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Show lilELI PMAI1S AGAiNST THE BOXERS Peruvian Government Prohibits Boxing in Public and in Private. LIMA, Peru, April J 1. Tho government govern-ment lias issued order . prohibiting boxing niatclicK, cither in public or private. pri-vate. What, next? The Peruvian government govern-ment has passed a law prohibiting boxing box-ing in public or in private. Vivo le, bull fights, aiy. but what n comparison. compar-ison. It is beyond the comprehension of everv American. When boxing is considered brutal and bull-fighting a sport for I ho saints. I hen the Americans Amer-icans have surolv fallen far behind tho times and tho Peruvians have taken many strides in advance of civilization. civiliza-tion. To prohibit boxing from any people means without; doubt a decline, in tho .strength of that people. The Americans Amer-icans arc the best boxers in 'the world and they are also ihe best, poople in the world. .Boxing develops the cntiro man, both physically and mentally. It makes the muscles hard and elastic, and able to stand a hard strain, and it also quickens the cyo to a greater extent than does any other sport. The politicians of Lima are probably prob-ably preparing to bar the .IcO'rics-Johnson .IcO'rics-Johnson match, and in order to accomplish accom-plish their purpose, they expect to confiscate con-fiscate every boxing glove found within with-in tho borders of the state long before tho arrival of tho champions. |