The evening world., 1912-08-29
Recent WiId.Eyed Attacks on
Boxing insulting to Thc"sands
Of Decent New Workers Who
Love The Sport.
Copyright 1912. by The Pre-. Pubi~hins Co
The New ynyk Wntid1

oopyrish, 1912. by The Pros Pubi~hins Co
THE New York World.
re II any wonder that thousands Of
men In New York City feel out
ragged because OF recent Incorporate
attacks made upon them7
Among those who follow the sport OF
boxing ! could name hundreds whom I
know personally. and the list would In
clude prominent men in every business
and profession. II Is an insult to these
men to refer to them as thugs. ras-
Gals. plckpockets. murderers. criminals.
brutes. biacklegs" and " eminently re-
spectacle men" In quotation marks
There IL no sport that like better
than boxing. and I assure you that In
spite Of this fact ! am a most mild
hammered and clean-lving man.
know magazine and newspaper own
- and editors. merchants. lawyers,
magistrates, responsible men connected
with corporations. college men by the
SCORE, graduates OF Yale, Harvard,
Princeton and other institutions where
honorable principles are inculcated. and
I see them often at the ring side.
To those who know what boxing Ia
under modern regulations II 10 a ridic-
vlous thing 10 speak OF the coming con-
test between Packey Mcfarland and Ad
Woagast a. q brutal prizefght" or q
degrading exhibition" II IL an offense
70 anyone who has ever met Packey
Mcfarland TO hear him referred to as
- thug!" Why. Packey 10 ~ clean
living. pleasant. honest and fair minded
youngstr az you'll fnd In any profess
sion. His boxing 10 delight to all who
look on. clean. fair. we'll studied and
entirely. lacking In elements Of brutality.
The notion that anyone who buys a
ticket for the Mcfarland Wolgast bout
Aoss 10 With the understanding that he
y TO have brutality and bloodshed in
exchange for his money" In an absurd
~. This will be . contest between a
master boxer and Q champion who has
always combined siiil with speed and
supreme physical force Both are wei!
trained men. When well trained. skill
full men meet In ten-round contests there
10 very seldom any trace OF ''bloOdshsd
and brutality
no you know that boxing furnishes
the finest example In the world
Of the benefits Of clean and
moral hvingf II you don't. 10 to some
good boxing show and learn.
II 10 impossible for any boxer to sue
coed In his profession and dissipate at
the same time. Boxing requires a clear
brain. perfect physique. steady nerves
and Q good eye. 1t requires courage and
self confidence. qualities that w only
with clean living.
Years ago 1t was customary for boxers
TO dissipHte. Their ring careers were
brilliant. perhaps, but short. To-day
boxers have learned that a long life IL
Tie ring does not 40 with self-!ndulg
Oncs. We have no John l.. sullivan,
and Young Corbetts among our cham
pions to-day Wine has no place In th'
training diet. John l.. learned that wher
1t was too late TO help him In his pro
fession.
-HE finest lecture on clean iivinl
that know is the 1.-THE. smooth
. musced boxer. with his goot
stomach and good nerves It's AN In
spirati0n to sit at the rlngside and wstci
tlN movements OF such u magnincen
specimsn Of man ms Packey McFar
lana
Imagine Q man with a fat paunch an
Q Whiskey breath sitting at the ring
side looking at Packey. Is II possibl
for such a man to avoid wishing tina
he had lived as clean a life as McFar
land, What would he give to exchang
his sodden, nerveless body for the clea
as.h and HOOD of a Mcfarland?
Rows zee boxing matches. They a.
hoxsrs An training They hear the tai
OF the training camps. They hear bo,
smohs or dis.inats i'm any wav An
,h.v ,aarn tha, N vou wani IN sxc., ~
h. real man Won must avoid dis.in'
lion
Witch .xh,h,,,on do you oons,a
.brutsii.ing and desrsdinr,. "a IN. av
Of Our boys. thai OF drunke, soaS,
UrscL NJ n man leaning ON a hsr ar
cl.ar-svss horsr ~, ot tho 10,