Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-07

10 the better side OF humanity, IN my
opinion, but IL appeals 10 the brutal
side OF humanity Men 80 out here
and they witness two human beings
standing in 4 ring, one Of them trying
to punish the other TO such an extent
that he cannot respond, IN ten Sec
onds. In other words. he Is 80 life
less In that length Of time that he
mas 10 refrain from further contest
THE lawmakers all through this
country in their wisdom-not only In
this state bat every state In the union
have prohibited this class Of CON
tests. II YOU win let your mind run
back for a few months YOU will re-
member that when they undertook
to fight niger johnson against the
big white man that they had a terri
BILE time N finding state wherein
the goyorno' would permit that fight
TO be pulled Off. They finally found
Ia place In Nevada They wanted TO
come TO Oklahoma; they were not per-
mittedrto do so. But now for some
unknown reason, ! do not really un-
dorsand II, It has become quite fash
ionable to pull off q prize fight on
Main street IN Tulsa about once a
week and a fellow rides mp and down
the street with his hand TO his jaw
telling you how many rounds are go-
ing TO be fought and the price Of ad-
mission. II IS a sport, hut when It
goes to the extent of prize fighting
which appeals to the brutal side of
humanity, It is no longer an athletic
sport at all, and II you gentlemen do
your sworn duty, you Will indict the
participants and the parties who aid
ed In the participation of those
crimes for very one that was pulled
off in this town and county for the
past three years.
81 understand that they have got
one staged 'or the Fourth Of July out
here; that a larger arena is to be
erected; that they are coming five
hundred strong from Kansas city
down here; thousand from st
Louis, l do not know how many from
Joplin and st, Joseph, and from all
over the country; that we are going to
have all the sports and thugs In the
universe In Tulsa on that occasion
They are going to fight so many
rounds, the loser gets so much and
the winner gets so much, | think OF
the gate receipts. That is a prize
fight Every court in this country
has held that this Is a prize fight.
And / want to serve notice on the
gentlemen now and on the officers OF
this country, that II they permit this
prize fight to be pulled of out there, !
that l am eCing to cmpanel another
grand jury and ! am going to pull off
something else. am going to stop
It II there is any law for 1t.
"You say It Injuries commerce; It
hurts the town. 1t does not injure
commerce. and II does not hurt the /
town. They will take out Of this town /
and community $4,000 when they
pun off this fight, and It win go in
the pockets of men who promoted
It, and the poor devil who pays the
safe fee will be the loser. 1t does not
do one bit OF good to commerce, but
Il will take from commerce and this |
city. Not only will it do that, but
1t win stimulate the minds Of the
young men Of this country to become
brutal, that they may go into the
ring and make a little easy money !
In that way I would rather my boy
would be horse thief than a prize /
fighter; there Is about as much hon |
esty in one az in the other. As to a /
professional prize fighter, what does
he do for humanity? What does he
do for commerce? What does he do |
for Christian civilization2 Nothing. |
He adds to his own purse. The people /
are the victims. Sometimes II Is
square; more often It is fake. We
do not want them in this community"