The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24
Sarge PunheH.

This same Corbett fought Fitzsimmons
a few years ago and got whipped tnen'
but those who take interest In such brutal
mroceedines were sorry for him then ants
have chung to him as fighter worthy
their esteem till this good day. NO" tnat
he has been whipped again there Will
grow a contempt for his powers ana 'ei-
fries will remain the hero that he is Till
a greater brute is found that can KNOCK
him out" and then he, too, will be rele-
GATED tn fhe BACKGROUND along with Sullf-
van and the rest
Rut the fashions Of the day and thu
trend of youthful minds is to magnify
these pugilists into virtuous heroes, ana
am no such fool as to think or crushing
out this vulgar spirit that seems TO De d.
bond companion of the commercial ldeb
that holds our country In its grip. AS
homeless as | feel of being able to ac-
compish much at crushing out this pugii-
istic sentiment, yet we should everyone
strive and keep striving to the END
that more holy and refined ampltlon
ebould take possession of the masses.
Surely l have seen hghts greater tha'A
these pugilists ever fought and I have
seen thousands of people, frail in physicai
development, whose moral courage and
the moral healthfulness of their efforts
made them the superiOrs of these puglilstS
In every sense of the word. Not a word
of these heroes Of mine or of the hghts
thew have made have been heard in tbs
land. and it will be hard for me to per-
shade the youthful mind to give them the
thought that [ know they deserve
7 shall not take these heroes of mine or
their fights in the order they occurred. for
even since [ began to write there nave
gone by two young girls that call 10 my
mind the great fight OF noble WIDOW
who lives not very far from Where We
live. These girls are the remaining un-
married daughters Of this good Wldowt
and to look upon them and know their
characters as we know them IS enough
to proclaim the victory of this mother in
the fight she has made much higher
and hollier than that of Jeffries at san
Francisco that comparison would be
odious and sacrilege. This widows fight,
which has preserved to the world tina
priceless character of these girls, Is worm
more than all the gate money ana an
the "wnrings' and all the glory of every
prize ring that ever occurred or that ever
will occur. though they should be popu-
larized ard softened by gloves TO relleNe
their brutishness for a thousand years.
The fight that this good widow has MADE
to make ana keep Iitl 4eLll'iJ N4'-NN - -
has been known by many. many people.
and yet | doubt If she has ever received
tbe plaudits of a single individual in
RECOGNITION of her bravery, her fortitude
and her example to the world, or caused
a nassiny thought from the fashionable
world on the great blessing to the world
of which her children give such promise
When left all alone with three little
daughters and bowed down in sorrow for
the loss Of her husband, this good widow
went to work as never pug1lfst mas
worked as never baseballlst has WORK
ed as never a devOtee Of the races has
worked and as frail as she was she re-
ceived buffets from the world without
ninchng that would have caused the
strong frames of Jeffries or Corbett or
Sullivan or Fitzsimmons to culver from
the contact, not to mention the mental
anguish she suffered that the prize ring
has never known nor could sporting
circles understand
She heard those little girls cry for
bread when she had not bread to give
them. Did ever puglists suffer like this?
She tended them with mothers love
through sorrow and through gladness ana
worked worked. She worked till the bis
tiers on her hands would burst and dye
her fingers with the crimson blood, but on
and on she worked. She smothered the
sobs that were almost breaking her
heart, but on she worked chaste. brave,
dutifu Never was there q sport so
grand She and never a sport with
such a weight Of sorrow.
No whirl OF excitement was ever with
this widow to stimulate and agg her on.
There were no such cheers as came from
the prize ring to ever greet her ears
No.
her duty She simply worked and stuck
to duty and by these and that mother
love which is past finding out. she fought
a fight that pugilist has never known
and won victory which has given to tina
world a blessing in the character OF her
daughters that IS beyond and above all th9
prize rings of the world or the win
nings" of ali the puglists.
have simply mentioned this one widow
thousands in this land could be mention
ed who are just as deserving as she. but
they are not mentioned. 1t is a strange
thing to me that human nature is such
that these real heroines and heroes "a
well, DO not make such impressions as 70
cause their names and their deeds to be
Haunted before the world The colonies
and generals and honorables and gov
ernors and senator's seem to impress tho
average mind that these are all the ones
that should be made large and have hon
ors thrust upon them when we are look
ing for our ideals OF masculine superiort-
ty, while the leaders of the fads, ths
dressers in the fashion the splendid
singer. fine musician, are the ones ws
select when out for our ideals Of feminine
superiority.
This should not be so.
Last Wednesday ME and Brown Travelled
in n buggy through the portion Of our
county known as arabia" lust why tho
name Of ARABIA" was given to this region
IS lost in the ravages of time and the
confusion of memories. but it Is just such
a section and peopled with the people
that suits my purpose here.
There yet remain in this section many
old people who fought wolves and pam
theirs and wildcats, and felled the forest
with a gun standing against the nearest
tree to be ready for any emergency. and
when [ heard them tell of those pioneer
days it struck me that the world has
never produced a breed the equal of these
men and women who settled this land.
Their hard hands. made hard from The
splitting of rails and the cutting down II
the forest, and those quick eyes which
have not yet lost their quickness for mar
there now in thG seventies and close 10
the eighty mark, can shoot squirrel -
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