Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1912 — Prize Fighting Under Dome of Capitol. [ARTICLE]

Prize Fighting Under Dome of Capitol.

Lafayette Journal. Attention is called to the tollowing paragraph from the sporting page of an Indianapolis newspaper: “'Fight bugs, who saw the mill between George Chip, of Newcastle, Pa., and Jack Dillon, at the Empire theatre, will have to hand it?tuthe twenty-one year old Hoosier champion, and it is a pretty safe bet that he is the best in that division. The bout was savagely fought, with Dillon the winner in every round. Chip is the toughest mug ever seen in thedocal ring, and this he demonstrated by taking one of the worst beatings ever handed any one in this neck of the woods.” This prizefight was held within four blocks of the Indiana state house where sits a governor who would be vice-president of the United States, and who, in the eventualities of human affairs, may be president. The east has an idea that Governor Marshall is a man of high ideals. He is the only Indiana governor to close his eyes to the flagrant violation of the anti-prize fighting law. During his administration prize fighting has flourished in favored sections of the state. Other, governors have believed it their duty to suppress the evil but Mr. Marshall has done nothing.