The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-07
PURlFIDATIoN OF PUGILisM.

New Orleans is probably the seat of the
greatest diversity Of lawlessness of any
city of its size in America. For many
years it has been the home Of all kinds OF
open gambling. Duelling, assassination
and plain murder have aourished there like
RANK 'uxuriant growth. In far-reachlng
Decentralization its lottery has rivaled the
casinoes of Baden-Baden or Monte Carlo
in their most spirited days. Its quadroons
and octoroons have boosted greater inffu-
ence than the favorite coquettes of the
French capital. True, thousands OF pure
and honest people whose adherence of the
guilt and sin that hover over it like pail
is unquestionable, reside untainted within
is limits, scarcely realizing the shame
around them. But to this complexion has
the once fair Crescent City come at
last that it Is now the center of carnival
of criminals more brutal and disgusting
than any that ever congregated upon the
face of the earth. Scourings of hundreds
of American purlieus are reinforced by i'm
ported thugs hurried from foreign pot
houses, and above the din Of their united
profanity, above the fumes of their besotted
bodies, rise the cheers and huzzas of per-
sons who call themselves respectable! An
Associated Press dispatch, speaking of
this congress of bruisers, says:
The contest will take place under the auspi-
ces of the Olympic club, which is the wealthiest
and most enterprising organization of its kind
in America and has done more than any other
to rescue prize fighting from the disreputs into
which it had been brought a few years ago by
the thug element which at that time exercised
undisputed sway over the affairs OF the ring.
So complete are the arrangements that
every time q mau is knocked down an au-
tomato gong strikes, probably NO such
sounding record being made If he merely
has IN eye gouEed out or his teeth iammed
down his throat
Another thing done to rescue the pas
time of prize fighting from derogatory
stain was to put the colored branch of the
fraternity in gallery by themselves. Re.
monstrance was filed against this discrimi-
nation on account Of color er previous con-
dition of servitude, since the arlstocratic
Olympic club had itself arranged the de-
tails of last nights combat between black
boy and one of natures white noblemen
OF the name of SHELLY, who was being
beautifully battered by the aforesaid
black at the time the proof of
this article is being read. 1t seems, how
ever, that whilst the colored canaiile
were packed in the gallery, the distin-
guished Australian pugilist, Mr.. PETER
jackson, was conceded a reserved seat
among the heightened lovers OF the manly
art, this recognition being due to the fact
lat heis an Emeritus professor and 33rd
degree knight of the Brazen Knuckie.
Thus MIR. JACKSON may be said to have
literally fought his way to the good graces
of the fastidious and dilettaate circle of the
Olympic club. And it is our belief that
Mr. ]. is as good a man as any Of then-it
we may so express ourselves without loss
of time necessary to verify the assertion
in the mode usual among gentlemen of the
Olympic school.
However, the scenes Of last night and the
night before were mere skirmishes com
pared with the expected battle tonight,
and it is from tonight's performances that
The HERALD looks for the strongest proofs
/ OF the rescue of the prize ring from the dis
repute brought upon it by the "thug ele-
mentn few years ago. We shall not ex-
pect the exercises to be opened with
prayer nor closed with the doxology. but
shall see how far credit may in future be
allowed the Olympic club of New Orleans
for changing barbarous and brutal CON-
bat into 6 harmless amusement.