The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
CLEAN SPORT PROMISED.
The New Athletic Club TO be Put
to the Test.
A Common Sense View of HAT
ter that Affects Maryland
and District People Alike.

The daily papers of Washington are
responsible for the fact that this city
has become to be known as "a commu-
nifty of kickers." For the past two or
three years they have opened their col
umns to the grumblers, GROWERS and
kickers, the result being that scarcely
an issue appears without one or more
howls from some dyspeptic individual
whose mental, moral and digestive ma
chinery is so deranged that they see
double like the one-legged, red-headed'
cross-eyed old maid who got scared at
a little ant, which she mistook for an
elephant. Their columns are used as
sewers into which is dumped the rot
that Constant Reader" ," "Old Sub
scriber," "Anti-Soak" and other bipeds
with disordered brains turn out in
some back room in garret
If a crow flies over the town they
kick.
If a street car goes too slow they
kick.
If it goes too fast to suit them they
kick
If a man is successful in business
and makes money they kick.
II he is unsuccessful and loses money
they kick.
If the English sparrow is allowed to
breed they kick
If they see a man enjoying himself
they kick.
If man wears his coat and vest in
hot weather they kick.
If he appears in his shirt sleeves
they kick.
If a womans skirts cling too closely
to her form they kick.
If sparring contest is to be pulled
off they kick
If they can't get a government job
they kick.
If they do get one and don't get an
immediate raise" they kick.
If a club is organized to promote
clean sport they kick.
One of the very latest kicks was
made against the Chesapeake Athletic
Club. that was organized recently with
the view Of giving boxing exhibitions
in a new club house just finished at
Chesapeake Junction. The club, under
the management of Mr.. j. j. O'Connor,
spent about a thousand dollars in
erecting a building and fitting it up,
and then the whole game was blocked
temporarily by the dropping of a dys-
peptic howl into the columns Of one
of these daily sewage receptacles.
Misguided by these howls the local
authorities Of Prince Georges county
stepped in without giving the matter
due consideration and stopped the ex-
hibition that was to have been given
the evening OF the 18th inst, but they
have about seen the error Of their way
and the presumption Is there will be
no further interference.
On Monday evening next, Labor
Day" the management of the club has
arranged a very attractive program,
consisting of a vaudeville performance
interspersed with two short sparring
matches and a wrestling match.
The first go will be between Kid
Henning a very clever Washington
lad, and Harry Katz, the prize bantam
weight of Baltimore. The second will
be a test of skill between Billy Peyton,
of Washington, and the BLACK Fitz-
simmons" a product of the Sunny
South
In order to get at this matter right
and to be able to draw the proper con-
clusion as to whether the long-faced,
sour-mOuthed individuals are right in
their determination that sport of all
kinds should be discouraged, let our
readers ponder over these sentiments
published in our columns recently.
Mr.. VIM. l.. Hughes, of S04 H street,
N. E., said; 81 object to the business
Of trying to drive people to heaven
with club. Sporting men are fair
people to deal within fact, they are
above the average, and their presence
does not contaminate this community
to any great extent"
Mr.. A. II. f. Holstein, Of 1000 Fla.
Ave, N. e., said: I'VE have no vote,
we have nothing, If you take baseball,
boxing matches and horse racing away
from us then the whole District will
go TO the dogs. The kickeTs, backed
by the daily press, and the sporting
element resemble a big boy and a little
boy AS soon as the little boy gets
anything the big boy knocks him down
and takes it away"
Mr.. Otto c. Rupert, of Bladensburg,
said; IF they stop baseball horse rae
Ing, book making and other sports
then they better put this town in petit
coats and store it away for future
reference"
MY business keeps me tied down
both day and night, hence ] see very
little enjoyment myself but | like to
see other people enjoy themselves. even
If can't was the manly way Mr..
Fred Ege, Of 18th street, N. f., put il.