The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-19

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and children. schorching along the
. highways and byways.t BE- fars9gt4 &
~ sThisais about the only game T. have
Il never played When say games,}
$cd6 not mean such pleasantries as GRO
Sszzduet, lawn tennis or golf. but down
right manly sport like hunting, shoot
ing, fishing, rowing, base ball, football
and boxing / never cotfoned to a bike,
~ssemehow, and while,I will never knock
s any. shonests sportIs can't say I am
particularly stuck on this ongfs1 know
it is asrather bad play to speak right
~out in meetin' :" as they say down east,
about a game that is as popular as
5, this unless you say something nice,
but | have been on the level all my
life, and Twill give9you a straight tip
what / think about the game since you
81 have been good enough to ask my
views about it.
In the first place, I must say that
admire the spirit of the men who are
d, running the wheelman's league, as
they call it. in making governors, leg
islatures and municipal authorities
=. cone-to- time. In New York state they
made the legislature pass a law and
the governor sign it compelling rail-
ROADS lnelf DlCyCICS lIG6, lHe
same as they do the trunks and va
Uses Of the passengers-this, too. with
my able and. eloquent friend, Chauncey
M Depew. kicking like a mule. They
must be handles to beat Chauncey,
and. as nobody but greedy corpora
lions are hurt a bit by the move,
take off my hat to the league and say
more power to it's elbow.
Then. too. they threw a scare into
the New York board of aldermen AMI
made them vote away $40 900 to light
up the boulevard so they could wheel
away at night That is more than all
the millionaire horse owners and big
srortsmen of the metropolis had the
nerve to try. Score another point to
their credit. They have got the peliti-
clans afraid of them. They must be
splendidly organized to do this.
hope the American Liberty league,
which I am about to start, with the
aid of representative sportsmen, to
promote and protect the interests of
boxing, will be as successful as the
wheelmans league certainly is. Our
society will be somewhat similar n
character We will organize in every
state in the Union before September.
and about the time nominations arestc
be made by the various political par
ties for congressman, assemblymen,
aldermen, mayors and the like we will
wait upon them and ascertain their
views on boxing. Those who are big
oted and, against us we will scratch
at the polls and those who are with
US we will fight for tooth and nail If
We display anything like the same
pluck and energy that the wheelmen
+ have done. We will win hands down.
The politicians wont dare run counter
to- US, and you. won't. see any more
Z senseless crusades against boxing.
But | am DEPRESSING as my friend
Senator Timothy Dry Dollar Sullivan
would say. / started out to tell YOU
what thought of cycling and how
Il compares with other games Honest
1ngun. ] think it is the poorest. least
s. lnvigoratfHg and least strengthening of
the, lot. 1t might be a nice thing for a
fellow to be. out wheeling with his best
girl on a bicycle built for two and go
flying past pretty pasture lands and
ripping rivulets. but. to my mind. IT
would be far nicer to be seated in a
light road wagon behind speedy trot-
ter, with one arm at least at liberty.
and drink in the fresh air and charm
Ing scenery.
/ take no stock in the theory of crank
doctors and crazy specialists that eye
ling brings on crooked spines, spinal
meningitis, heart troubles, congestion
Of the brain. nervous diseases and the
like. That is all tommy ret 1t was
only week ago / saw Lillian Russell
Cissy Fitzgerald and Dena9 Fox speed
Ing down the boulevard, and they look
ed the picture of health as &Ed as
beauty Their eyes were Frightened
and their cheeks a pearly pHH1Jfrom