The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-10
THEY MUST
NOT FIGHT
Police Prohibit the
Fox-AgneW
Contest.

There VII be no boxing exhibition this
evening. A notice to this effect was sent
yesterday to the directors of the Oahu
Athletic Association by High Sheriff
Brown.
Some time ago the association applied
to the High Sheriff for a permit to con-
duct a friendly sparrlng exhibition be-
tween Jimmy Fox and Lon Agnew. The
permit was granted, with the Under
standing that no charge should be made
for admission. and that only bona fide
members of the club should witness the
| bout.
The club went ahead with arrange
ments and tonight was fixed for the
show To fill in the evening, several pre-
liminary four-round goes Were arranged
between local knights of the stuffed mits.
Meanwhile, the prospective opponents
trained assiduously and the local sports
wagered quarters and half dollars free
| ly On the outcome.
All would have been well had not the
club been a little too jealous in the mat
ter of profits. Five hundred tickets We're
printed, and advertised to be sold at
membership rates VI PG.OV SdCli. AHO1Aib-
naIly, these tickets were certificates of
membership in the Oahu Athletic Associ-
alton
The High Sheriff heard of this inglori-
Gus scheme to circumvent the mo gate
money" understanding, and sent several
men to the headquarters of the club to
purchase tickets. This they had no diff
Guilty whatever in doing, in fact, in at
least one case, the name of the purchas-
rive hmm lTaH
tickets at $3.50 each would have Melted
the schemers a snug sum for the promo
ton of two or three four-rouni bouts
between boxers who have more or less
outlived their sphere of usefulness in the
roped arena.
The last nail was driven in The coffin
when Fox and Agnew met near the post
Office yesterday and engaged in a dis
graceful street brawl. Accounts of the
origin of the ARRAY differ, but the pugil-
lists are said to have met to discuss the
question of a referee. One of them then
called the other foul name, whereupon
| the man with a grievance promptly
knocked the other down.
This incident, and that of the bogus
certificates of membership, forced the
High Sheriff to rescind the permit.
Fox was formerly the ex-champion
amateur lightweight boxer of the Pacific
SOSlFSI' ne HAS Deen III honolulu some
time. Had the fight come of, he would
have entered the ring weighing about 1876
pounds.
Lon Agnew was once considered a fair
ly good lightweight boxer. He won sew
eral fights in San Francisco He is now
a middlewe!ght, weighing nearly $50
pounds. For several months past he has
been employed as a special officer on the
local police force.
Both men have freely announced their
intention of knocking their opponents
head off when they met in the ring. This
in High Sheriff Browns opinion, cousti-
tuted premeditated contention as prohib-
tied by Section S12, Chapter 80, of the
Penal Laws of 1897 which reads:
AN ARRAY is the fighting of two or
more persons in a public place, and in
cludes any prize fight or other premedi-
tated contention, where no weapons are
used. Whoever takes part in, encourages
or promotes an ARRAY, or is wilfully
present as spectator at any prize fight
or other premeditated contention. shall
be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars or by Imprisonment at
hard labor not more than six months I"