| Show CLOSING IN ON THE PRIZE RING if reports we are true there Is ia a prospect that england will become more or less odily for prize fighting in the near future the subject has been before parliament and the solicitor general has bae given his hie promise that hereafter the law should be construed to recognize a between a respectable glove contest and a prize ring fight this is good news the self respect i g englishman on learning of it will receive a new pride in the greatness and enlightenment of his country we believe the majority of the people of the united states have similar feelings on the subject and that a war of legal extermination against the i fighters and their abettors abet tors would remove a blemish from the american character that has become a source of if inexpressible disgust to all who set bet the proper value upon their citizenship wisconsin has opened hostilities by disbanding suddenly and permanently ft gang of brut brutes who bad come together for a prize tight fight it is to be hoped that tb e example will be followed up by the rt rest of the union including utah which has already had her record torched tor ched with several of these disgraceful exhibitions |
