p. 16 | A Brutal Affair

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 14, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 11.

A Brutal Affair

A Brutal Affair.—On Friday night, March 2, another death resulted from a prize fight in San Francisco, the second within a few months. Still the brutal sport will go on, as one promoter remarked, “The people want prize fights, and will have them.” The same thing has been seen in the brutality of much of the football played in the past few years. In fact, football has been worse than pugilism. Both pre-eminently show the inherent brutality and carnality of man, for which professed Christians are often found apologists. It is said that the victor in the prize fight referred to above visited his dying victim, and left with the prayer, “God rest his soul.” What a travesty! It is medieval paganism.