Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

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regards their family life, according as
| they have been brought up, strictly or
the reverse, they either break out in I'M
expected scandals most unsuitable to
whitened locks and pendulous figures or
place the innocent happiness of their
households under rigid grundyism.
| Formerly, before the introduction of
golf, these men have speedily run into
syncope or softening of the brain. Now
| these are precisely the kind of COM
plants which golf. in most cases, is
able to avert But the game is quite I'M
able to restore judgment nerve. sense
! of proportion. promptitude or the other
| business virtues. The net result. there
activity virtues which otherwise would
have been mercifully auenched in the
| ba til chair or in the tomb.
| The worst indictment. therefore,
against golf. according to this gentle
man. is that it keeps the young ous
! of their birthright and conserves. too
| much power still in the hands of old
men.
| Two countries have never witnessed
| in any sport than have England and
France within the last year in boxing.
| Nor has it been confined to one circle
of society. From the highest to the
lowest, from Mayfair to White Chapel
! in London, and from equally divergent
quarters in Paris, the interest has been
universal.
| In England there was an old story
| that the "scrapping'' season, so-called,
ended on the night of Darby day." but
the interest never slackened through
June and July. All the thoroughfares
approaching the Olympia were literally
! thronged with people on the night that
/ Bombardier Wells and Colin Bell had
! m nd
| phasized when Welsh met Richie for
the lightweight championship, and
| then July is. when two men, an Amer
| lean and Frenchman, Gunboat Smith
and Carpenter. battled. not for a cham
plonship, but to decide upon W hich was
1 the more likely man to meet Jack
johnson, the crowd grew in numbers.
| Furthermore, an interesting discussion
started in England to the wisdom of
permitting women to be present at
| these boxing contests. Perhaps the
| best test came the night of the Wells
| Bell contest, for that night two impor-
| tant meetings were scheduled, both to
go twenty rounds, and the first went
| the full route to draw, while the
| second was ended speedily in the sec
| ond round with knockout. More than
of the society class, were present. I'm
| fortunately for those who paint the
brutality of these contests. not a drop
| Of blood was spilled that night. and
furthermore the Knockout lacked any
thing like a sensational feature, for
Bell was only dazed, and twenty sec
| onds after the blow was struck he was
on his feet, in as good condition, ap-
parently. as ever; Opinion seems to
| to the presence of the feminine sex at
these contests. The best of the boxers
| themselves argue that 1t is permissible
| at these purely boxing contests, but that
| fights to a finish are not suitable eXhi-
|
time, the columns Of the newspapers
are full of pros and cons, and the in
| terest grows. Here are a few of the
opinions:
Capt. Douglass of the cricket team of
South Africa. who has the distinction
of being an ex-middleweight cham
pion. says: Certainly women should
go to boxing matches, If they care to-
| Lady Balfour says she would not go
herself. but would not pass an opinion
on any one else.
Lady Gerard does not approve of
women going to boxing matches. and
like to go and should not think many
other women would, but believes that
every woman has the right to do as she
likes In the matter.
! viscountess Maitland says that she
understands the rules governing box
ing are so stringent now that there is
nothing that woman could not wit
ness. but she doubts, after all. if 1t is a
Sight lot women.
Earl Brays dauhter, Lady Evelyn
Jones, believes it is a matter for in
ldiXidual opinion.
Rear Admiral Montague, one of the
most prominent members of the Ma
tional Sporting Club, says that in the
lpresent hysterical state of large ma
tority of the female sex in England
he is opposed to their admittance.
Lady Talbot Is against 1t and does
not think a boxing match is a suitable
spectacle for women to witness.
One of the interesting decisions OF
the royal and ancient rules of .goli
committee last year must have been
peculiarly exasperating to the player
who was condemned to lose the hole
1T seems these two players were play
Ing match and neither of them had
caddies. "A" put his drive straight
down the fairway and then put his
club inside his bag. which was stand
Zig against the sand box. His opponent
then played his tee shot and the ball
went wild. struck a portion of stone
wall and, bounding back. struck the
bag Of clubs leaning against the box
which belonged to the first player. The
lsecond player then proceeded to claim
the hole from the first player, under
rule Is. but the first player stoutly
maintained that the second player
was not entitled to this, as the clubs
were not in any way in what might be
} called the Zine of play" and as he
was without a caddy he had the right
committee promptly decided that the
second player was right and that the
first player lost the hole because the
opponent struck his bag Of clubs.
Copyright. otis ,. Wood. 1914,