Show 1 lIS tJ PLAIN SUICIDE UI IDE 1 A PHILADELPHIA PH coroners cor ner jury jur juri jt r tl i has decided aa idd that a negro pugilist who kilted kiJl d another negro during a at t boxing contest was not at all aU to blame for the fatality The rhe negro who died pa passed eed ed away as a result of striking the back of or his hilS hi head with great violence against the floor of the ring rin The that just jut before bt ore his head struck the floor the negro with whom he lie was boxing struck him a fearful blow on the theja jaw w has of course nothing to do o with wiLls the ease case It H would not hot have h e been surprising if it the jury jur had returned a verdict of suicide Some punishment should b meted out to the prizefighter who kills an all another au other in the ring It His II is true that the theman theman man hulls who does the th killing has hus no intention intention tion of doing doin so 00 Deaths in the prize ring or as a result of a H prize light are ure accidental in the sense that they are not caused deliberately Yet t we wc have a crime known as in manslaughter ma tor and people are often oft n for tor committing It 11 A jail sea sen sentence s n tence or a heavy fine flue would surely surel not be too great a penalty to Inflict in prize Plize ring fatalities Along the same line it might be ar argued argued argued gued that fatalities on the footbatH football field and they are arc numerous in the he course of a elOn should shoud also be investigated investigated gated in order that the responsibility be bt fixed and punishment inflicted Ant AnsI Anti i P it can be shown that an attempt was deliberately made to permanently dis disable able a player pla er and such attempt re resulted suited in the players death we would heartily h favor severe punishment for forthe forthe forthe the person or persons responsible A Afew Afew few fw examples of this sort would ten tend 1 discourage tre roughness of or foot football football ball belt pla playing |