People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — Pngs In Their Glory. [ARTICLE]

Pngs In Their Glory.

The end of the oentury pugilist seems to be on velvet in the metropolis of this glorious country. Sporting men and all admirers of the manly art in New York are much pleased with Commissioner Roosevelt’s ideas on boxing. They regard it as the very best thing that could have happened for the sport. They say there never will be any brutality in a well regulated contest. But while Commissioner Roosevelt and Dr. Parkburst say they are in favor of boxing contests and regard them as a manly sport there are several ministers who are condemning the game in vigorous termß. In spite of the division of clerical opinion, however, pugilism will have a great run in Gotham. New olubs, formed to meet the requirements of the Horton law, are springing up all over town. — New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.