Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-29
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Governor Nash Has Donned the
 Gloves For 8 Battle

GlOV0S fOr q 6dtClo
 He Has Ordered the State Attorney to Be His Second in the Contest-The Sale of Tickets for the Big Fight Be- gan Yesterday-Jeffries and Ruhiln Were Both Arrested Last Night on a Test Case-Bill for Fighting lntro- Columbus. O., Jan 29.-Action was | taken by Governor Nash yesterday .o 1 prevent the Jeffries Ruhlin fight III i Cincinnati February 15. In lettei to Attorney General Sheets, the gov ernor declares the fight would De disgrace to the state of Ohio, as well i as a violation of the law. hereby au- thorize and request you to take sucu steps and commence such actions al law. civil or criminal. as may be neces- sary to prevent this occurrence. ana i in so doing to use the name or the i state"
 A petition is being drawn up in this case which will be filed in the courts. The suit will be entitled HThe State ex rel the Attorney General. versus J.. | J. Jeffries, Gus Ruhlin. William \. Ho- bart. George Gusanberger. Leopold 1 Klyholte. Bernard Bettnann. George F. Dieterle. F. A. Lee. Fenton LAW scn, Rev R. A Fsslo1r an1 +h'-tv-'sra o'hnrs cs-Cciat~s n ne engagement Of 1 the Cinc'nnati Saengerfest company" :"
 While the case nominally Is brought by the attorney general. he will have associated with him in the case. in addition to Messrs Maxwell and Wald, Former United States Attorney Gen. eral Judson Harmon and John w. Warrington. The form of the suit will be q petition for an injunction against l the parties named. based on the claim l that they are about to perpetrate q public nuisance. It is on this claim of nuisance that it is hoped to avoid the question of whether the contest is a prize fight or a boxing contest
 The suit to enioin the fight will be | filed in the common pleas court of Hamilton county today. The petition. which is voluminous document. was completed late yesterday. The Saen- l gerfest Athletic Association company, the principals to the fight and their managers and the Cincinnati Zoologi- cal comDany. which owns the ground on which Saenperfest hall is situated, | will be made defendants.
 The petition will recte that the pro- posed boxing contest is public nui- sance. and against the peace and dig nttv of the state. Among the allega- tions that will be made in support of this claim is that the event would at tract large number of t'toughs" to Cincinnati. Attorney General Sheets Is confident that the injunction will be allowed but In the event of failure an appeal will be taken to the higher courts.
 Cincinnati. Jan 29-The attorneys who were in consultation with Govern or Nash and Attorney General Sheets in the state capitol yesterday returned here last night, but too late to file a petition for an injunction. The suit in the name of the state will be brought in one of the local courts to- day. but the attorneys and others who are opposing the Jeffries- -Ruhlin con- test will not indicate in what court they will ask for the restraining order. One of the local judges instructed the i grand jury recently to bring indict- l nents against the members of the | SaengerfeSt Athletic association, and the promoters of the fight believe they would be enioined if the injunction was asked for in his court. The dis positions of the different judges have been commented on and 1t is thought that there are judges who approved or the instructions to the grand iury. "hlle IT Is said that most of the judges here uld not approve of the action. At any rate. It Is believed that much de- p.nus on the judge before whom the petlion Tor an Injunction shnll be heard As the attorneys who will pre- sent the petition and represent inc ministers and all others opposing tha pr,Ie Eeht are aware of this. it Is con ceueo that they will go into the cour+ III "hlch they think they have the l,est chahce 10 secure an injunction. While ehe urlIt or local opinion is that tha neht will be decided here Febrrarv 10, yet the proceedings in Columhus z yesterday threw another obstacle in .he way or the promoters. There ia
 uucn leellng against those who ara ,ppposlns the light. It is said tnev oesnn proceedings in the name Of tha ,;a,e oil the day that the sale of hoth ., opened and on the day when uoln the hShters had compIetei] o11 or Taneements ., at their trainine o,,ontoIl. ..i Whetner these Instructions urIii @ ,e,,S > l ,enI the light they are succassr,,1p ,. making trouble and in ininrinr ui +h lll T enterprise It is believed the oth,atic nssoclation nsspmn, will reply to the petition pronpuy without asking time for nran.
 lauon' so that all doubt will be re. moved as soon as possible. It i, ,nousht that the legal proceedings win ge completed within two or three days
 me sale of seats for the contest was opened early yesterday morning, and l passed all exnectatfnnS Nf. o Ss.ooo worth of seats were disnosed of wlthln the first hour. Manager Cook iast night said that the sale for inc any was about s2UOoO. There were several anplications for s5 seats. but no seneral admission tickets will be sold until the day of the contest : No seats have been reserved on orders, nor Will there be until the local de Inhnd has been satisfied Manager Cook has received orders for tickets rom every state in the Union. He says thpro will ho rporo +;oo no oISc