The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-05

In free ringside seats, Mayor
Linck and Sheriff Morris sat side
by side last night in Germania
hall and witnessed without pro-
test disgraceful exhibition of
pugilism and moral de-
pravity, which was both an insult
to decency and a violation of .hc
law.
The "show" was touted as A
boxing match" 1t proved to be
more of an exhibition such as
formerly was wont to thrive in the
tenderloin section of the city in
the early days when there was 40
restraint ON the immoral elements.
But the mayor and sheriff sat
and enjoyed the so-called smoker
and never raised an official hand
to put stop to it.
Disguised Citizens Leave.
Decent citizens who enjoy scieu-
tific boxing have been led to pat
ronize the former Matches" hut
suspicion was aroused at a recent
fight by circumstances that inii-
Gated frame-up between the con-
testants and the managers of the
enterprise and the disclosures last
night so disgusted the crowd of
decent people present that some
of the performers were hootd ana
hissed out of the ring and scores
left the hall.
principal" Was Drunk.
One Winsor was booked last
night as principal" in the main
boxing go with Lee Croft. He APP
peared in the ring drunk. While
a substitute was being secured
Bert Vincent got up and sang a
song that reeked with filth and
indecency so gross that he vas
howled out of the ring by the
disguised men and boys.
The preliminary events We're
also such as to disgust the crowd
and make the audience feel it hal
been bunkoed.
And through 1t all the mayor
and the sheriff sat by and without
a word of protest.
Should Have Returned Money.
"An official with any brains or
would have put stop
to the disgrace when one of the
fighters appeared in a drunken
said a disgusted citi-
zen today. Either the mayor or
the sheriff should have protected
the crowd from the takers by COM
pelling the promoters to return
every cent of the money"
When the series of prize fights
which eliminated in last nights
affair was started there was some
semblance of deceney and square,
ness about them. The easy money
and the easy officials, however,
soon make the pugs reckless and
several Of the so-called fights have
been rank frame-ups in which the
fourth rate pugs got fat purses
from unsuspecting fight fans.
Mayor Linck admitted when
these pug programs first started in
Tacoma that they were in viola
tion of law but he took no steps
to stop the game.
Sheriff Morris officially took
note of the events recently when
he ordered the managers to cut
their fights down from 10 to 6
rounds. TIL law does not recog-
nize any difference between a 10
and a 60-round prize fight.
Other city and county. officials
were also present but no one
thought of stopping the affair or
of protecting the men present ty
compelling the managers" to re-
turn the money when the adver-
tisd bout was not put on.
Vincent Arrested.
Today some of the men victim
lied by the affair called at the
city attorneys office and secu I'd
a warrant for the arrest of Bert
Vincent, who sang an indecent
song as part of the program last
night. The warrant charges Vim
cent with using vulgar language
In public place. He was arrest
ed late this afternoon.
The other persons mixed in the
affair have thus far escaped.
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