Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-16
PRESS AND pUGILIsM.

If the press of the country is an ex-
ponent of public opinion, then the slogging
craze is ast in favor any longer. and prize
fighting is abhorred and not demanded by
the pablo taste, as some of the trimming
Journals of the day assert for it is fact
that not one reputable paper in the United
States that is Known outside the limits of
the city where published has had one
word of approval of the Sullivan Kilrain
exhibition of brutality. A little curious
to ascertain just how the Leading papers of
the nation view this "bruising" question,
We have taken single days mail and
noted the expression of papers that may be
said to fairly reflect the sentiment of their
communities upon the late brutal fight.
We can reproduce but very few of these
expressions, since they are altogether too
numerous. But these are fairly represent
alive of all, and they will be found to be
singularly harmonious and of one accord,
from which, as stated, we may con-
clude that there is public condemnation
of the prize-fght, and positive demand
that it shall not be tolerated in this country.
New York Tribune: The prize-fght is
the most brutal and demoralizing exhibit
ton of physical proves now lett in the
midst of civilization. The peo-
pie engaged in professional pugilism
are one and all law-breakers, and ninety
nine hundredths of them are utterly de-
PRAYED and degraded" indianapolis Jour
nal: "The advantages of physical culture
furnish no apology for prize-fghting. A
man can take care of his health and de-
velop physical powers to the utmost limit
without prostituting them to use that
shames the brutes." Cleveland Leader and
Herald: 1t is pity that one did not kill
the other, that the survivor might be tried
for manslaughter." Chicago Herald. at
is not easy to conceive of anything more
repulsive and brutal than prize-fght."
Chicago Inter Ocean: at would be diff
cult to conceive of anything more revolt
ingly brutal than the modern prize-fght.
1t has no redeeming quality, no excuse for
its existence. 1t is disgrace so
our civilization" Buffalo Express: at
puts physical development to the worst
possible USE" New York Mail and En-
press: " 1t is unnatural sport a
national nuisance offensive
brutality" Philadelphia Record: Brutal
and demoralizing." Philadelphia BuHe-
TN: "These brutes, like all that have
gone before them, are of the lowest order
of rufians. Their contest has
no other effect than to degrade public
morals. They do not promote
the cause of physical development, they
hurt it," Hartford Post 1T was long
continued effort for the supremacy of bru-
tality; that was all there was in it. Such
fighters are simply brutes" Albany Jour
nal: Vile, low and brutal" New York
Star: 1t was humbuggery. The two
men are powerful brutes. There was no
display of manhood, science or strength"
In similar strains, some of them more Wig
orously, and all at length, speak the st
Louis Glo5e-Democrdt, Louisville Courier
Journal, Des Moines Register, Chicago Trib-
une, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, most of
the San Francisco papers, the New York
Erening Post Philadelphia Ledger, Wash
ington Star, Rochester Democrat and Others
quite too numerous to catalogue at this
time. 1t remains to be seen whether this
condemnation of the prize-ring will in any
respect tend to work its suppression.