The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
MILWAUKEE men SEEK PLACES
Attorney General I-as Already Been
Asked to Construe Provisions of Law
in Regard to Sale of Liquor in Build
ings-May Close Big Halls to Fights.

Gov. McGovern will probably not an
nounce his appointments for the new
boxing commission before next week.
At the Office of the governor it is claim
ed absolutely no selections have yet
been made for the appointees on the
commission and that the governor will
not take the matter up at all for some
days to come. Despite these claims,
however, there seems to be good deal
Of belief among people who are pretty
well posted on the situation that the
members Of the commission will be
Walter Liginger and DR.. Frew of Mil
waukee, and William Hart Of Eau
Claire.
Of these selections, there is a posi-
bility that DR.. F'rew may not be on
the commission because he does not
care for a place thereon. It was an
nounced positively last week that DR..
Frew would not take a place on the
commission, and it is said that he dis
couraged friends who were pressing
his name with the governor. EARLY
this week, however, there were re
newed efforts in behalf of the appoint
ment Of DR.. Frew, and the men who
have seen the governor on the sub
ject have told him they have reason
to believe DIR. FreW would now be will
ing to go on the commission if the APP
pointment was rendered him.
The support for William Hart all
comes from northern Wisconsin, and
great deal Of the work has been done
on behalf of Mr.. Hart by people who
were interested in his candidacy. Mr..
Hart is said to be well known Eau
Claire man who has shown himself in
favor of clean athletics.
Friends Of the boxing sport are very
anxious that the commission be organ
lied as soon as possible so that boxing
matches can be held under its auspices.
One of the questions which will be
put up to the attorney general as soon
as the commission begins it's work will
be as to what the clause in the bill pro-
viding that the boxing matches cannot
be held where liquor is sold means. The
attorney general will be asked to say
whether the clause means that the box
ing matches cannot be held in any
building having saloon license, even
if liquor is not sold during the exhibi-
ton, or whether it merely means that
the boxing matches cannot be held
where liquor is sold at any time.
By many the last construction is be-
lieved to be the only construction
which can be put upon the law If
such should be the decision of the at
torney general, and he should hold that
boxing cannot take place in any place
where liquor is sold at any time, it
would mean that many buildings in
which boxing matches have been held
in the past, such as the Auditorium in
Milwaukee, cannot be used for boxing
exhibitions. A great deal of interest
is taken in this point, not only in Mil
waukee but in other cities of the state
in which boxing matches are held.
Harry Harris of Milwaukee is a can
didate for one of the positions of the
boxing commission, and in view of the
dissemination of DR.. Frew to take a
place on the board he may be one Of
the appointees. Mr.. Harris has pc
tition which is signed by some of the
strongest business men In Milwaukee
He is also being supported by some
very close friends of the governor. The
formal announcements of the appoint
ments will probably not be made much
before Sept. /, as the governor will
take plenty of time for the considera-
ton of candidates for places on the
commission.