The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-16
NO FIGHT IN OHIO
JUDGE HoLLIsTER's DECISION FAR
REACHING.
THE CONTEST DECLARED OFF.
GOVERNOR MAV ALSO sTOP SPAR
RING EXHIBITIONS.

Brady Offers to Conduct an Enter
taanment for the benefit of the
snengerfest Association and the
0ner is Acceptcd-The $4,000 For-
felt Paid and the Association "a
Heavy Loser In other ways san
Francisco and Other Places MAX
Ing Offers for the Fight
Cincinnati, Feb. 15-The Jeffries-RuhHn
contest, scheduled for tonight was de-
clared off judicially yesterday and Of
ficially to-day. Mayor Fleischmann's per-
init expired at midnight and it's renewal
is not expected be- anyone. Judge Hollis
ter to-day indorsed the entry Of the de-
cree forbldding the contest 1t enjoins
the Saengerfest Athletic Club from ac-
cepting hereafter from the Mayor in the
future permit for a sparring match. a
glove contest or a prize fight The entry
applies to all such events in Hamilton
county and elsewhere In Ohio. Jeffries
appears at the home OF Gov. Nash in
columbus tomorrow night and Rubin
at Marietta, O.
Word reached the pugllists to-day that
the Governor not only tended to stop box
ing contests in Ohio. but also to investi-
gate these sparring exhibitions. About
100000 had been taken In ON the sale Of
tickets, and this will be refunded. The
NO'oOO OF forfeit was this afternoon turned
over to Brady and Madden.
Manager Brady tonight issued a state
ment in behalf Of both sides thanking
the saengerfests Association for its manly
treatment of them
We are sorry" it says, that we were
not allowed to carry out the provisions
OF our contract, thus enabling these gen
tlemen 10 reduce the deficit caused hv
thflr desire TO do public good and fur
ther. II It had been possible to have PROV
en- 10 The fair-mnded public Of this city
that boxing contest between trained
athletes like Jeffries and Rubin was not
What 1t has been pictured-a brutal. de-
grading affair, but rather q clean. scien
tihc exhibition of art that is not detri-
mental TO the morals nor the good stand
Ing OF any city where they may be per-
mitted. In acknowledgment of my graft
tude to the Saengerfest directors | take
pleasure in offering TO conduct an enter
talnment for the purpose of reducing their
debt any time next week, and Mr.. JET
fries and myself viii take pleasure in pay
ing 500 for a gallery ticket for said per-
formance Mr.. Jeffries and his company
I'm their play viii gladly appear as part
of a monster performance that / shall
Immediately start to arrange.
"William A. Brady"
Tonight the Saengerfest Athletic Asso-
citation formally accepted this proposi-
ton.
George Moser, Eastern representative II
the San Francisco Athletic Cub to-day
photographed Brady an offer FOR the Jeffrics
Rubin fight. claiming that the men coull
fight under the same conditions that were
to govern the contest IN Cincinnati. There
were other propositions, but both man
ayers denied the acceptance of any OF
them.
Manager Brady said that hereafter he
would require a legal as well as a finau-
cial guarantee.
Counsel for the defendants in the in
junction case say they will appeal it so as
to get decision from the court Of last
resort on legal points