The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-11
SPORTS
PugiIiSm.
BIG FIGHT not DECLARED OFF
DIRECTORS OF SAENGERFEsT
CLUB DENY REPORT.
Mayor Says He viii Issue Permit
Corporation Counsel Says the
Mayor Has No Power to Issue One

Cincinnati. Jan 10.-The Jeffries- Rubin
fight on Feb Is has not been declared OF
by the Saengerfest Athletic association Of
Cincinnati. notwithstanding reports to-
day to the contrary. But more forrnida bic
opposition than ever heretofore develop
ed today against having the fight pulled
off in Cincinnati.
The following statement which is said to
nave been prepared by legal counsel and
unanimously adopted By directors was
sent out:
After a session with their counsel the
board OF directors have not changed their
position one bit, and any announcement
thoIized
Contracts have been let for remodeling
oaengerteSt nall and WOTkmen are now
busy at that place. The Saengerfest dub
has an old debt of $500 and In addition
TO the $3.50 forfeit contracts for over
S5W3 IN remodeilng the hsll. etc. and it
Is claimed that they viii be involved Tor
about Ss0.o0J unless the fight is pulled on
w hen 1t was first proposed to have this
contest mere for the benefit OF the old
Saengerfest board Mayor Fiefscnmann
promised that ne would issue a license or
a permit for the fight. He still insists
NIT has not Yet been issued. Meanwhile
his corporation counsel rendered an Opin-
ION that the permit could not be legally
issued. and Judge Davis instructed the
grand jury to consider the matter These
proceedings gave rise TO the report that
the fight would be declared OF
Corporation Counsel Ellis hell that the
contract would be Illegal and that the
mayor therefore would have no power to
issue Permit. II was held that action in
the matter far shows that the event
~oJiu re a prize tight. not merely spar
ring match. and therefore a felony under
the Ohio statute-that even If il was q
soaring exhibition as provided for by
the laws of Ohio. the Saengerfest Ath-
let1c club would not come under the in
tentiOu of the Ohio statutes and that the
legal tOrmallty in organizing the corpora
ton known as the SaeugeTfest Athletic
association was one for profit. having not
been in compliance with tho laws of the
state FOR gymnasiums. athletic clubs. etc.
The present SaengeTfCst Athletic aSSO-
citation of Cincinnati was INCORPORATED
after the articles were signed between
JeffrieS and Rubin. and il is claimed that
1t VIII dissolve. after Fec. - The opinion
OF the corporation counsel and the action
Of Judge David. together with the per
SlStent reports today that the fight will
be declared of, have greatly stimulated
the efforts of the ministerial associations
the women clubs and all other oTganiza-
tons here that have been opposing the
fight. The evangelical alliance even went
so far as to call a special meeting for a
praise service next Monday on the as
of by that time. This meeting. however
was called before the directors met at 4
p. m. today. While the directors of the
SaCngerfeSt Athletic association and their
many friends arc more determined tonight
than ever that the fight shah he pulled
viii be made to every possible legal OBJ
StTECtiOn and to every other opposition
that can be made against having the fight
here next month