The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06
LEGAL LEADS and jABJ
INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS TO STOP
JEFFRIES-RUHLIN FIGHT
ARE REGUN
TRIAL WILL LAST MANY DAYS
Ol.1 Member Of the snengcrfest Ath-
Ietic Association, rOss-Exam2ned,
Showed Very Little KnovvI-
edge of Athletics.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 5.-Arguments and
testimony were heard today before Judge
HOLSTER, Of the common pleas court
on an application for an injunction
against tha JsffTies-Ruhlin prize fight in
this city, Feb 10.
There was first an attempt by the de-
Tense to dismiss all members of the Saen-
gerfcst board who are not members of
the athletic association. There are eleven
of the thirty-one included in this list
Attorney General Sheets, who represents
Gov. Nash and the state, protested ana
asked for temporary injunction against
the eleven who have not filed an answer.
The court decided that an injunction later
could go out to these eleven. After con-
siderable sparring among the attorneys it
was then decided that the case would
proceed on its merits for q permanent in
junction rather than for a temporary re-
straining order, but the defense reserved
the right OF appeal to higher courts.
Judging from the slow progress made to-
day ard the long list of witnesses, it
is believed that the hearing win not be
completed this week, and that the Geci-
sion of Judge HOLSTER may not be hal
until next week. After subm- tting the
contracts and other documents only four
witnesses were examined today, as fol-
lows:
Herman Witte an attorney. who was
the middleman between the pu9ilists and
the Saengerfest Athletic associat ton: f.
G. Cook, the personal representative Of
Manager William A. Brady; 1. N Miller,
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph company, and Fenton Lawson,
who is a director and secretary of both
the Saengerfest Musical association and
the Saengerfest Athletic association.
Mayor Flaischmann and other impor-
tant witnesses were on hand to testify
but they were not called owing to the
long examination Of Lawson.
The feature of the day was the ex-
animation Of Fenton Lawson. as IL in
dictates what the attorneys for the in
junction propose to do with all members
of the Saengerfest Athletic association.
They are all prominent business men, and
none of them are what are known as
athletes. although they .reorganized their
musical association into an athletic as
ISOLATION after Attorney White succeed
ed in his negotiations with Manager
Brady for Jeffries and Rubin to meet
here on Feb. IS Lawson was closely ex-
amined as to what he knew about music
and the manly art.
MUSIC AND MUSCLE.
He was an expert witness in the for
mer. and caused much laughter in his
replies to questions regarding boxing eX-
hibitions. He could not repeat any of the
rules of the Marquis Of Queensberry or
any of the theory and practice OF the
ring. All of the other members of the
Saengerfest Athletic association were
present and heard the ordeal through
which Mr.. Lawson passed, and it is I'M
derstOOd that they will all be called upon
to pass through a similar examination. AS
Mr.. Lawson is a leader in musical cir
cles he was questioned closely as to the
rates charged at operas, concerts and
theaters as compared to the ties the
Saengerfest Athletic assoCiat ton was get
ting for seats for the Jeffries-R Rubin per-
Torrance. Lawson was also closely
questioned regarding the repeated inter
views Of himself and his associates with
Mayer Fleischmann, who gave them a
permit for the contest and Lawson said
that the mayor did not think the gov
ernor would interfere. Lawson insisted
that the Saengerfest Athletic associat on
intended to proceed within the bounds
of the law, as their permit from Mayor
FleiSchmann was for a boxing contest
and not for a prize fight. The attorneys
for the injunction questioned him regard
ing all the fights that both JeffrieS and
Rubin had participated in, and then cali
ed special attention to the recent state
ment of Rubin that there would be a
new champion of the world on the MORN
ing Of Feb. 16 When asked whether the
worlds championship could be settled or
determined in a boxing contest that
would come within the provisions of the
Ohio statutes, the witness stated that he
DID not know anything about that line
of work. There is an unusually brilliant
array of attorneys on both sides, and the
witnesses, who are members for the most
part of the Saengerfest Athletic associa-
ton, are prominent business men, so that
the hearing brings out very many anus
ing incidents.
The attorneys today insisted to Mr.
Lawson that he was a very queer di-
Of OFT h.
knew nothing of the records of Rubin,
or Of men who had preceded Jeffries as
the holder of the belt. The promoters of
the fight tonight insist that they are
more confident than ever that the fight
would be pulled off here Jeffries never
let up on his training to attend the trial,
and Rubin resumed his training in the
afternoon.
The sale of tickets today was unusually
large, and all the prepare tons for the
event are going ahead the same as If
there was no opposition.