The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-14
He SAYS THEY GAN SPAR
MAYOR FLEISCHMANN. OF CINCIN-
NATI, WILL LET JEFFRIES
AND RUHLIN MEET
BUT CLUB IS sHAKY ABOUT IT
Sports OF the Ohio Metropolis Fear
That the Saengerfest Direct
Ors VIII Declare the
Match on.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 13-The agitation
over the Jefferies-Ruhlin fight here next
month continued today together with in
formal conferences. Mayor FleishmanE
left for New York to be gone week
and he left his uitimatum with Saenger-
fest Ath etc association. The mayor
said: As the matter presented itself to
me at the Friday meeting the application
for the permit was not for the purpose
of giving a sparring contest, but for the
purpose of getting out of giving spar
ring contest.
Il so told the gentlemen present at the
conference, and told them plainly. 1 also
called their attention to the fact well
known and understood by them that it
had been generally understood that the
permit was TO be issued at the proper
time for the contest, and l added that
1 stood just where 1 had stood at the
beginning, and that if they went on with
their arrangements. the permit would be
in their hands two days in advance and
it is we'll understood that this permit
will be for q sparring contestant moth
ing else.
1t is learned here that if Mayor Fleish-
mann had issued a permit in advance it
would have been estopped at Columbus,
If 1t had not been declared illegal in the
Cincinnati courts. The only question
here related to the fight among the agi-
Athletic club will declare it off.
Gus Rubin arrived here this afternoon
and up to midnight there was no effort
10 arrest him. He denies that he is n
training FOR a prize fight, and says he is
here for a weeks theatrical engagement
Billy Brady has been given full charge
of the Cincinnati fight The conditions
under which he will manage are as fol-
lows:
The Sangerfest company will receive 35
per cent of the gross receipts if the
amount is over $4,000.
The Sangerfest company will receive
30 per cent of all privilege moneys, such
as moving pictures, programmes, etc.
Manager Brady must pay out of the 70
or IS per cent, as the case may be, the
winning and losing portions of the COM
pensation to- be given to Jefferies and
Rubin
Manager Brady must pay $500 toward
the erection of a ring in the center of the
hall and boxes enough to seat 1000 peo-
pie.
Manager Brady must pay all employees
necessary to conduct the exhibition, and
such employees must be agreed upon by
both parties to the contract
Manager Brady must pay for the pre-
lim!nary bout, which is to go ten rounds
In the event of the hall being destroyed
by fire or other causes neither side is to
be held to. the contract.
In the event of interference by the al
thorities the Sangerfest company is TO
forfeit the $1,000 now in the hands of the
Atlas NatiL dal bank, and in the event of
either of the pugilists falling to carry out
his part of the contract he is to forfeit a
like sum.
Manager Brady is to pay the referees
fee.
Each party to the contract is to have
125 complimentary tickets for distribution,
but must pay the regular scale of prices
for any issued over this number
1t is stipulated that no policeman, de-
tective or other official shall be granted
admission unless he holds a pass