CRUSADE AGAINST FOOTBALL.
The crusade in America against football, which is described as " the most deadly sport known," to which "bull-fighting is gentle in comparison," seems to be growing. A list has just.been drawn up of the casualties recorded during a period of ** >ur months, and the "butcher's bill" ...;ix«s* wlgfafe—krllpj, noTrfPT-togp in j urea* for - lifo, 120 seriously hurt, and SSG injured. In Georgia a State law has been passed prohibiting the game, while other States are seriously considering the advisability of doing likewise. Even Mr James Corbett, once the supreme glory of the prize ring, is against the sport, on the ground of its danger and brutality.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6137, 25 March 1898, Page 3
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