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Show FOOTBALL AND PRIZE FIGHTS Columbia, Mo., April 11, "Aa between be-tween tho bullfighters of Spain, thj protesslonal iprlietlghters and football of today, I can aeo little dltference," aatd Dr. C. A. Elwood, professor of sociology In the University of Missouri, Mis-souri, in an address at the Presbyterian Presbyteri-an church yesterday. "Ah an advertisement for universities, univer-sities, the contests are of questionable question-able value," he said "Betting, debt de-bt ucherles and vice have been the accompaniment ac-companiment of these games. "As conducted, football Is not a game. It Is a fight. It appeals to the brutal, the pugilistic in buinan nature. "Football stirs the old fighting sprl-it sprl-it to kill, to maim." Injuries to tho contestants, be do-liarod, do-liarod, are of secondary Importance la comparison with the evil effects on tho morals of both players and spectators, spec-tators, j |