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Show ACCIB2NTS IN. FZ1IZE HHIG m DISCUSSED BY XANGB The. unfortunate, death of a, boxer named Fred Ross In the ring at Aberdeen, Aber-deen, Wash., on the nlrht of July 8, has awakened the usual cry against the manly art from that element that i as usual wouldn't know a-boxing glove from a tennis' racquet. , The death of anyone engaged in an athletic contest is deplorable, but the boxing game should not be' censured or killed by the individual act of a. few unexperienced unexperi-enced men. . - . '.,.. Charley Lange, 'the well-known Salt Lake sporting man,' has much of interest inter-est to say on this subject. Lange in his day was a gTeat fighter and knows 1 1 " , . I all the wrinkles in the game. ' He later became a wrestler of note and can BtiU "go a whole lot." Not Dangerous, He Say.- ' ' "I have been in close touch with all the athletes of the country," he said today, . "for twenty years. - I do not wish to say I even yet know all about It, but I certainly am better qualified to talk of the sport than those who never witnessed a contest and who simply sim-ply rant about the game. You will find that those who oppose the manly art are those who have water in their veins instead of good red blood. Men who are anaemic rather than strenuous. Men who deplore everything that Is masculine. . "Prize fighting is not dangerous or even" harmful when properly conducted. If the barest rudiments are followed neither man can become injured. In the first place no man should be permitted per-mitted to engage in any contest In which heart palpitation may be enhanced en-hanced who suffers t from affection, of that organ. Should Pay, I4cens.' - . . .... "Every club, should be made to pay a small license. No club should be so sanctioned with official permission ' to exist that is not backed by people who know their business. The city would nv P""1- a man to run drug store that knew nothing of medicine. For the same reason why should irresponsible irresponsi-ble people be permitted to conduct boxing box-ing exhibitions that know nothing of the game. "Only men who know the aclence of the game should run fights.- In addition, addi-tion, a recognized physician of standing stand-ing should be in attendance and examine exam-ine each man before he is paased as "fit-to "fit-to fight. In short, if his physical condition condi-tion is such as to preclude strenuous activity he should not be allowed to enter en-ter the ring. I - 'f?,n the rlngr -should be padded and the posts made 'outside' so that in r.o possible manner could the contes-yKu contes-yKu C0Btrtnta injure themselves floor Sralnst any p08tB or, ncd Few Big Fighters Hurt. "You never hear of any of the fight- f DOti beih hurt" 11 h inexperienced in-experienced and some 'reckless' good tighter w ho does not insist on some of ri!?.6 abP1"te,y necesscry precautions, kiiif .t08- would not have been ? floor and. posts had been iSjJr1 a2rd the uPrt8t wrapped with ?hf tJiW8 noS kmed by the'blow Ik-, ier fl8rnter devered him. He M?JOIlC1?on of the brain by striking his head on the Iron post and flSV-Ied ?r: M tne8e had been sS fixed as I have said he would unquestionably unques-tionably have been alive today. mL Vt! neVTr been inured in the many fights I have had. Not hurt half llu a" 1 have been ln Pyxing foot- K wneen ba,8eba. All sport Is O. is an right?'06 y conducted- The same - - T |