The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-20
Kenosha Athletic Club Will
Give Show in March Under
Sanction of the Council.
70 Be WITHIN THE LAWS
Council by. a Vote of Eight to Seven
Gives Permit for the Show and Po-
lice Of the City Are to See to it That
order rs Maintained at Coliseum.


Kenosha is back on the fight map
again as the common council at its
meeting on Monday evening, by a vote
of eight to seven granted a permit to
the Kenoshe Athletic Club to hold q
boxing show at the Coliseum some
time between March Ord and March
goth.
The petition to the council was
signed by John E. Heating as manager
of the club and in it he declared to
the members Of the council that the
bouts at the show would not in any
way be in violation of the law. City
Attorney Slater explained to the mem
beers of the council that there was no
law against boxing shows in Wiscon-
sin, but that there was a law against
prize fights. The argument on the pc
tition was largely from the aldermen
who opposed the granting of the per-
nit and it was pretty evident that the
arguments in favor Of the granting OF
the permits had been made before the
council met. Promoter Heating was
given 2 chance to go on record as to
the meaning Of the petition. lie de-
cIared that the "within the law pro-
vision in the, petition meant that the
battles in Kenosha would be the same
as had been pulled off in other cities
of Wisconsin without interference. lie
stated that it was the intention of the
members of the club to bring profess
siOnal boxers to the city to take part
in these shows and that the promoters
would see to it that tNe show given
under the sanction of the council was
clean in every way. He insisted that
the police of the city COLD be put in
charge of the show and that every
order of the officers would be cheer
fully met by the promoters.
Alderman Hegeman raised the ques-
tion as to how the police would take
care of another crowd like the one
which came here for the Mcfarland
Murphy bout and he suggested that
should the permit be granted that the
fire department be held in raadiness to
turn the water on the crowd if it be-
came obstreperous. Alderman Stemm
was also facetious and he held that
he liked boxing show himself and
that this was one Of the few things
that he could go to without having to
put up his good money. Some of the
aldermen who voted in favor of grant
ing the permit voted with the Inder-
standing that the permit was a sort of
an experiment and that any further
action Of the council would be entire
ly dependent on the outcome, of the
show in March.
When the vote was finally taken it
showed that Aldermen Sullivan, Rob
erts, Starr, Filbin, Stemm, Willems,
Saftig and Bruins were favorable to
the boxing game, while Aldermen
Rhode, Marlatt, Thomey, Hegeman
Kisten, Rauen and Werner voted
against the issuing of the permit.
The action of the council brought
great rejoicing among the boxing
fans as they see in the action of the
council a certain reopening of the
boxing game in Kenosha. 1t is pretty
certain that the promoters win guard
the authority that has been given
them with such Jealous care that there
will be no reason to object to the Nhow
held in March and it is expected that
this will pave the way for succession
of boxing shows in Kenosha.
Of course the action of the council
IN no way prevents other interferences
with the plans of the promoters, but ii
is not expected that any other official
viii make any effort to stop the show
following the plain expression of the
copacll on the permit.