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Show Hi THE OTHER SIDE. Hi' All the world loves a lover and every EH;, healthy, lusty Anglo-Saxon loves a EHtA light. It is one or the primitive, ele- Hix mental, harmless passions that never HK wliclly dies In the normal man this Hj loe or scejng a fair ifght. Tuo boy at H( sulu ocn teams tl,.a the quickest HrSE way to win the" respect or his play-HF play-HF . -fa mates is by the use or his lists. The Hji young man acquires, the art or boxing EHb, In a gymnasium and the grown man EHYi never loses his fondness for a gloo BM contest. Of course, there are the K usual objections that a prize tight Is B brutal at d debasing, That all dc- Br.-j pends on tho degree to which it is Htf carried. Like anything elso the ex- HL' treme is bad, but under present legal Hfi restrictions a fight to a finish is scl- E dom seen, as the two opponents mere- HL ly contest for points. Jlrutnllty wo EHp understand to mean inhumanity or In- H& sensibility to pity or shame. It is hot flit Inhuman but extremely human to Hk wish to show oneself the plijsleal su- K pcrlor or another man nnd to out- F .come him by strength and endurance. Hk It is this element that makes any kt physical game worth while. As for BHJlr.r'lV' P'ty -t lias no place In any game played EEHEHk'-j" according to fixed, definite rules. We may be sorry for our opponent that he Is not as powerful as wc, but If ho goes into the game with hlseyesopen, that Is his lookout. Glove contests are not so debating that they are not attended by some of our best people who are just as good husbands and fathers on their return. There are scarcely any of our relaxations and amusements which are truly noble. Very few people care to live on a high moral plane all the time. It is too tiresome and Inhuman. It Is a refreshing re-freshing bit of human nature to see our fellow man now and then divested of the veneer of civilization and showing show-ing Just how much the brain and muscle of his animal nature will accomplish ac-complish when confronted with an opponent op-ponent worthy of his mettle. We are not all spirit, but flesh and blood. Doth elements are equally noble and equally Important In the makeup of a man, and It Is due to the lighting spirit of the Anglo Saxoti races that they are now the foromost nations or the world. What we have won we have won In fair fight, often by brute force, and we are proud that we have been able to ao so. In this sense the worship of physical strength and endurance en-durance is a form of patriotism and all those who go to Preston on Saturday Satur-day night will be paying tribute to one of the noblest qualities In their race, and what better occupation could they find for the Fourth of July? |