Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
BILLY SUNDAY
KNOCKS DEVIL
OUT OF RING
EVANGELIST APPEARS AT MAUD
JUNCTION PAVILION
STRONG EPITHETS APPLIED TO
ASSOCIATES OF SIN
Fighting ReVivaIIst Makes Use Of
Metaphors Which Cause His
Auditors 10 Stare in Fear
and Astonishment

n EELING and staggering, beaten
n, to the verge of fhelplessness, from
the start, Kid Sin received a ter
rible beating at the hands of Fighting
Billy Sunday when he encounted the
latter at McCarey's Maud Junction pa
vilion last night, and was saved only
by the tap of the gong. Spectators
present expressed grave fears for the
recovery of Sin, but those who are ac-
quainted with the defeated contestant
are agreed his remarkable recupera-
tive power will enable him to re-enter
the arena again within a short time.
From the opening of the one-sided
contest Fighting Billy rushed on his
opponent with oratorical jabs and jolts
of Scintillating forensic diatribes and
Philippe masterpieces.
The man who has announced himself
| as the 'sworn, eternal and uncompro-
missing enemy of the devil, who is pre-
pared to give him a fearful run for
his money! started out with an ora
torical assault on those who he said
were doing as they pleased until the
undertaken got ready to pump embalm-
ing fluid into their worthless car
cases." then he predicted that the
free and easy livers of a vicious life
would obtain homes in a most scorch-
ing hell that would make them some
what sorry for past carelessness. He
next characterized some as so close to
hell that they ought to be able to smell
the sulphur fumes, and then began
his main address, which he said was
aimed against booze" and lechery.
Applies Epithets to Hearers
He next stirred the audience with
dozens OF direct and far-reaching
thrusts and by many peculiar manner
lSmS and characteristic poses, as he
first galloped around the ring, reeled
against the ropes, shouted, with
clenched fists at the mob who heard
him, and characterized certain of them
as possible 'liars,'' ''thieves," '.booze
fighters" '1echerous beasts" etc. The
audience received these peculiar char
acteristics with perfect good nature,
and replied by cheers for the speaker
and various shouts of "amen," "hur-
rah for you," and go it, kid
He, however, soothed his auditors by
admitting he himself at one time had
Deen of such an evil reputation that
men would not have trusted him to
hold yellow dog for fifteen minutes
on a public corner. Much merriment
and some establishment were created
oy few graphic pictures drawn by the
orator, In which he showed where some
of the persons in the assembly prob
ably would take their unworthy per-
sons at the close of the meeting Some.
ne suggested, were possibly so mean
the devil would duck UP an alley to
avoid meeting them.'' He told Of how
the young men of loose morals had
progressed in their speciality of de-
bauchery until there were 60 900 girls
ruined in this United States every
year, 5000 monthly, and 17S every day
life blighted almost every minute.
He limited there were '1obsters looking.
into his face who, if their wives did
as they did, would be hollering around
the court house for divorce"
Used Sharp Tongue
Men with shoes more pointed than
their intellect and rah, rah, rah BOYS. -
received a severe tongue Iashing and
he answered that If these were to
carry pistol in their pockets and it
should explode that it would blow out
their brains" "Billy-goat husbands, .
whose hands he would ''as soon grasp
as to take a dead eel by the TAIL" came
in for their share of the entertainments
and several shiny-pated sinners began
to transpire freely. The evangelist,
however, assured them this was not a
half of what he intended to say in the
next meetings and he hinted it was
only his sore throat and worn-out
physical condition which allowed him
to address them so mildly.
He said many had accused him of
being too vulgar and he mentioned the
case of a man in Illinois who, when
asked if he was going to hear Billv
SUM Y preach, remarked, mo, he is
too vulgar" God pity his stinkin'
hide, was the pious ending of this
anecdote.
M1lllOna1reS in the audience received
much consolation, as the speaker did
not censure them but claimed some of
them were deserving Of much praise.
He stated that by modern computation
Abraham was Millionaire who would
make Rockefeller look like a piker.
All the millionaires in hell were said
to be in such a fix that if they pooled
their combined fortunes they could
not buy a glass of water. AS the
plight of millionaires seemed to worry
the audience very little, the militant
preacher paid a tribute to the old
soldiers which brought the crowd to its
feet in a furor of enthusiasm, during
which an aged soldier in tattered
clothing tottered up to the squared
platform and grasped the speakers S
hand.
Scores Liquor Habit
An extended and fiery speech was
n,
the speaker used as examples numer-
Gus noted baseball stars who had
failed to go with him twenty-three
years ago, when, after a drunken orgy,
he had said: Boys, 1 am going to
quit and follow the CALL" and had
staggered into the arms of Jesus. -
After insisting it would take 800 gal
Ions of ''slop,'' or beer, to furnish as
much nourishment as is contained in
an ounce of beef extract he said he
had about worn himself out, and after
a few more sallies at the booze" he
mentioned he was not Christian Sci
enlist why? Why, just because 1
have too much sense Prayer as an
adjunct to baseball was commended.
AS a final and dramatic climax the
foe of sin shouted out, 'T guess that is
going some,'' and then burst into
prayer.