The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-07

ested as to who is going to win as
much as who will receive the greater
amount of money. The desire of both
to increase their finances leads to some
of the most debasing and fraudulent
81 frameups that could be sprung on
any civilized and law-abiding commun-
ity.
or boxing contests, whichever you wish
to call them, arranged in such man.
Der that the result is absolutely known
before the match is ever staged. Two
men, for instance, are matched to
fight; the one is colored and the other
white, The white man is advertised
as the white hope in the expectation
that he will redeem his race by de-
feating his colored opponent. Both
men agree upon a definite result of
the match. The managers of each get
together in similar way and decide
to make moving pictures of the fight.
Crooked Prize Fights.
They agree, however, if the colored
man should be proclaimed the victor
the pictures would be of infinitely less
value than if the white hope were to be
finally announced the winner. There
fore. the agreement is that the white
man shall win after the match has gone
a speclTied number of rounds or time.
The white man wins and the pictures
arc shown in almost every moving pie
ture theater in the world II the col.
ored man vans, however, contrary to
the agreement of the men and man.
ayers, AMI the pictures are legislated
against throughout the world-prohib-
tied in every moving picture theater in
the world
The men need not be of different
races to agree upon "frameup." Two
fighters cnn agree TO 90 a specified
number of rounds, and one will agree
to be knocked out. supposedly so, OF he
will agree to quit because of lack of
endurance or Il number of other meth.
DDS. with which the result of the match
could be agreed upon by the managers
Of the participants before the match is
ever staged.
These managers then proceed to place
their money in accordance with the
knowledge which they already have,
and seek a lot of ignorant persons for
the purpose of defrauding them out of
their money. AS I have heretofore
hintcd, these matches are not arranged
so much for the purpose Of deciding
tn better man, as they arc for frostlng
the sport-lovins public out Of their
money
So far as the brutality is concerned,
there is very little. in fact, there is less
brutality in connection with boxing
contests than with some of our most
popular American games. If an ath-
lete plays Il good game of basketball
or football, | say plays the game. he
will leave the game with infinitely
more bruises than in any boxing con
test in which he might care TO partici.
pate. Tho difference in the two kinds
Of bruises are that in football and has
ketbalI they are distributed All over
the body, while III boxing the bruises
and scars arc usually confined to HE
face. There hive of course been fatal.
ties in boxing. bat fair comparison
with any ono OF the American sports,
especially football. basketball hockey
and hunting: would satisfy most ri,
diculous curiosity on the part of the
persons who are wont To cr;ticisc box.
ing as 4 brutal game
1t is rot because professional prize
fights arc brutal that they ought to be
lcgIslated Iainst, but because they are
so often fraudulent.
There is however. a kind Of fight
which SHOULD he classified under pro.
fessional prize fighting. which is ex.
tremelN brutal and is usnaly given the
name of "bsttlc royal. - The usual
custom is to place "A number Of men in
the fighting ring. usually colored. aud
put mp money prize for the particular
ruffian who Is successful in knocking
out or putting out tho other men aud
staying in the ring the longest himself.
This type Of fighting ought to be
branded II slaught ering contest and by
no means boxing contest, These
matches ought To- he pro
bihited,
So far a. tho amal cur boxing matches
or Championships are concerned the
partic' pants never receive the gate re.
ceipts nor any pOItioD of them for
their services. They receive, il they
win, prlzcs which cannot be money, but