New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
ACTING MAYOR STOPSBOUT
Prevents Fight Between kauf'
man and Lang.
HIRES ROOM NEAR CLUB
Mr. Mitchell Calls in Police and
Disappoints 5000 at Fair
mont Athletic Club.

Acting Mayor Mitchell paid 81 last night
for the use of room in a house across
from the Fafrrnont Athletic Club. at lo'Ch
street and Third avenue The Bronx. where
> fight was scheduled TO take place between
two hearvweights. '-Al" Kaufman and
Bill Lang. an Australian
Tnsnector Hussey learned of the acting
Mavor's presence, went TO the room, had d
4eIl with Mr Mitchell. and called the re-
serves of three stations The police per
rni-1ed no one to enter the club after that
and h,- notice coercion the fight was called
off although about three thousand persons
were in the clubhouse
Fn11,- six thousand persons gathered IN
the street. expecting TO see the fight Traf-
A. ton Third and Lincoln avenues was
blocked hy the thronG.
shortly before o'clock Acting Mayor
Mitchell and two other men went to a little
two story frame house across from the
Paramount Athletic Club. James Smith oc-
cupies the second floor of this house, and
Mr.. Mitchell approached him. Not reveal
ing his identity Mr.. Mitchell said he was
anxious TO watch the people going into the
club as he wanted 10 identify a certain
man When he asked Smith for permission
to sit in the front room for a couple OF
hours Smith reluctantly consented. He
seemed suspicious of the three men
Il don't expect tnis gratis said the act
ing Mayor, and gave Smith a dollar The
three occupied chairs that they could
look directly into the big doors Of the
club which is large two story building,
formerly occupied by the ]. l.. Mott Iron
Works
For weeks past the coming bout between
Kaufman and Lang has been the talk of
the sporting element. which has been look
3ng forward to the event with great e1pec-
tations. Tickets at first cost members"
s., but the demand was SO great that the
price advanced rapidly. and yesterday af-
fernoon ticket spectators along Broadway,
who had obtained tickets issued TO mem
bers." We're able to get $40 for them
In some manner Inspector Hussey. who Is
taking the place of Inspector Flood in The
f5ro1x district, lea rned of the presence of
Acting Mayor Mitchell. He hurried to the
house where Mr.. Mitchell was. There was
q short conference between Mr. Mitchell and
Inspector Hussey, at which the latter asked
the acting EIayor what course TO take
= few minutes later the reserves of the
Morrisania. the Alexander avenue and the
fremont stations were on the way to the
club.
manager, Billy Gibson, met in the club
house.
There will be no fight" said Hussey.
There will he a fight said Gibson. I'VE
haven't kept this fight quiet by any means,
and we don't intend TO have the police
IJtt in at the last minute The fight will
go on
BY this time the reserves were on hand
on Inspector Hussey's orders about twenty
of the policemen lined up in front OF the
hig doors of the club and permitted no one
70 enter With the club entrance blocked
hv the bluecoats and no one entering
there. 18th street was soon congested and
the crowd backed up into Third avenue.
In about ten minutes the throng was so
dense that the Third avenue and Lincoln
avenue cars could not move.
Move on the police kept shouting. but
the men in the crowd had turned out in
the expectation of seeing great fight, and
would not move on"
Mr Gibson. the manager, finally decided
TO call off the fight. and made the an
nourcement from the ringside- Although
there was no disorder from the men IN the
club there was a good deal of angry muir
1nuring as they filed out, and many COM
plants that il the police wanted to stop
the fight they should have let their de-
cision be known earlier