Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-14
MORALS AND THE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP

The worstabused and msused word in the English honary moral and it msused by those who them selves teachers and of the morals mankind Any act of conduct that pease moral and anything they neither approve understand immoral If they do not like cigar smoking is immoral Many of them state of hyseria strong propose padded gloves and test their skill strength and courage in boxing contest in which neither is likely be n jured seriously the competitors in athletic that approved and encouraged by he best people, They split ting the air with shouting the will moral disaster to the country"
 If physical strife evil per se then the world which live mmoray constituted for contention is the universal law and struggle condition existence That which contend ceases to exist
 Strength endurance courage deemed virtues in man since human life first appeared the planet and the heroes of history and legend those qualities have been most srngy manifested Samson Hercules Achilles Charemagne Richard of the Lion heart and Daniel Boone immoral because they fought proved themselves stronger and braver than other men history and legend perous literature and the deeds of he moral disasters" to the world
 Boxing the protesants against the game immoral be- is bruta and painful to the contestants. It
 strenuous trial of strength dangerous painful football and wrestling yet have the preachers of the land lifted their voices in condemnation of wrestling match
 Is boxing immoral because of the in the game on low plane of mental and ethical development because of the supporters of the not respece Some good truthful kindly brave clean-vng Theodore Roosevelt champion boxer of his weight college and took part contests the of crowds He still and advocate of the there doubt to the contest Is Roosevelt therefore immoral man and factor the precipitation mora disaster to the country?"
 Does not this question of the comparative morality of ing and other physical turn after a the difference in the social scale of the crowds that witness them? If there essential difference between boxing and football instance it is in favor of boxing far the participants concerned but the rougher crowd the fight and the rened and cutured do the yelling and roofing the football game and have the thrills when player is knocked out has bones broken.
 There may be why public boxing money undesirable and oensiveespecay persons who and know nothing about the game-but those have nothing do with what the preachers think when they talk about morals It is worthy of ministers who do know the and have boxing have had the gloves hemseves-e cal brethren that they making silly fuss and do know what they talking about As for the newspaper the awful consequences of allowing two big battle with their fists they all twadde and curry gan nickes from the "unco guid"
 The por-and beans prizefght squad affair and should be suppressed disturbance of the peace nuisance like
 dog fight but there hardly healthy normal dbooded who does not want eres and the battle the boxing championship of the world
 As for character of the crowd that will fight will be composed pretty largely of the rich and respectable for the other afford the price rule The Earl of dale coming with bunch of noble lords and has bought tickets by cable order Would of England counenanc moral disasters?' Perish the thought.
 And when the fight has been fought every mothers us from preacher porch cmber-nd most daughters grab for the to who and take most immoral interest in knowing what sort of punch ended the fight Moral disaster? Moral your grandmother's cats tail.