Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-29
BOUT PROMOTERS
BARRED At GARY
Brown Hammer Fight Called IN ia
Biggest Ring Scandal ID IN
diana for Many Years.
CHICAGO FRAHERs PANIED
Prosecutor Calls Windy tity Ring
Handlers Rag-Tags and Crooks
Warned 10 Stay In Own State.

Hammond. Ind, Dec. Z9--kayo
Brown and Ever Hammer viii not
fight at Gary tonight, nor win Chicago
agbt promoters. particularly Tommy
walsh, ever be permitted TO pull down
the hox Office receipts at any fight
ever staged In the balliwick In charge
Of Sheriff Henry Whitaker Of Crown
Point and Prosecuting Attorney j. a.
Patterson. the one armed terror of
iaw-breakers in Lake County, Indiana.
The fight situation fairly sizzled
here Yesterday. Prosecutor Patterson
gave out the following statement;
III Chicago fight promoters want
IN null OF bouts, let them try ii in
Illinois. They can't come down here
into Indiana and spill Cbicago's rag
tag and crooks on us. They have
made me the goat long enough and
they can't get by with prize fight stuff
any longer. Indiana is not going TO
he dumping ground for Chicago's
piekpockets any longer. il I have any
thing to say about f. hung the
nothing doing sign up yesterday
Just Prize Fight
aTha last bout / attended at Gary
was nothing but q prize fight. When
see them splitting teeth over the
ring and see gore decorating the can
vas / call ii q prize fight not box
ing contest
Sheriff Whitaker, known as the
ebest sporting sheriff in Indiana,
waxed equally warm beneath his fur
collar lie said:
1.-THE last exhibition at Gary was
rot q boxing show 1t was q fight.
Mr.. Patterson. the prosecuting
attorney, and J agree that the inva-
zion Of Chicago fight sports should
stop. They are advertising this a.
fight territory again. ! do not
want TO interfere with the aome
bows. If lodges and clubs wait t.
tut on exhibitions that is different.
Fut these fights staged by Tommy
Walsh and his kind viii not be PER
st,ed. The fight STATED for WaIn5s-
aE4 night al Gary viii not be held
That is final
The Old Army Game.
The story that made the taIe
county officials particularly sore was
an interview with Lewis in a Chi
cage newspaper. In this Lewis was
quoted as having said that lac had
called up Sheriff Whitaker by phone
aud that official had denied that he
was going to stop the fight Whitaker
denied that he had ever talked with
Lewis. The promoters also 1:rsmed
to have been assured by Ted Bi1en OF
Gary that everything was o. K
why, Bizen is in California
said Whitaker. "How could the pro
motors talk with him? Those fell
lows always are trying 10 pull some
rough stuff on me"
It has been public sentiment ever
since the lid was tilted in Gary that
Chieagoans have had entirely too
much to do with the promoting OF
affairs. and because of this com
plants have come in from all over
the county.
Promoters We're Warned.
Gary promoters were also warned
before the last fight that if a GER
tain Chicago man was permitted to
referee any more there would be
no more fights" said the sheriff.
But he was there Nate Lewis did
all the matchmaking for the Gary
club and he saw that all Chicago
boys were on the card, and they were
the ones that took home the biggest
end Of the gate receipts. There is
some mighty good fight talent in
Lake county, and, although they at
tempted to get on the card, they alb
solGtely had no chance"