The San Francisco call., 1896-06-11
TRUMAN AND OLLIE OBJECT
Say the Contest VIII Be Stopped
If 1t Is Against the
Law

The Civic Federation will take a hand
in the coming fight between Corbett and
Sharkey. 1t will not be in the purchase
of tickets to witness the contest, but on
the contrary, to invoke the strong arm of
the law to stop it.
These are the calculations in the minds
of some of the officers as expressed by l.
J. Truman, the president of that body,
and George T. Gaden, the acting secretary.
A call will be issued for a meeting of
the members of the Civic Federation for
some evening this week, at which the
question will be fully discussed as to the
proper course to be pursued to have the
aut critics step in and prevent the ex-
hibition if it can be done.
In an interview with Mr.. Truman last
night by CALL representative that gentle
man expressed himself as follows:
Yes; the Civic Federation will meet
some evenin this week and consult upon
the prope course to take to stop this in
decent slogging-mind say 'slogging,
advi dIy, because it will be nothing else.
do you mean to tell me that people are
willing to pay 81 80 to witness an exhibit
ton of what they call scienceP
do not think so. This exhibition is to be,
pure and simple, brutal slogging for a
money consideration, and as such we will,
if we can, put stop to the so-called
scientific exhibition.
81 am more than astonished at Acting
Mayor Taylor" he said, TN signing the
permit. l certainly expected better from
him. He has made good, console ntious
Supervisor, and now when the power was
given him to show his disapproval of this
exhibition he does not do it.
Even assuming that it is to be match
of SCIENCE" Mr.. Truman continued, "do
YOU think that the youth of this City are
helped by seeing such an exhibition?
Have we not enough real exhibitions in
the blood-letting line every day in the
year without giving our boys new points
as to the best method of blackening a
nighbor's eyes and punching noses?
"The State Legislature has prohibited
this very thing. Well, we will see about
it before we get through" he continued.
The same sentiments are entertained by
George T. Gaden and Stewart Menzies.
Rev. Dr. Ebert r. Ollie, pastor of the
Central Methodist Church, says he does
not intend to appeal to Governor Budd or
ask that the State militia be called out to
stop the boxers, but he does say that it
appears to him to be an. infraction of the
law and that they will stop it if it is un-
lawful. He was seen last evening after the
weekly prayer meeting in his church was
over. He said:
''It seems to me that the fight of Corbett
and Sharkey is not only against the ordi-
nance but violation of the State law, as
it is a brutal contest. My attention was
first called to it to-day. l never have
heard of Sharkey before, but when l see a
newspaper with picture of Corbett in it
always throw it down. We, but l speak
individually only, for l have not seen Mr..
Truman, expect to put stop to this
fight if it is violation OF law, and whether
it is or whether it is not it ought to be
stopped anyway"
MANY prominent citizens are seen at
sparring contests" said The CALL repre-
sentative.
$50 much the worse; 80 much the
worse" repeated Rev. DR.. Ollie. "It low
ers the moral standard"
Manager Groom of the National Ath-
letic Club, before which the contest will
take place, said last evening:
This is not finish fight and not con-
trary to law. It is an exhibition. Corbett
is here now for the last time, or at least
for a number of years, and the people want
to see him. The contest will be entirely
within the pale of the law. 1t is no prize
fight. The police will see that we keep
within the law.
Though the tickets for this event." he
said, "will not be on sale till next Monday,
we already have applications for seats
from bankers, attorneys, leading mer-
chants and other prominent people. These
gentlemen would not support violation
of the law.
''If DIR. Ollie has never attended one of
these exhibitions / would like to have him
come and see what they are like. | would
like to have him and a committee of the
Civic Federation attend, and we will give
them the best box in the house." con-
cluded Manager Groom.