New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-02
PROBABLY NO GLOVE MATCH.
A THEATRICAL LICENSE NECESSARY.
MAYOR GRACE SAYS HE WILL NOT GIVE oNE-TALK
or AN INJUNCTION.

MAYOR GRACE SAYS HE WILL NOT GIVE oNE-TALK
OF AN INJUNCTION.
When Police Superintendent Murray read the
decision OF tie Court Of Appeals IN the case OF the Eden
Musee his attention attracted by the word choking
match In the following paragraph OF tho decision:
SS End and aSy SSs$ sa aTS
isnment i'm oiled that there yrre
rl,ea q public dia Cd and i
m ali its sTs Gra ssS a &c iucue ali Of
ps.o o ~ sae % are usnay S no0n ma
we sec goea FOR narrowing or restricting Its oo
Mr. Murray thought tho language OF the Court OF
Appeals ong enough to him in stopping
the advertised .psrrng match between Sullivan and
Mitchell at tne Polo Grounds and also the match he
tween Kiran and Ashton at tho old Metropolitan
Grounds, at Firstave ard One chundred
he consulted with Cooperation Counsel Lacombe on
wednesday, after talking the subject over with the
Police obrIsslensrs. Mr. Lacombe gayo verbal
opinion to the eject that the police could prevent spar
ring matches un the propretors OF tho grounds took
ort theatrical lcAusea
Before Mr.. ,iurray loft his office at Police Head
1aarters on Wednesday evening he instructed
Captains Hooker and Conlin inform tile managers
OF the Polo Grounds and the Metropolitan Grounds
that unless licenses obtained tho police
would not permit the advertised sparrng exhibitions to
went tT Police Headquarters yesterday morning and
wanted an explanation. When he got It ne said he could
to MORN the baeEer Of kirap and Ashton that the
match could not take place his grounds. Messrs.
Day and Diliinsnan also went 70 headquarters apd
tho Sq'a sS
mr aseomoS; opinion they appeared osi,,on to
The superintendent MT understood that they would
make nm application 10 Mayor Grace for theatrical
license for the Polo Grounds He said TO TRIBUNE re-
porter: hope that the decision OF the Court OF APP
peaIs VIII enable me to prevent such exhibitions as the
Mitchell Tne exhibitions are brutal and
;spd to degrade young meo; while they
been my intention to prevent any sinrgin.: between
viii ssy ss
nat Mayor lay Grace win give Lsarca license to
Of the MANAGER. q the grounds 70 have
police stop of liquor at the grounds. As
proceeding under decision Of the Cours Of Appeals
doubt II judge will grant an Injunction restraining
the police from interfering with the propoAed ex
Late in the afternoon the Police Commissioners re-
ceIved letter from Mayor Grace which left no doubt as
snt from the Mayors letter that he was ignorant q
action which Mr Murray nad already taken, as writ
The Mayor wrote:
attention has been drawn to the fact that on Monday
the a dsy O. 1 na % 30 casS so
Professional i pSssts wnich
or both these contestants participants IT is
%
Accodns ru%o both men have been in "a m
aud evident intention /. that one or the other
70 t"' os ps"sa sors Dc combat. upon ia'ih
% s sr
II. r T the
breach OF the not unlikely TO en.u cannot but re-
a~o u i"ih his state we seted pSesat.
Rmsiest nsfar Ills incumbent charged with The
duty Of e1ecatng the sw to ss sss asa M 50 "a law
accordingly taken to urnsh you with adequate author
prevent the meeting OF Sullivan and Mitchell as ar
ranged -
snfc emily bros 10 Include even entertainments
s sS a. s Tsn % s 'fa
a a. not ss se S duty y
pc .ach e1hI6ton have o,tained an opis
po-c light copy OF which enclose together with COPY OF
s an e1y Of % Ss fsefay p gPGR 81
70 oeay nGy o at nay not a cihisa Tue Ppo %
quest that VIII ale such steps 10 prevent tne proposed
sparrng match 10 you proper in the premises
Pat" sheedy had Just held consultation win Pres
dent J. b. Day, OF the Polo Grounds. when he visited
the sporting party composed OF John = Sullivan,
his trainer and or two admirers, at Billy Ben
net, Central Park Hotel last night All were IN sui
len mood sullivan wa. ne nost M Iop ne .os'ea ae
when he heard that his manager must get out
test with Mitchell. " don't mind about givn up de
rocks" saia ne. but hate ben played"
well never mind, Jonn," ssIi 5nscdy. DAY says
It's all right and you bet tho fight will come off rain or
shine"
When reporter showed sheedy Mayor Graces letter
he said Zen be all right inst tho same remember
two years ago Mayor Grace told mo that could not get
theatrical license Tor OF our shows II did not have
any music III IT,. -.
- What shall yOu do about this T.
shall SEQ my lawyer Peter Mitchell, at the hrst
opportunity in the morning aud SEQ about getting out
an njunc ton 10 have seen superintendent Mur
ray IN company with Mr.. Day anyway. Idont 500 how
they eau refuse injunction when we remember
Judge Barrett. decision or two years ago DO not
rdtats any nfraction OF the award we cer thy have
a erfcct right to z the Polo Grounds anu spar so
long as violate no statute
81, il. oh ayei ag
marty over the legal obstacle placed before him. He
says tho Naturalization match at Metropolitan Park
tomorrow will oome Oft surely An injunction will he
his tnal resort.