The Washington times., 1902-09-19
LOUISVILLE JUDGE
ENJOINS BOXING MATCH
Petition to Stop MGovern-
Corbett Bout Granted.
APPEAL IS TAKEN AT ONCE
Case Will Come Up in Appellate Court
at Frankfort This Morning-Jurist
Holds That Contest Looks as If It
Were to Be Prizefght.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1S.-After hearing
argument for six hours. Judge Emmett
Field tonight granted an injunction to
prevent the boxing contest which had
been scheduled for Louisville next Mon
Gay night. The defendants in the case
Immediately served notice on counsel
for the plaintiff. the Commonwealth.
that they would appear before the APP
peliate judge, B. l.. Guffey, at Frank
fort, in the morning at IL o'clock. and
make application for the dissolution of
the injunction
Asked for Decision.
When the last argument was made by
Col. Bennett H. Young for the Com
me nwealth, Judge Field asked counsel
for both sides whether it was their de-
sire that he decide the case at once.
Both sides said they wanted the decis-
ion without delay, and Judge Field said:
challenged sharply to the matter was
by an opinion that was rendered by two
of the counsel for the defendants upon
the contract submitted to them, 1t
seems, for the purpose of determining
the legality of that contract. The opin-
ion decided it to be legal. That opin-
ion was delivered upon the face of the
contract.
A Legal Contract.
Subsequently, | saw the contract as
published in the papers, and l concurrel
with the gentlemen that the contract
was legal and did not infringe upon the
laws of Kentucky. The opinion to
which | allude wound up with warn
ing of caution to the effect that If the
terms of the contract itself were not
followed then the parties would be in
danger of a violation of the statute.
Subsequently / saw that the mayor
had pledged himself that if the fight
came off and If il degenerated from
boxing contest into prizefight he wou1
promptly Interfere and stop 1t. The
public might we'll have relied upon that
promise of the mayor. He would uIi-
questionably have done what he said
he would do in the statement he made.
Subsequently however, the Common
wealth put in operation the law. the
matter TO come before me, and the
statute makes it mandatory that ]
should act in the matter.
No Review of Evidence.
81 shall not attempt TO review the
evidence as l caught it from the coun-
sci on both sides in the discussion ex-
cept to this extent:
"It has appeared to me and seems to
me from the record that the contestants
in this matter are old antagonists, and
that the question of supremacy is yet
an open one between them, and that i'll
all probability they are looking forward
to this meeting as the decision of that
as between themselves. With
ort going further into the evidence.
am of the opinion that this is going 10
be prizefght and as snch it will be
my duty to grant the injunction asked
for"
Injunction Signed.
The injunction was signed by Judge
Field before he left the court room.
The attorneys for the fight promoters
will appear before Judge Guffev In
Frankfort tomorrow morning at III
o'clock They claim that Judge Fields
IS a judge OF chancery court and had
no jurisdiction in criminal proceeding.
They will make their appeal on that
ground.