The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09

dangerous TO life and limb as | have
why even six round boxing contests are
barred in the state Of Illinois. | don't
know offhand what Is the percentage OF
death and serious injuries in the ring,
but think am not wrong In stating II
rs comparatively small. II Will be inter-
estlnE 10 find out the exact figures and
shall take means 10 do so or course
sport TO professional bouts. but still
what stands good In amateur events
should hold good in professional ones
and. If anything, one would allow of
professional sports being the roughcr,
Criticism Fills the Bill.
read the other day the review OF Re
belbons that the author said In his work
that eight on, of ten men loved a good
fight, and that most of the agitation
against boxing was only a pose and hypo-
critical 10 a degree This. TO my mind.
is the best summing up of the position
of boxing In America today. Women go
and see American foot ball and may cX-
pect to see their brothers cousins car
ried off the field with broken limbs, but
we poor men are not allowed even TO have
a six round mill
Mind you. I am saving nothing against
American football far from II, ] believe
all sports in which thcro Is an clement OF
danger and a risk 10 life are good for
the morale OF men and make them manly
and impervious to pain and fear. There
is an old saying that the battles OF Great
fields of tho British public schools, and
what applies there applies here. and no
doubt your future sailors and soldiers
are graduated in American football and
amateur boxing.
Strong for Great Britain.
| hope readers OF my articles observe
always speak of Great Britain. not Eng
land, II Is an insult TO the Scotch. Irish
and Welsh and TO Canada Australia and
the other colonies to speak always Of
England, Why, nearly all our greatest
soldiers arc Irish. Scotch and Welsh and
Balfour and Asquith, been Scotch2
The Archbishops Canterbury and York
arc Scotch and our gallant 'Bobs' Lord
Roberts, halls from Ireland.
Excuse this aside, but always England.
England is sore point with some of US
Independent Scots. and know lrishmen
will understand what mean and there is
no offcnse meant to the Englishnen, who
gave us Shakespeare possibly, 10 my
mind at least the greatest man who ever
lived.
Chicago Needs Racing,
What lovely drives YOU have in Chi
cago. Al times I think | am on the Ri
viera. bowling along between Nice and
this less than fortyycar-old city the
more one marvels. There are said to
be eight wonders in the world but
think | know there arc ninN-aud Chi
csGo the ninth. No one who has not
seen this city can realize its extraordi-
nary versatility. IL is a seaside resort,
Stupendous business city and has cnvi-
rons which rival those OF Paris 1 can
But stop There is one thing, and
that's an ideal race course You can't
reach the acme of her grandeur till she
has race course. and that one of the
finest in the world, better than Fleming
ton. Australia. where the Melbourne cup
is Fancy what event such
this would mean 10 the trades OF the
town Chicago would have thousands
be benefited greatly. They would have
TO go and dig UP all the antedelDvian !
horses and cabs. az there would not be |
enough motors and taXis 10 carry the
people,
Would Kick Like Blazes,
payer or stockholder in a store. I
would kick like bazes till 7 got my |
rights and could race horses or for tho |
matter of that dogs or any old thing
be In free country, J guess ] had
better ring of or perhaps The authorities
Of tho University OF Illinois may think
that racing and boxing fan is not a
proper person to address n mass meet
ing OF students. But only want Ia see
the spor, Of kings revived. and the good
old boxing game licensed on DECENT
I am all for limited betting. and would
Hike to sec the totolisator with AT least
10 per cent of the taking devoted 10 the /
poor Besides YOU arc going 10 kill \
horse breeding II YOU stop racing. and
II sou stop fighting YOU arc going TO XIII
the fighting spirit in your future soldiers
and sailors
Sorry Fight Was Stopped.
am sorry; in wsy. hui J think i
fight was stopped. hut this must not he
taken q criterion that BrJin AS
whole disapproves of prize rlghnE: II is
merely a Uattcr OF policy and is entrelyy
2 racial question. 1t * wonderful Ia
see how boxing has taken on In artictiv
France. Why. even the fair sex 20 To
see IL there. and are bigger fans behind
heir fans than the boxing fans arc
1ere. Anyway here's 10 American foot
,al the college game OF America. ed
, fine manly sport which even the KILL
sport has not dared 10 attack