El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-02


not mean to drop their fight upon
l. the WilIard-Johnson fight in Jua-
rez. is evidenced by the "follow-up"
campaign they have started on the
heels of their published denunciatiOn
yesterday of the proposed fight Today
the ministers supplied The Herald with
a number of Interviews by FL Paso ciu-
zens reciting their opposition to the
fight. A number of citizens also mailed
their objections to The Herald direct.
Altogether, quite an array of declara-
lions in line with those of the minis
ters have reached The Herald Some
of them are given below:
Endorses Protest.
L. A. Dale: a. Of course, endorse
the stand taken by the churches in
thir protest against the prize fight and
its attendant evils"
DamnnbIe Influence.
Edwin c. Kuickmeyer: THE pro-
posed JohnsOn-Willard fight, with its
resultant debasing and demoralizing
effect upon the manhood and woman
hood of our community, not only gives
Ell PasO the most undesirable publicity,
but, what is far worse, it also adds
another damnable influence for evil to
the list of those which the forces for
good in this city already have to con-
tend with. Every citizen of Ell PasO
who has any manhood in him, and who
Of protest against the proposed out
rage"
"BIOt on FL PnsO.7
w c. Denton: THE Johnson Willard
fight will be a blot on the good name
of Ell Paso."
detrimental Advertising"
John W. Cathcart NJ. D.. In my
opinion, reputation as a rendezvous
for outlawed sports will be detrimental
in the final analysis"
''EI PasO's Reputation at Stake
G. II. Ashton. The fact that fight
promoters have the greatest difficulty
in gaining the consent of any COM
munity in any part Of the country to al
low the privilege of pulling off
bout in their midst should suggest to
the people of FL Paso that their, reputa-
ton is at stake just now"
''BrinKs Nothing but Ill"
NJ D. Roberts: Through the columns
of The Herald I wish to make my position
on the proposed prize fight between John
son and Willard known to the public.
l feel nothing but i'll to our city, and
especially to the morals of our young
men, can follow such a brutal affair. I
make this statement because the out
side world looks upon this proposed
fight as an Fl PasO affair Our fair
city should not be made to bear such
reproach.
"a DemOraIIzinC Effect"
RObt Lander: The large amount
the Johnson Willard fight will not be-
gin to compensate for the demOralizing
effect it will have upon FL PasO and
unwholesOme advertising which our
fair city will receive"
"Disgrnce to Community"
J. A. Morriss: Through the columns
. of The Herald I desire to express my
self in regard to the proposed Willard
Johnson prize fight. which is to be
staged just across the river I consider
this proposed fight a disgrace to our
community. ] know of nothing more
demoralizing and murtful to the morals
of our young men This proposed fight
just outside FL Paso is considered an
Ell PasO affair, and FL Paso must bear
the reprOach unless her citizens speak
out in no uncertain tones against this
disgraceful thing"
DEPARTMENTAL to MoraIs.-
". L Foxworth: Il am sure that
the influence of the crowd brought TO
El Paso by the JOhnsOn-Wnlard fight
will be detrimental to the morals of the
young men Of the city"
.eWiu Bring Worst Element
Samuel O. Welday: The Johnson
Willard fight will bring to our fair city
the worst element of the country
In No Sense n Sport.
r. Z. Crawford. My opinion of the
sOcalled sport of pugilism accords with
public opinion expressed in the statutes
Of a majority of the states of the union
which condemns il either as a mis-
demeanor or as a felony. In no true
sense is it a sport It exists only be-
Cause it afforIs money making oppOr-
tunities to is promoters and is at
tractive mainly because it offers op-
pOrtunity for gambling. The proposed
fight at Juarez is a proof of the vile
ness of the game. In order to con-
summate it-a worlds championship
cOntest-it is necessary to employ as a
principal factor, a low criminal who
cannot enter the boundaries of the
United States without arrest. d fugitive
from justice, charged with a violation
of the white slave act, a negro whose
victim was a white woman And to
obtain his participation in the fight
$4,000 or $4,000 will I've put into the
irresponsible hands of this black brute
to enable him to continue his career
of crime"
Detrimental to City,
". H. Elliott; Responding to the
appeal of the ministers published in
The Herald, I wish to say that [ re-
gard the proposed prize tight as detri-
mental to the city from every stand
point"
''NIenace to Morals"
G. NJ. Knox: Il wish that every man,