The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08


in New York, VIII Be FavOrabIy
Reported to the Assembly by the
Committee on COdes-Fight on the
Boxing Law Is Growing So Strong
That It's Friends Are Alarmed.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb by a vote Of
8 to 8 the assembly committee on codes
decided to report favoraby the bill of
Morton E. Lewis, which provides for the
entire repeal of the so-called Horton law.
The bill is amended so as to make it take
effect Sept. l, 1890.
OPPOSITION IS STRONG.
NEW YORK, Feb THE opposition to
the Horton law is becoming so general
and is showing so much unexpected
strength its defenders are becoming
alarmed, and are using every effort to
hold their forces at Albany together.
The latest move against the law was
made when the City Vigilance league be-
gan the circulation of petition for the
repeaf of the Horton law and the class
of prize fighting legalized by the local
police Interpretation of it In the petit
ton. which has been sent to every clergy
man in the state with letter asking him
to secure signatures, the league says:
1.-The local authorities of the city Of
New York, and we believe of other places
within the state, have permitted, under
the Horton amendment to section 458 of
the penal code, the most brutal exhibit
lions of prize fighting to take place in the
presence of persons who have paid large
sums for the privilege of attending such
exhibitions, and we respectfully ask Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, governor of the
state, and the honorable members Of the
senate and assembly, to cooperate in Sc
curing the repeal OF the law"
The petition concludes with list of
eighteen fights, including the Jeffries-
FitZsimmons, the Jeffries- Sharkey, and
the McCoy-Maher contests.
There was another attack on the law
made Sunday night at Dr. Broughton's
meeting at the Academy of Music, Brook
lyn. At this meeting there were 5000
citizens present. The Horton law was
denounced in unmeasured terms, and a
strong set of resolutions calling for the
repeal of the law was unanimously
adopted.
Another source of alarm to the sup
porters of the law is the strong opposi-
ton that is being shown in political cir
cles to the new manager Of the Broad
way Athletic club. This opposition is
not among the rank and file, but it will
count most-with the leaders A sporting
politician, in speaking of this today said:
THE new manager is unpopular, and
unless the Sullivans drop him they will
find they will have more to fight than the
Republicans of their district l. for one
will not turn hair to help send him to
fbp assembly
who feef just as L do about the matter"
The four deaths that have occurred
under the Horton law and the innumer-
able fakes that 1t has permitted are bear
Ing fruit. Today all the best elements Of
the state are arrayed against the law.
When the Lewis bill repeating the Hor-
ton law is introduced unless there is an
overwhelming change in sentiment among
the legislators, it will probably be passed
by an Overwhelming majority
AN AWFUL BLUFF.
George F. COnsidine and w. A. Brady
met at the latters office in the Man.
haitian Theater building and opened bids
for the CorbettJeffries fight which is
TO come off somewhere on March IS. They
tailed to agree and another meeting will
be held on Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. 1t seems Brady Is interested
In the National Athletic Club of San
Francisco, which offered first 70 and then
70 per cent Of the gross receipts for the
light, and Considine is manager of the
broadway Athletic club and q business
runningmate of the man who controls
the Seaside Athletic Club of New York.
both of which offered 60 per cent of the
gross receipts These two fight mag
mates formerly dipped their chopsticks
into the same rice BOWL but now the
whole continent separates them
Brady was frozen out of the old Coney
Island now the Seaside) club and Con-
sidine believes he is trying to get even
by taking the big battle to Frisco The
latter stamped around and talked much
today, but not once did he become so
angry as to cause onlookers to suspect
him of being earnest.
The Horton law Is on the high road to
destruction, according to well-nformed
sporting men, and the San Francisco
move is regarded by them as a shrewd
play on the part of Brady 'I'll show
him how to play horse with me-" said
Brady afterWard
THAT fight will go to San Francisco. or
I'll know why"
Considne made the following state
ment at the conclusion of the brief but
lively interview: II have learned from
reliable source that Brady is interest
ed in the San Francisco bids. AS Cor
belts manager 1 am opposed to my man
fighting In that city. The contest should
be held in this vicinity. If Jeffries is
sincere in his desire to fight Corbett I
don't see why he won't fight him here"
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