Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20
y.,tucky Courts Decide That Bout
Would Be Prize Fight
rHE CLUB LOSES HEAVILY
Was No Attempt 90 Get inc
Fighters on For nix
Round Contest

,.rtfort KY, Sept 1s,-The IN
I'm granted yesterday by Judge
.,, yield Of the Jefferson circuit
a a restraining the Southern Atm
VV1'' ,,,h and others from pulling OH
i," ,,ocovern- Corbett contest for the
Overweight championship OF the
Ia al Louisville on Monday evening
,ov, WAS sustained by Associate Judge
James D. White in the court of appeals
.SIs evening and the contest viii not be
so,din Kentucky. Judge White invited
,ho mil bench Of the state court to slt
Vim MIN and hear the case, which all
wv, D one member did, and the decision
y one of the court, though the motion
20 dissolve the injunction was made
More n single member of II.
majority Of the court expressed me
onInlon that the glove contest, which
NAV eniolned In the lower court is
rIze fight and II is immaterial wheth-
!. tha Nurse was TO be evenly divided.
Tbe elk members Of the court sitting
tiylAsd evenly on the most important
i'gaI ouestlon raised in the case, mat
cfwbetber the chancellor had power by
mrisdletlon 10 restrain the commission
Of criminal act. -, >.
The opinion of the court Is brief. IN
full Il reads ,, .oo.a
n. annlicatlon to dissolve the injunc-
Hon Of Judge Field are of opinion mat
me contest which has been enjoined u
4 prIze fight, and that 1t Is not material
rbether the victor IN the contest is 10
receive more OF the reward offered than
the yanQulshed A,
eThe court Is divided equally on the
onestlon whether the chancellor has
preventive power to restrain the mold
ng Of such contest. Chief Justice
GuNey and Judges White and BuInam
bolding the negative and Judges Druell,
pobson and Orear holding the affirma-
dye. The motion to dissolve is there
fore denied
The decision is, so lawyers say, so FAR
reaching that 1t will prevent al box
inc contests in Kentucky In the future.
Robert G. Gray, manager OF the
Southern club, tonight declared the ~
round contest between Terry McGoyern
and Young Corbett, scheduled for next
Monday night. off, so far as his club
was concerned Mr. Gray announced
that the 100000 worth OF tickets which
have been sold for the bout will be re-
deemed al any bank.
The Southern Athletic club Is out
about $1,000, including the forfeit Of
1880 put up TO insure the bringing Off
Of the contest Although the Frankfort
decision Is conceded to be a Knockout
blow for boxing contests in Kentucky.
there Is some belief In Louisville that
the fight will be held Monday night.
Todays Injunction was against the
Southern Athletic club and Mr.. Gray,
and the latter announced tonight that
his tlb had severed all connection with
the event and submitted TO the courts
decree. This Of course leaves the field
open for some other promoter to take
up the contest as neither pugilist was
enioined by today's decision nor was a
ban placed upon boxing contests in
Louisville.
At midnight It was announced that
the feht was off absolutely and UNI
condltionally, An attempt was made
to have the two men appear in a six
round bout nj one Of the theaters, but
this was objected TO by McGovern's
manager, and, after a conference OF
several hours duration between sew
eral sporting men, the idea Of having
he two men appear was given up.