| Show I I BOXING G NOT Nor OUT OlT John It L 1 Says SOs It Will Wi Lon Long be bo Legalized Boxing knocked out repeated re John L 1 Sullivan Sulivan in Vibrant tones Not much There will wi be boxing as u long lone longas Ion IonI as I men live lve In a few tew years year this pros pres present ent spasm of ot horror over the sinful practice of ot developing physical strength will wil pass paso off of and anti boxing will wil bo be bl legal legalized legalized ns as It I was before and will wil be Ie morn popular than thon ever says an nn eastern ex ox exchange change Its Is a U wise guy who fights shy sh of ot the tho law Im Im old and experienced enough to know theres nothing to be made In butting against It When the distin distinguished distinguished gentlemen who have charge of ot the whole works In Ohio decided that they lucy let Jeffries and come together at Cincinnati the thc game gamo see was wan WIS closed so BO far ns as a John L I could coull I got much respect for tor the tho opinion of ot the man who never saw ti n fight but declares Its it the most niost brutal anti degrading sport port In the world It sort of ot Jar Jal you to hear or read of ot a 0 lot of ot going Into hys huys tories over oer the sinfulness of ot two trained boxers meeting in the ring when shon hon those these same people never nver let out a squeak or protest potest against football wrestling hockey hocke or any other kind of ot sport that hunt U is rougher and an dangerous than boxing The chances of ot breaking nn tin arm or orn ora ora a n leg In iii n it wrestlIng wresting match are Ir n a dozen times greater than of ot receiving serious Injury In inn a boxing bout and as a for tor football I me from that than Inno Innocent cent game unless I have hae an armor plate suit sui nod am allowed to carry carr an nn anax ox ax Hockey Is a nice genteel game just about AS iU mild mid or c football gme nut Hut Just the same IAm when the tho law says ays you ou can cal play football but box hox the only thing to ta do Is to be bo pa lent tient tent until the moguls get It sense lense Things come Into litto favor and nd go out again This old ll wheel of at a n world keeps turning around arund and we e turn tur with It wih I Every man has some sporting blood In him Its Is true oud need a search warrant to discover the sporting blood In some sonic of the we hear about but there never was vas wa an International prize light liht n a great greal yacht race rc a mighty horse race or a contest where here pluck and skill were brought Into play that Interest every deacon dude Democrat and Dutchman from Main lalM to the coast oat and from Manitoba to Mexico At the present time the people who pose poso us as CS the goody crowd seem stem to have things thing oil 01 their own way When you OU get to be ns as 11 old as a I am you know that everything goes In cycle After a bit ge the tho public pulle will wIl get gt tired of ot Aler being n too to and then our sancti friends will wi drop dol out of or sight t and Ind the tho people who believe belec in live and let leI live hire Jc will wi come to the front 1 I dont say IY that shut the rank faking that marked some sOle of ot the contests In this hIs State last lait year have a n rood goot deal to do with time the l wih touring souring people on the boxing game ame You ou cant fool the public p long The fighter who on the level ought to be driven out of ot the business A boxer ha ba has to depend upon public fa ta vor or for tar support When he fakes Cake he not only Onh ruins hit his hi reputation ton and ll hU his hl opportunity for tor making a good thing thil but be bunc u thoa tho who pour pur money mony Into his hilts 1111 pockets Its Is It too bad the men who faked get g t What they de tie deserved des served s without having tho the men suffer too always the tho ease case suter though My advice to not lot only every overy athlete but Iut to every man Is l Bo lo on the level wei What do I think of t the men len of ot today the boxers b 1 Jeffries Is the best beat of them and ought to retain the lie cham championship just just as 1 long as 1 ho tue takes taken good care caro of at elt No I dont think thin Fits Rood good Jeffries as aR O he lo Is has hae any business with wih I may Iny be b wrong but I dont think we weara weare are arc Improving as 1 much as ns we think we ate arc I dont think the boxers bozeN of ot today or the horses hors s of today tOay as 1 good us as IS were the th men mel and hors tro of ot my time Dont Donl think my head Is getting too big bigfor bigfor for my n lint hat when I e ay y that the men melt len in inthe Inthe inthe the ring today toda are not doing what I did didIn didIn didin In my prime 1 I went up lii Ulland and down don the line Ine ready to meet all corners comers anti and wont ont the limit for tor or twelve elve years Im Im not nM saying this thlin In an egotism but just as A matter of fact act Im sincere In the belief belet that In my time Im I was better than the tho men inca of ot today and andI I 1 think beter my record re ord will wi show how It So Bo tor tOI with the horses It I would need mo moe o e than Ive Ive seen scott so 80 far to tomake tomake make me mae believe that the larsen of otto to today today 1 lev day ay are arc fill ns good as were ore Foxhall Iro MI Woodford Freeland George I Luke Blackburn Foe Eole the tite Duke Dimke of tt anti and 1111 the tho I at my best of ot tho the time when wh n was Iv 11 seen een good and bad on the turf anti In the ring anti and the he old oll timers liners are aro areto areto to me tIme the best of ot them all al |
