Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-09

 ing In tho last named quality he is Cor bctt's equal lie is, tOO. probably just as strong Some people indeed say he can hit harder blow nan thC Californian. If hc lands his tCrrihlV rlSat Cn CUrbctt'S jaw as hC did on Jim Hall ~ il will be all day with ''GUntlClnIn jIu l do not think he can do it C0riS';t will be wary and on the constant lUUkul e for what he calls ''frCak" blows He will. m my upin ion, fight a cautious, skilIfUl battle. and it will not be until he sCcs Bob going that he will take any chances at frCe play l expect tO sCc q great contest of skill and endurance, with COrl"it the victor
 Should C,rhctt win. hc would undoubt- edly announce his retirement from the ring, and tho rest of the boys could battle amCng themselves for tho PCnnant should FitZsimmOns prove tho victor, he would have pS:Cr MahCr, Jim Hall, Joe Chuynski and a lot of rising, ambitious fellows hot on his trail lnCithcr event the Guoi old game would go on right mcrrily. Earnest but misguided men, who honestly believe they ar,' 'rcfOrmcrS. cannot kill boxing an! n!'9' than they can kill base ball. cricket or foothall. Like those kin drCd sports, it will last to the end of time
 How foolish. too, it is to dCCry the grand old sport which our fathers and our
 
 mo q people who practice boxing, and will show you brave, noble chivalrOus, self rCliant race of men. They will never have recourse t0 the dagger, stilCttu, pistol or poison la overcome an adversary.
 In this p"Sition 1 am supported by a rral TT, furulVr." tho Hon Thomas Hughes, author If Tom Browns School Days The Manlirr>S of Christ and other famous works Thomas Hughes has bcCn a mCnIbCr Uf parliament, where he was a potential furcc q decade or so ago. and k now n wealthy philauihrOpic gen tlcman of deep rvligious convictions and beloved of all Cl2sSCS in EnglaEl surely no one can a>!a-r>c his mutivVS in d, tCnd- ing the manly art In describing the schoolEoy battle 0f his hero, Tom Brown, with "Sl"gArr' Williams, he drprccatCs the rampant stuff printed in the Lon don Times and other papers on boxing and thus advises his readers: Learn to box as you learn to play cricket or foot ball N@nc of you will be the worse, hut very much the better for learning tO box we'll should You never have to u>' 1t in 1 earnest t!tI, i- Ilu exercise in the world so goal for iii, temper and for the muscles of tho t,;irk ani legs,
 A~ Iof.,ht!ng, keep out of it if you can, by all m,anS When the time comes, if it ever >luulI, t.i II you havo tD S1y Yes or No ;1 a yus!,' ,. ,.. la f -,ht say No if you | cHu-unIy t,:I.,sA:. .i.,.t you make it clear tu NuUT~s it~ N..l Nnu suy No It is a proof uf Ii., highest courage if done from | true Christian niuIiv.'9 It is quite right l and Iustit.Hl,!v ii don2 from q simple aver sion tn IlA1i..h pain and danger, But | don't >Iy NJ lccau>c you fear n licking and s.!y' or thin;> ii is because you fear God, | for tha; 'S neither Christian nor honest And, if you do fight, fight it out and don t give in while you can stand and see" Thomas Hughes has thus ably discussed boxing from a moral standpoint. Its phys iCal advantages are thus described by the London Lancet, the greatest medical au- thority ill the world: "A knowledge of sparring, indcpCndCnt of its uses aS a means of self defense, has the additional recommendation of being one of the most healthful exercises ny which the vigOr of the human framr can l;c improved. The | whole body partakCS of its beneficial con sequences. the muscular conformation is brought into beneficial action, and tho i latest energies uf the system gradually but CffCCtUaily developed As tho health of the mind iS influenced by the health of | the body, additional stimulantS to its pUr- | suit arc offered We know of no sort of | athletic exercise moro to be commended or which ought to be moro universally Cn | couragCd.
 I trust these two pithy extracts will catch the eye of some well meaning re | formers even if my own philosophiZing does not