Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-28
oEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, MARCH as, 1908.

my choice between a long fight and de-
feat and a Knockout, | would put up
my Jaw at once and take the punch.
FROM 1898 up 10 the repeal OF the
Horton law Frawley referred many am
ateur bouts and showed a thorough
knowledge OF the boxing game. the
championship bouts OF the American
Athletic union In 1900 were decided az
the Brodway Athletic club, and Fraw-
ley was the referee. In one Of the bouts
two youths We're hammerlng one an
other TO the best OF thir limited ability.
IN bout was not CORY or fierce enough
to sut one Of the spectators ana he re-
peatedly called the ,eietee 70 TAKE
them on Frawley finally lost his tenn
per and facing where the voice came
from said
I'm take them off If you will come
up here and put the gloves on with
me"
The bloodthirsty individual thereupon
sank back into his seat and the bout
went TO quiet conclusion.
Senator Frawley is one Of the char
ter members Of the Greater New YORK
lrishAmerican Athletic club ana was
It's hrst president, He was superlntend-
ent OF construction and laid out the
grounds at Celtic Park, Long Island
city.
Il introduced the bin regulating box
Ing and sparring in the state OF New
York because ! am satisfied there Is
strong sentiment In favor Of boxing IN
all quarters, provided the management
is I'm the hands Of The proper parties
and boxing Is conducted on high
plane. | favor sparrng as one OF the
finest OF exercises. IL is health and life.
II brings into play every muscle OF the
body and Is wonderful lung developer
1t teaches man 70 be manly, resource
full and clean. / think man with a
healthy body must be clean morally and
physically.
4 would not attempt to get a bill
through unless | was certain that abb
solulely fair ana clean sport would be
the result. II believe boxing is the very
best thing for a young man, | believe
that a father should see to Ii that his
sons are taught to box. II teaches them
sell-reiance and control Go to the
courts and see the men who are brought
there fer street hrawling. You very
seldom see a boxer there, They avoid
trouble. and II they cannot avoid il
they know how TO end It quickly. They
do not roll around In the street. biting
and gourging and tearing one another's
clothes"
y. Il. Powell. the veteran trainer VI
horses who after two patient years
actually taught two horses TO stand
~ on their hind legs and box with the
gloves on, declares that not only are
horses jealous but that it was the out
come of an incident arising from the
feelings which the green eyed monster
Is reputed to inspire which led him 10
believe he had found a pair Of boxing
horses.
one OF the horses was a thoroughbred
arab, known as Cigarette" and the
Other a dun horse Of Turkish breed
called Charley" and writer I'm the
Windsor Magazine thus describes the
Incident:
In the earlier days OF Charleys con-
ncction with circus life he was present
ed with n very handsome saddle for
use In a certain act Now, It happened
on one occasion that IL was found
necessary to remove this saddle from
the back Of the Turksh-bred animal
and place II upon the jet black Cigar
cite
Later on in the evening a tremen-
d1us row was heard in the neighbour
hood Of the stalls where the two ami
mails had been stabbed side by side.
Some Of the attendants IAN to see what
vas up. They found that Cigarette
and Charley had broken loose. and
were practically lin rips"-kicking.
plunging and stamping upon each
other
When Mr., Powell arrived on the
scene the two animals were standing
on their hind legs in the regular pu-
gilistic attitude, and endeayoring to ex-
change terrific blows on head and body
They were quickly separated, but the
astute trainer had taken his cue, and
next day he began TO give the horses
their first real lesson in boxing. -
PHILADELPHIA Record