr hp spectacle and nd tho the tons tens of u thousands follow the ithe reports of or the fight will breathless interest Why Well to begin with why do ao don n m enjoy tho the lust of battle in any orm Why h do iut t Christian na naMona Mona ions train hundreds of r thousands of men to murder mur er scientifically in so filled civilized warfare What Is the nc morally m rally Speaking gp king b tO hP he of or two ignorant uneducated d who earn their broad And but butr butt t r by their trade and two great na no Ions sacrificing hundreds of or thousands if r f lives and millions of money mone In wars f r conquest or struggles for tho the preservation Mal supremacy or for f national dignity Both kinds of warfare war are are arc a survival man The Dhe spectacle in InIth f the primitive the tho leither Ith r Is calculated to promote auae ause of or religion r Ii Or 61 morals tn t ls With few tx the basic b sic motive behind b loth 16 Is i tho the same gain in ono ant form or mother though it is often OftOn ft n led Behind g phrases pHrAse se and pa excuses S So long aa as human humI na t ture vure invites s and t l lal hr so as nations cultivate the martial spirit at the expense of or the moralities and so tong as is frail riall human nature preserves the relics of r the th spirit which governed in the stone age combat between b twe n indi individuals Individuals and nations may be expected to toc continue c As in most oases cases aaS s of or disease the prizefighting prizefighting prize prizefighting fighting mania Is furnishing its Hs own cure gradually just as the burden o ot of heavy armaments is I furnishing an an antidote antidote for tor the thO martial spirit in nations The crookedness of prizefighters and the gamblers who furnish the motive power for fights is Js gradually but certainly certainly certainly putting an end to any perverse sentiment that encouraged them The fight gave no evidence of tile trie decadence of the game but it corned comes come pretty near ending Nevadas in interest Interest intereSt terest in the sport and it goes a long longway longway longway way toward discrediting the remnants r of support to be found In a few sport sporting sportIng sportIng ing centers t rs |
