Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
lis NOT CONSISTENT
Opinions on Boxing and Other
Sports Do Not Conform.
TOO MUCH PREJUDICE
Causes Unjust Cutlery Against Manly
Art-0ther Gossip of Doings
in the Ring.
By T. S. Andrews.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis July Is. = Talk
about rough house and near-riots at box
ing matches. Why. they don't hold a
candle to the riots and rough houses at
the base ball games I'm the major leagues
and American Association. But YOU
never hear any bowls from the people
who are always knocking at the boxing
game about stopping base ball. 1t is the
same at foot ball matches very fire.
auehtiy. out never word from the
knockers. During the past three weeks
there have been more riots on the base
paii fields, with umpires being sluReed.
and even patrons assaulted, than at box
ing bouts in year. but never a howl
from the goody goodys And don't over
look the automobile races. They MAIN
and Kill people and drivers but it is all
passed by. but let some boxer In fair,
stand-up boxing match be hurt in any
way. and Immediately there is cry from
all sides about the alleged brutal sport
why. boxing is like child's play COM
pared to base ball, foot ball. auto racing
ana motor racing. Look at the disgrace
Kansas City. st. Louis. Philadelphia ST.
raul. Boston and other cities the past
rev weeks. and then stop and figure
whether such occurrences would be toll
Grated at boxing matches Not on your
life! There would be protests from the
usual quarters. and efforts would be
made to stop the game at once. And
when you think about it. isn't it funny
10 know that the very same men who at
tend the base ball games, auto races and
foot BAH are the ones who attend boxing
matches, with a few of their less wealthy
hIIf
men are always fearful about some of
the reformers lecturing them about it,
What are they afraid Of? Is 1t a greater
sin to attend a we'll conducted boxing
match for points between two fine trained
athletes where the chances are even for
each man. than to attend foot ball games
where twenty-one men jump on one man
and knock the life out of him. or where
the auto racer smashes into fences and
Kills people. and also runs the risk of
being killed every second he Is on the
track? Not on your life! 1t is simply a
case of where the people Of today allow
an old prejudice against prize fighting to
enter into their feelings against boxing
bouts. which cannot be construed as prize
fights. for there is no more resemblance
between the two than between night and
day. 1t is an old prejudice that should
be wiped out, and the sporting men of
today should be broad-minded enough to
fight against this narrow-minded policy
Oh the Weak-kneed ones VINO would IKE
to bring up nation of lollypops instead
of athletic men and boys.
The lightweight controversy has devel-
oped into quite a battle of words be-
tween the champion, AID Wolgast. and
his chalengers-Packey Mcfarland, Fred
dy Welsh, Matt Wells and Knockout
Brown. Wolgast is being criticised by
some for taking on Freddy Welsh before
meeting a champion from another coun-
try-Matt Wells of England-but there is
no good reason for 1t. The little fellow
has not side-stepped any of the real light
weights. his only fault being in excessive
demands as to money, but he is follow
ing the rule set by former champions
1t would have been better plan to let
Welsh, Mcfarland and Wells have a tri-
angular tourney of their own the winner to