The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
Black and White Prize Fights
Are Good Things
They May Kill the LOCALIZED Brutality of Public Fights

They May Kill the LOCALIZED Brutality of Public Fights
Eichteen thousand MEN AND WOMEN watched Tiger
Flowers Negro prizegher from Georgia. take the world
niddisweight prizefghtng championship from white man
Harry Greb of Pittsburgh
You read that the white man fought windmill style but
his windmill effective against Tiger Flowers e.
was Don Quxote windmill against that chivarous champion
Tiger Flowers is souhpaw because his black left
hand Is more powerful his right He watched his enemy
carefully and cooy class black man fights with all his
wits about him. and unpleasany regular intervals he shot
that souhpaw between the spckes Of the Pittsburgh wind
mill damaging Mr. Greb and taking away his world champion
ship.
No white man above the rank of dependent viii
And no intelpent black man will find in the victory Of
Tiger Flowers anything while for his Tiger
es who present is the worlds champion weighs 1897
he got into the ring with an orangouang weighing fifty
pounds would be unconscious in minute dead in
other minute and the outang would pick him slowly
pieces and throw the fragments over the ropes.
black leopard weighing less than the gouang could
destroy cousin Of the human race and down the
There glory in brutality in the ability Of
inferior type to knock out superior type As the brain
conquer any man. but that oesnt make the mules thinking
end good the and it does not prevent the
Harvesting the mule to the pIOw.
achievement the victory Of Tiger Flowers over the
Mhs man Greb does not njue the white race help the
hatred r HARMS BOTH FACES a0one '0'l 2 stupid race
The lowest class Of the white viii hate the thought thai
powerful negro should beat white champion The more
ment and danger BY the black mans victory.
There good even in evil those that make fortune.
exploiting the weakness and brutality lOwrow prize
tight crowd continue the fights between blacks and whites
they may end legaed pzehts restore States that
permit them TO somewhat higher degree Of civilization
= would immediate loss money to stop the black
seats because THEY LOVE ag9 Prices f0r p1'h
n fight between black and white the brutality Is In
race hatred and jealousy
The world Of sport with hair nicely creased ov.r fora
ead. half an inch high looks forward 70 fight between
s Diack ana Wnite heavyweight champions Wills and Deu
Dempsey Wills fight also. - - "1'0 = 'nas
would mean million dollars of receipts at least and
IOAs na million for the promoters after PAVING The
fighters might several millions on the oTt.;S =;
O.sng profit for those knowing that the black man would
10y wan-Wnich ne would do unless the fight were
arranged otherwise The difficulty Of prizefirht nro
rs sa an0 q ses KTTs i this
Inpssy Vaiue That would be like killing goose Sic "a
g0laen eggs weighing thousand pounds or more An
goo weighing Thousand pounds would be worth onIv
aOont three hundred fftytwo thousand dollar y
can :. earn more than that in one fight 1e--p''s
@ down and to be- beaten Is Other Ssc
sss nao 70 90 Otherwise they woudnt have had
promoters would Ray az. 1 s fight would Be arranged
s @ ne down enough live on comfortably ever
could make safe for themselves on outside hs snO ana
NE are so many butts the negro might double cross''
Dempsey without meaning to- Men get ec;ted S @
ana even in modern crooked przefighting You cant
conscious. ~ A "nen no I'M
>. Inc PROBABILITY Is that Dempsey Wills will not fiOht
they do fight that fight may be one Of the last
by law. - ~ " "e i"Ss @u1nOrlzeo
1neTe ng money in przefghting otherwise it wouldn
nave been legaized in violation Of decency in State that
maze assault and battery crime Przeghting so profit
tnaI y easy to those concerned from the top down
20 tns bottom TO stop przefighng would seem to be as
task as to stop the violation Of the Constitution
involved in the racetrack betting ring
However some Of the newspapers and some of thu or
snd some feeling Of public decency might combine and
sne cacK ana wnite pr1zefghters and their managers
r1zegnt promoters want to question their hast
plan Is 10 continue the black and white prize fights
The Income Tow