The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-10
wnrRE n THE DISTINCTION.

\ few weaAs since there was pagilissic
encounter IN q town In Nevada between
two o. the foremos. exponents OF puglisrn
In the country. Tho fight was the most
advertised of any event of the
kind ever held In tho United States: repre-
sentative newspapers from All over the
counsry sent correspondents To report
svery detail. and On the day following the
nght these newspapers gave UP very
large share OF their space to the affair,
illustrated after the newspaper fashion.
~ It happened. while a champion de-
pcended into the ranks of the has beens.'
neither participant In the affair received
any noticeable injury.
The same newspapers which gave such
m amount Of their news space to tho de-
tails Of this fight, on their editorial pages
denounced the people of the state of Ne
having permitted such an affair to take
place in that state. The New York news
papers were particularly severe upon the
saEebrush state IN their comments: nni
q reader who confined his attention TO the
editorial pages Of the metropolitan" press
would naturally arrive at the conclusion
that prixcfighGng was n form Of harbar-
ism confined to the wild ard uncultured
states Of the far West.
Bearing all this In mind, II In somewha,
singular To observe that precisely Jus,
such prixefights as brought down such a
shower Of odium upon the state Of Nevada
are Of daily occurrence In New York city.
under the eyes OF the authorities In the
presence OF police officers. especially de-
tailed for the purpose of witnessing the
the daily press OF that city. and detailed
accounts sent out by wire to nil tire other
newspapers OF the country. On one single
Saturday there We're no less than fifteen
prixrflxhts had In New York city alone.
and. Judging from the accounts puhiAshef
81 these encounters. each OF them was fsr
uore brutal and bloody than the one,
which determined the dubious haners OF
Tn championship of the United states.
So open and notorious Is the fact that
these encounters are not. as they are
ouphc.nistisaliy styled. glove contests.
hat actual prixeilghts. that In a recent
event OF the kind before the Knscker-
Booker Club the manager of the "ensar-
0o1nmcnt' stopped the contest and refused
- award the purse because the contest
ants were not doing each other enough
Damage 10 satisfy the audience. One az
01Ae rugiists brought suit agalns, the club
ond offered evidence that he and his ot,.ss-
Der< really did fight "a hard as they could
ond were In fact badly cut and bruised
The clubs matchmaker. ia defense. said,
= hrs testimony that the club '.expectes
each man 10 endeavor To win and knock
me other out
last night In New York city before one
/ u these s,-calIed "a.hIetis cfubs." twn
DuEiiists. only second In standing IN their
secular calling 10 the participants in the
respect precisely of the character OF the
Ccrhett-Fitssimnsons encounter. Each Of
thc participants In the affair IL an asair.an nj
FOR tho so-csiied chamrionship "honerv.
One of them. indeed. for time held IN.
championship helt." Yet the New York
newspapers, which were 81 severe upan
Nevada FOR permitting solitary affair Of
the kind TO occur Within its borders nnd
nothing 20 call Tor rehuke In he action II
their own local authorities ii, permitting
. contest Of precisely the same character
60 publicly take place iii che clty Of New
York. j, Is true the fght was stopped ami
the principals and seconds arrested after
the seventh round. bus there was no par
ticuiar reason WHY there should have been
police Interference AZ THAI junctaga rather
than at tn. beginning Of fhs contest.
cf the tzso courses parsuea in eeaisns
WITH the matter 81 pr.zei'katins E: doe.
seem that the action Of the state of Ne
vuta sr openly licensing soch AFFAIRS Il i
far mere decent. honest ant iaw~as,ssssas
method II dealing with s.ts sub5ees thar
Tire xneaklar esasleas ard canning ny.
rccsssy which eharaeterizeS tae New Yors
method,