The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-19
KICK AND PUNCH.
Boxing Compared With
Football.
The Accidents of the Year At
tributabIe to Football and
Boxing.

The recent deaths resulting from prize.tight-
Ing have stirred up some of the amateur ath-
letic clubs to sense Of duty.
In this city professional boxing has been
buried for some few years. lis death was
caused by those who had conducted boxing
clubs In not having used the precautions neces-
sary to the safety OF the cOntesting parties.
In almost every instance where boxer had
lost his life from injuries received while en-
gagged in fistic contest the fault was placed,
and rightly too, at the door of the managers.
who frequently allowed boxers of impaired
health and condition to enter ring and be
slaughtered when their physical powers had
become exhausted.
The California Athletic Club, which never
had an accident Of any moment under its
auspices, was invariably particular that
boxer was thoroughly examined by c0mpe ent
physician as to his physical qualifications be-
fore he was permitted TO enter the fstic arena.
The result of carrying out this rule on all
occasions Of entertainments enabled the club
To steer clear of accidents that are always TO be
expected when two unframed men meet In
boxing match under a limit rule or TO a finish.
On TWO or three occasions the club POSTPONED
its monthly entertainments but the members
never knew the real cause for The POSTPONE
ments, which frequently resulted in very I'M
complimentary things being said against the
directors. who were accused OF gross negli-
gence.
he reason for the failure In the carrying oul
OF the clubs programme on more than one &C.
casiOn was the danger that might possibly re-
suit from contest between boxers who were
unfavorably reported upon by the attending
physician. There can b. no disputinR the fact
that the club acted ntelligently and conserva-
lively In carrying out this rule to the strict
letter, and, indeed, If all other boxing clubs OF
It's kind patterned after the old California
style of governing boxing contests there would
be fewer accidents accruing from boxing con-
tests In this country.
he Olympic Club of this city has one or two
boxing entertainments each year, and the first
accident OF any consequence has yet TO be re-
ported. The contests, although limited to four
and six rounds, have been frequently of the
most spirited kind, and, indeed, unless the
boxers were properly trained for grueling
dashes, the results would have been very dam.
aging TO the clubs interests on more than one
occasion.
lighting, although the latter tern has been fire.
quenily given TO exhibitions between we'll
trained men whose bands were thoroughly
protected with large-siZed gloves. A prize.
tighter IS a man who battles with the bare fists
aud wrestles his man down when he can 90 so
TO score an advantage or point ID his favor.
Yes there ia as much difference between box
ing ana prlze-hghtlng as there is between inter.
collegiate football and roller ball.
Now then as TO football as played by the
athletes who are supposed TO take the places
OF the men who cry down boxing as being a
brutal snort, the following comparison will
come in apropos at the present time:
Three deaths have resulted from boxing this
year, and one of those WAS purely accidental
and of football the statistics of faIaI accidents
In the past three years read:
"ln 1891 twenty-three persons were killed in
footblll; in 1892, Twenty-Five and In I803
twenty.SX. A fair average of deaths from he
same cause for the present year would be about
persons killed In Tour years. In the same three
years, 12l persons had legs broken, tbirty-
three persons received fractured arms, and
Nifty four had their collar-bo broken There
were were also So other people injured maxi
ing total OF manned persons in the game, 366
Last year there was one man killed in prize
nghtlng and twenty-siX by football"
Ii the parents of the young men who now en-
gage in college football will compare notes and
sum up the Casualties OF the football field and
the boxing ring, the cry In opposition to the
former should certainly drown that against the
latter sport by an overwhelming majority.
r. A sassaf graduate. writing 10 the Boston
transcript, quotes a lady's descriDtIon of the
Harvard. Williams football game as follows.
I'VE did not get there iii about the second
nan. / lie score was thrD 20 or more against
Williams: Everybody seemed to be heaped
In pile In the middle of the field Then thev
all got up and shook their hair to GET il ont Of
t otsn. eyes eyes, Som body kicked the ball; an.
otner seized IL and ran With it, | don't know
where he was trying to 90. but he didn't GET
there for another man caught him by the leg
sna aown ne went When h. got up he limped
badly and rubbed his thigh often. Then eyarv
body fell on top of each other I'm hean again
Wneh they got up one man lay on the ground
WIN TWO or three bending over him. A sur
"eh' h5iuS dCIOSS Il6 DelQ with "A bag
WIN rags sticking out and did something to
the young man: Then hey began again. ana
~ tne u &l mudole some one else was hurt and
a Tue SUI seon went nying across again. Pres
entiy the man who had been hurt kneeIed and
had his legs rubbed, then they stood him up
anu gave MIN some water, which he spat out
every time like an automatic fountain, By
ana by he felt better, and thew ran around
some more ana every now and then everybody
iei down. Every few minutes some one got
luTI ana Inc surgeon flew to him. Finally this
became The more interesting thing TO watch;
at all events we could understand that ana
actually began TO enjoy the excitement and
10 tDlrst Tor gore. One seems TO grow hard
eneo 10 u all and to look upon the PLAYERS as
tnougn tney were mariOneltes put through q
people" ' "
Inc receipts from the threessbig footb all
paInes played by the University of Pennsy-
wanna team this year we're 500, 3S1 rs and the
e1renses LOT Inc same three games were $50.
40 3D. fennsylvaniPs net profits from all
, hnfs games were So, 461 ST. an equal amount
Telng uiVlded between the other three colleges.
lug Alnetic Association OF the University OF
tenhsy wanna Is now for the first time In its
i Itee from all Indebtedness, and has In
~. us, treasury nearly $4,000. On October l, 1898,
.ne uencit amounted to S9552 81, In addition
~ an Indebtedness to the board of directors in
a,hs nu sy OF some $500, making total OF
ap T1 $lo,ooo. This deficiency has been met.
Inc heufeS Ior the three big games follow:
pu, Receipts Expenses Each Tn
rrrinceton..... 81 $50 90 $6,1S1 70 $6SS4 u
SoInelI. ......,. 6,b7S 30 3,0l7 rs 1880 SO
harVard.....-.. 38,S43 70 H. 4S AZ 1877 SO