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Show Hr i I THE S0CALLED "MANLY ART." H Had the recent boxing bout betn pulled off B in Logan the writer would probably have gone B ' to see It, and would have enjoyed It, too, but B ' that does not preclude tho fact that boxing ex- B hlbttlons of this kind and prize tights generally B are part and parcel of the low and the vile. B They are born of the brothels and nurtured by B the worst side of men. There Is nothing BJ elevating about them and much that is dc- B grading. While the exhibition at Smith field B was marked by the presence of somo very B worthy and useful citizens; while it was order- I )y and until the last few rounds lacked any- B thingofa brutal nature; while this particular B ' bout had about it the least that was objection- B able, It can not be denied that the atmosphere B of this and every exhibition similar In charac- B ter is not the kind of atmosphere In which B purity Is made purer, or morality Intensified. Bj The fact of the matter Is, the morals of the Bj pn.e light and boxing exhibition are Intensely BJ low; this is amply demonstrated in tho fact BJ that the coarsest and vulgarcst types of hum- BJ anity are caught first of all, in great numbers, BJ and are held longest. Throughout the land B the prl.e fight, of which the boxing mutch is BJ mrrdv a disgulse.brlrgs Into the limelight and BJ exhibits in the most unpleasant demoralizing BJ view those elements of society of which the BJ least seen Is the better. BJ These strictures, though they apply more BJ or less, are not aimed directly at the Smith- BJ field exhibition, but at pugilism rampant the BJ world over. There should be no place for It BJ in civilization there should bo no place for it BJ In Cache county. |
