Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-04-05

all let US initiate tn example iv our
peerless leader James J. Jeffries an
highly resolve not to fight John John
son ontil we are ready. /, fr wan,
Hinnissy, will do my part.
We'll, sir. tits a turrble thing that
this shud've happened just at tn
time whin / thought tn example iv
such men as Gov'nor Hughes iv New
York had done its wurruk. / thought
tn wurruld had been reformed in five
minyits an human nature was no
more goin' to be what il has always
been but something so refined that in
little while tn toughest iv us wud
be Twin tn pure an simple life Nv a
canary bur-rd in a gilded cage. But
last week, Hinnissy, | dhreamed that
tn golden ezra had set in, as Hogan
says, whin We an | wud spind our
avenins croshayn' tides together. To-
day | pick up tn pa-apers an tn
on'y thing in thin worth readin' is
accounts Nv combats between brutes
In human form. This last winter,
Hogan lined a class to hear lectures
wanst a week firm Professor Alphonso
Gilfeather ~ tn school iv Thought
entitled TIL Progress iv Civilization
lords more Lady like Ideels Twas
Hogans custom to come in here art
her tn lecture an tell me about II.
There's no use talkin,' says he, man
kind has made great sthrides since
tn DAYS whin all disputes were set
tied be resort to arms he says, an
whin tn naked savage slammed his
fellow man with a stone Ratchet or a
club. TIL day iv brute foorce has
gone by he says. Well, sir, last
night l happened to be passin' by
Mulcahy's Lyceem San it was lighted
UP an tn polls were havin hard
time keepin' tn crowd back an,
thinks l to mesilf, This must be a
meetin' iv tn Ethical Culture Society,
an | whit in. Ye can judge " me
surprise, Hinnissy, whin l found that
il was a prize fight TIL crowd be-
hind me was so dense that IL was
impossible to escape so / made Tn
best iy tn situation an allowed me-
silf to be forced near enough to IN
ring side to need an umbrella between
rounds. While l was meditatin an
tn disgraceful nature iv tn exhipl-
ton an firm time to time adVlsln
wan iv tn wretches, fine lookln
la-ad firm Tipperary with as gnod
right hand as i liver see, TO sind IL
over | heerd a shrek in me ear.
Give IL to him. TIL right. Tn right.
Uppercut him. Oh, but that was
pippin. Stay him while We have MIN.
We stone-thrower firm Clonmel
looked around an 10 an behold! there
was III frind iv Peace. What are we
doin' here at this ojous affair" says
I There amt amy lecture says he.
.What1I Professor Gilfeather say 10
ye?' says 1. He won't say anything
saws he. That's him over IN battilhe
Peterson's corner. l on'y larned III
other day that he was wanst anna
choor lightweight champeen Nv ioway
University. He's gone into thralnln
again an he thinks he may come
back says Hogan.
"WeIl there we are, Hinnissy. L
suppose civilization is a failure, out
thin civilization always has been
failure as far back as l can ray
mimber. | niVer yet knew tn time
whin human nature wasn't tearin
away firm thin that wud lead 1t up
10 higher an betther things an run
MIN into tn back yard to play In IN
mud"
.Tis a brutal sport, prize-fignt-
in" said Mr. Hennessy.
aWell." said Mr.. Dooley, there am
anything very ennoblin' to tn spec
tator in amy form iv human employ
mint If We think | am improved in
me mind an morals be seem We
pushin' a wheelbarrow up gangWay
on a hot summers afternoon, ye
ought to see ye'ersilf dom II, that 5
ali iniye tn spectacle but it don
ilivate me none at all. Sure IN
prize-fighter's life looks to me 10 De
a fairly happy wan. IL ne ANN
good at all he don't fight more thah
wanst a month an thin half tn tune
he don't fight. II annywan offered
We fifty thousand dollars to let Jim
Jeffries hit We wanst ye'd put IN
money where tn family cud use IL
in case iv ye'er decease an presih.
ye'er face. FIR ten thousand ADDED
money ye'd give him leave to use an
Indyan club. What cud be a SAFER or
more hon'rable profissyon fr a young
man to enter In tn old days iva
different. Thin a prize-fishter had TO