New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28

Of the public burnings in many countries on re-
ligcus grounds VIII n reached their apogee IN me
5 5EsS va wbcb he left R county we find perpeuated
a; the present day in the shape Of the ouH hgnt.
voting cruelty and great personal bravery lh@'
almost defes comprehension; -. .oooo =. . ,eo-
The normal mildness and love or peace OF 4 PEI
pie seem be guarantee whatever tnat tniS , al
titude IS not thar OF tHe sieeplns noment
The traveller in Java for instance. could nor IaI 20
% he native as exhibited in his conduct toward
dumb animals. OF this the dove Is the actua1 en-
o7,n;ry is the cage Containing one more Of these
birds slung high In air at the end OF pore WnliC
the shooter who makes these BIRDS PAR S 81 IN
ness, one Of the spectaces or the year, DgIole ~
standing and influence OF the Javanese p!incss w
came the mere figures OF speech that they now
are was the public batting OF tiger me aniln,
9rng T wh spears As for we English VINO
naturally pugnacous people, we na sa,giiinary
combats between almost every living ming h ina a
GouIG Soubtless who look back 70 bull and bear
batting cock fights. dog hghts ana Prize NJ 1S w. ~
a lingering regret that the law Will nave none OF
,ben, The nrize ring is still represented IN the
glove fight and such is the strength OF OUT pug
OF paving considerable sums 70 witness tne esuen.,
IL 'edlfying spectacle. 10 them, OF seeing man
knocked out" by the latest de'eIoPeu '"0''1S -
The multitude however, has not much oppoT-
Ia tiveness and in looking around for something
10 crafty its craving FOR me sIadaI S ~
o. IoH Z, eaks that 3 readily and cheaply at hand.
There is nothing in the game r rind Inclined to
brutal things OF the old annual nterVlilage or
tests violence wa. 10 be expected I9r oeS oter,
,h.r origin 20 the spirit Of communal ahtaeoIlsnl
and in the trouble and turmoil OF srre pr ~ od
opportunity AFFORDED for the ~'PlS Oh Se
Stoned 70 differentate between the exercise or man
atT V1,b Few exceptions this. think. is the
view Of the game taken by the piaEers' ana II b
cor H nycoed the proper limits Of violent attack
ar defence would be depressed by the admoniton
OF VIM "a ia lion The power Of doing you have
% done bv being vested in the football! player
before qtl of course speaking for ENGLAND only
for in ina, other country where football hourshes
SnT for which t would be difficult to find coun
terpart outside those regions inas nb nv Sill ~
TmrLov As a new people, the Americans nave
no, had the opportunity enjoyed 6y me 6s
Which ihey got rid of much Of their sayagery In
England 4 is MOI the conduS' Gi has re- be- com
o va Of while number OF estimable and
people are sP 6 10 Of their
ra,nres II is none the less remarkable fact thaI
he riffraf 81 society which would not be brought
together under other CONDITIONS. Let ne sdLIe
nn,Sola Az and how many Of that unvashed crowd
Nil attend although the football lasts at the out
SIDE an n1ur as the fu days cricket? The
nlanator is that there j. nothing Eadlatorldi apOl
sT n bride that me me tendency Of modern football Is
70 cater for the crowd The success OF the game
bas como 10 be measured not so much by the ad-
vance maze in the skill OF the players as by the
crowds it attracts and the amount OF the takinss
r,ha ACCESSION OF football its position OF popu-
i,ri-v has been faVorably regarded on the
r-o,,nd that people much better employed IN
Watching the game in the open. air than in loahng
In ntibllc-houses or Matching sediton. Granted,
mn when the public takes 10 the brutal pastlme
OF referee-haiting then Is better that they should
remain over their pots Of beer and leave honest
naople alone The inhuman practice mat u IN
dulRed In In the provinces OF attacking referees
uho have umpired a match 10 the best Of their
ability but without meeting With the approval OF
some OF the spectators. must. II continued sooner
or later lead 10 the exercise OF repressve meas
ures that have not been put into force by the
been interrered with by the police but II the prac
tice OF surrounding defenceless man and attack
ing him with some fifty fists and boots at time Is
nersevered IN the law must interfere The attack
lately made upon Mr Harnett IN south Wales was
~ 90 serious a nature that. had that gentleman
been got down II is extremely unlikely that ne
would have lived 10 tell his tale. Such practices
as these are not. even upon the much-COn-
demned racecourse. 20 II IL no longer possible 10
blink the fact that large amount OF brutal human
scum assemblies at football matches In certain
part OF the country. We owe 40 much TO our Wig
orous games such football that everything
should be done 10 preserve them untainted. and IL
IL IMPOSSIBLE 10 say that this immunity has been
obtained when referees 20 In terror or their lives AT
the hands OF brutalzed spectators. Referee bait
ing has far reached the acute stag or KNOB
sticks applied 10 the head and hobnailed boots 10
the shns In the metropolitan district. but we nave
seen IL I'm its incipient stages at Richmond Ana
perhaps the most extraordinary thing In connection
with the Manifestations OF feeling that nave from
time time been made there Is that local paper
should have defended the action or the orenders