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COMPARESPugilism With FootballJohn L. Sullivin, Who Wants to Appear Here, Writes an Interesting Letter.John L. Sullivan, the veteran pugilist, it still urging Seorstary W. F. Brodrtok to engage him as a free attraction at Union county’s big fair, next month. The great fighter is now at Ashtabula, Ohio, where he is giving exhibitions at the Ashtabulacounty fair. , 1In his last letter Sullivan speaks at length upon the merits of boxing, and iudulges in a little comparison between pugilism and football, He says:“Boxing today has a much greater hold upon the minds of the American people than it bad when my fame was at its zenith. This is due to the fact that the colleges have taken it up anti introduced it as a part of their curriculum. There is noshadow of a doubt that it is a much cleaner and better sport than football, and in ten years the great universities of the country will recognize it as such, in fact they are doing so now.“In the last ysar there were twenty-six persons in this country killed by football. Thia is more peo-pie than have met death m the prize ring since It was inaugurated, in 1701. People are awakening to the fact that it is better to protect themselves with nature's weapons, which God gave them, than it is to rssort to guns and knives. If men knew how to use their fists bettsr, and thsir guns less, ths popnlntion of our penitentiaries would b# dscrsassd by half,’Seorstary Brodrick thinks well of Sullivan’s offer, and he will probably be seoured as a special attractlou for the fair.
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Marysville Evening Tribune
Marysville, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 22, 1906
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