Show s r BOXING IS r. r fOR YOUTh of Mines Min and Bice editor s od T T. c e sent the following com com- has od J to THE TELEGRAM t o eItL tiOn BIT T LAKE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM or VOt Of tAe sALT an nn editorial entitled J JH This had g andre and d Fighters N 1 to a subject much moro more Im- Im re ce opinion than many seem t 11 l 11 in i my at present is Js b before foro this'S this this' that S ink ir anything that will tend to toe rr tor to make themselves phal more e lit for tor the battle of ot life that more them Is of ot great reat Intrinsic tm im- This question of ot the fight Is not merely a quos quos- n I prize Aan ff two men will bo be allowed whether is ring to decide which t t In 10 th tM the bettor roan mao It Is to tight fight to see ere Kr a ro ne-ro or a white man IK Is tho the thor ther 1 pugilistic encounters encounter stry ns s for tor fitted ViS r to represent It St but It really Is fa faor trY or of two well trained men mon which 15 arouse much Interest amon I pine to of ot the tho country in Ina a sport port among which youths people even e those highly respected If t mach ch that tho they have bavo done for their 2 tr win man fe reel feel l Is 18 ono needing encourage encourage- who nho In spite of whether cr It it t men exhibitions wore were made Ills- Ills oozing bOxing cry el-cry state of ot tho the union will still sun stills In i every erY children learn boxing because their s L personal benefits that they them- them lie Sj had received cd when young from hr r r time a big bit prize fight is held In tY of there lucre Is a wave count tins and editors aro circulated d comment upon fighting gen gen- If y calling calling attention to tho all alleged ged of ot the tho sport for tor that Is tho more mor morp cut ditty UtY o Sir side aide of ot the question In most com com- tilT first titles tics In general It Is la thou thought ht that Is not respectable and that a per per- t lose lofft t cj ca by bv do- do who w d defend s It may It-may maY Ing so Tho The pugilist pus or tho the prize fighter as 8 wo we will call him so that no one wilt will think that thore there la is any any Int Intention to gloss over O the tho facts In this case cau or 01 any attempt to avoid all aU the discredit that minister i have hlL caused to be connected by the term prise fighter 1 is fg generally considered far tar farbelow farbelow below the tho professional ball player or acrobat acrobat acrobat acro acro- bat In fn tho the social scale But we wo venture that thero there is nothing in n. n herent In fn tho the sport Itself that caus causes taus this and that this thin Is a Q position n into which boxIng boxing box box- Ing has been by false falso judgment Ju of or people that have o little If It any first hand knowledge of tho the sport Joe Cans Gons a P. colored man who formerly was ras as one onn of or oi th the leading prize fighters In Inthe Inthe inthe the world la is dying of consumption In Arizona Ari Ari- zona Because Because li ho wa was a IL prize fighter prize fighting Is s accused by THE TUB TELEGRAM TELE- TELE GRAM GRAf of ot being tho the cause causo of ot his having contracted consumption Many other persons without thinking will agree arco with this view as do so 80 many with tho the accusation made against t chess whenever some BOme well known chess che player bt becomes Insane Insano that chess chull Is the dl direct lJ causo cause of ot tho the Insanity Chess Cless can and has repeatedly repeatedly repeat repeat- edly proved the tho of ot that view but boxing has hu a n y ew d defenders although many devotees because of or tho the Idea that prevails that there thero Is something Inherently low In tho the pastime of ot pummeling pummel pummel- Ing another person for sport and exorcise exor cis cise whether an In public or In Jn private But really thero there Is 16 about as ns much much justice Justice Jus jus- jus- jus tice Uce In charging this case caso of or consumption to pugilism without offering or without thero there being any direct testimony upon this point by a a. physician who has hns examIned examined exam exam- ined Cans Gans as thero there would be bo for tor mo me to attribute to public singing tho the fact that some opera singer had bad contracted that er erratic erratic erratic er- er disease that Is called consumption Othor Other athletes have o died of consumption consumption tion without Its being nary Jary to postulate pos 10 pos pos- tulate that they thoy contracted consumption because of their having devoted do themselves them them- selves to athletics Preachers have died of consumption without Its al always following as a nc necessary necessary sary corollary ty that It was because they worked their lungs In the tho good cause luse of or orI nullifying th the admonition of If th their lr loader leader I to go ItO to tho the innermost chamber of ot their I house and ther there kneeling alone to pray to ono one God their father tather In heaven In Instead Instead In- In stead of ot praying to tho the men In tho the pews I below who contribute most to tho the financial finan cial support of tho the church It Is Just Justas justas as fair for me 10 to attribute cv every cue case where a a. trained public speaker contracts consumption to too much use uso of at his hilS lungs na as a tog fog horn as ft t Is for an opponent of ot prize fighting to charge charse that the tho falling of at some prize fighter a prey to consumption tion Is I- duo to excessive pounding around th the lungs In prize fights THE TELEGRAM says Prize fighting Is a brutal thins thing Its effect upon upon the tho young of or the land we cannot estimate If wo we watch around the back baek yards we will sec see small U boys boyt calling colling themselves respectively Jeffries and Johnson pummeling each e either ther Such a horrible thing this one direct direct- example of the wrongs of ot f riz lighting fighting It encourages the youngsters to box About as good an argument If It boxing were f really ally a thing thing- to be condemned as It ii would bo be to anathematize card playing among adults because beca children might see them playing a game ame of or say whist and that later the children might get set to playing cards also and before anyone knew it lt It acquire 1 knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of or some Rome of or the the alleged fasci fascinations that are aro Inherent In fn the tho groat groat froat American American game of ot poker It Is because of ot this very ery fact tact that It docs does Inspire among youngsters and young men the desire to box that public public public pub pub- lic boxing should hould bo ho encourage encouraged There Is It no exorcise more healthful h than nan box- box Ing Ins Its devotees devotee acquire tho boon of or ofa ora a good symmetrical physical development development develop develop- ment that hat takes lakes In practically every cry muscle of ot the body from tho the neck to 10 the toe An As It Is a violent exercise It develops a n vigorous heart henrt action and begets be bo- gets deep breathing two of ot tho the greatest greatest great great- est cst boons that athletics can give Ivo to Us tta followers er It does dou the reverse from weakening weakening weak weak- ening the lungs lungs lungs-It It strengthens lUI thorn thom And I may say that I am no advocate I I cf of the sh sissy love o tap style of ot boxing but of ot the vigorous style where a n blow blowis I is le vicH hard enu enough h sc se that HInt In case It lands landH the recipient will remember It for tor a n. short time and will carefully try to avoid receiving recel another such blow Boxing develops agility of motion so that If It tho the follower of ot boxing suddenly finds that an automobile Is IB n nearly Iy a-Iy on n top of ot him his hili brain works quIckly enough h and his muscles rc respond respond ond fast enough enough so 50 that he ho has a good chance o of oC springing out of harms harm's way Or for example If It ho he i Is going along tho the street treet and and someone shouts a warning to him he can avoid Injury generally owing to tho the prompt ac action between hl his hi bT brain brainand brainand ln and muscles In sha short t boxing trains tho the brain to think ra rapidly In sudden necessities for tor quick action and lessens the likelihood of a 1 pc person becoming coming e confused contus d when It becomes Imperative that the brain and the muscles shall of ot a sudden work together In order r to avert Injury Boxing is tho the finest training In the coordination coordination coordination co co- co- co ordination of the tho uncles muscles that there Is Fencing develop probably a quicker re response ro ro- to stimulus In the tho muscles than does boxing but unfortunately It gives tho the very unhealthful asymmetrical development that Is so 80 characteristic cf Of t fencers All AU ph physicians testify to the tho great value of ot the ability t properly to co coordinate coordinate coordinate co- co ordinate the tho muscles Boxing teaches on one one to control his tem tem- per There Is nothing that a ft person who follows boxing learns learn a quicker than to retain control of or himself m e and master his Immediately to retaliate r when In Injured InJured injured In- In than does docs boxing for tor If ft he does not restrain himself ho he loses lose control or his muscles Ho lIo cannot ordinate co-ordinate them themas as n ho should In order to have his defense de do- and his attack attack effective He Ho soon finds that giving In to his anger while boxing places him at the mercy of his Iila opponent surely opponent surely a lesson not to bo be do do- even If ff learned only In regard rega to ono particular physical Injury for It Is Isone Isone isone one of ot those lessons lessons In life that are aro so 50 hard to learn In n al all ranches branches Tho The prisons of ot this country aro arc full of ot men who have o done clone unpremeditated deeds of ot violence I would venture to assert that eight out of every t ten n that have ha committed such crimes have o been men who have nover never nod learned anything about boxing If they had they would In all aU probability have struck a blow with their fists Instead of using a pis pistol ie- ie tol because the man who has gamed gained confidence In his ability to take care of himself In a 3 s scuffle a a a man who has learned to 10 co ordinate the tho muscles In their action so that he can knock an another another an an- other senseless s In a case of or necessity Is Is not such a weakling such sueh n l coward that he carries around a gun with which to protect himself In fn tho the ordinary course courso of ot his hla actions No nationality resorts quicker to tho the use of a 1 knife than either cither the Italians Italian or the Spanish and there Is no nation nation- allty in Europe that knows known less Jess of ot boxIng box- box Ing ng than docs does tho the average crage citizen of Italy or of or Spain There Thero Is no nationality In Europe that Is ts less given ghon to using a knife In a quarrel quarrel quarrel rel than tho the English and there is no European nation where boxing Is more generally eneT lIy taught to tho the young than In Ir l- l England ng What a terrible thing It ls Is Is then thon that prize fighting encourages tho the youth of or orthe the land to pummel 1 lt itself instead Instead of using a 11 knife when hon it gets mad Handball basketball as aswell aswell well ell as 8 numerous other games have havo been recently Uy Improvised to give abundance of exorcise in fn a small maJI space apace This de devising de- de devising of such uch classes clasps s of ot g games mes has been en most most conspicuous during tho the last laut fifteen years ra I since nee tho the lime timo that on on account of or tho the increasing density of ot the pOpulation population population tion In fn towns It has been boen Impossible for boys to play pIll baseball or football In the tho street Hero Here wo we have one cue of ot the b best of ot such sports discouraged Instead of ot en encouraged encouraged en- en d among among- the y youth uth merely because because be bo cause causo wo we are Inclined to become mollycoddles mollycoddles molly molly- coddles and sybarites with the advance ance of or what hat Is called civilization for what encourages 8 boxing more among tho the youth of the tho country than does docs professional prote box- box boxing In ing Th The Tho Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight light will vm do o mor more to encourage among the boys of ot this country than country than has anything during the last ten years I well wen re remember ro- ro member the pair of or boxing gloves u that my father had to buy tor for mo me at the time Ume of tho the Corbett Sullivan-Corbett fight and th there thero ro roIs Is nothing nothing- of ot which in my youth I nm am moro mono glad glad than that 1 I learned to fight A nation with a youth that thal learns teams to prot protect ct Itself Itsel instead of ot running to Its mothers and fathers for protection has hu nothing to fear The Tho youths that fight their own battles when h n they are aro young often light fight their own o and that of ot others when they tho get older I have havo seen men pull women ort oft of ot subway tr trains lnA In Inlew Now New York City so 80 that hat thc they could get ct on an themselves WhY did they do It T there thero was not a aman aman man nearby who had 1 learned amed to use 1150 sits bis I fists when ho was 8 a a. boy toy |