New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
"Arma Virumque Cano"l,
Governing Body's Very
Serious Attitude.
"NOTHING COULD BF
CLEARER" SAYS DWYEp
Combatiye Spirit Develops IT Al.
bany-Air Is Filled with Wits.
pers of Annie Oakleys."

tight yesterday. Just wha, it assert,
none Of H., ,aree members Of a.,
august body knows exactly bu, A.
three slept sereneiy last night. eOr,.
dent that they had Gro rded WiDv,
and Moran out OF the limelight q,
twenty-four hours al least.
At the close OF a wordy session h.,
arrived at two conclusions first. ~.
one CLAUDE Tibbett. Of Albany. mae
referee all preliminaries TO The h,
battle. and second. that al guarantee
forfets and other moneys mus, be \
the hands OF mysterious stakeholi,,
b. Monday. The name Of the s;.,,.
holder is to be withheld. lie is ,oh
some masked marvel of finance. ,aii..
factory TO the Boxing Commission
The keynote Of the reeting NJ,
sounded by Chairman Wenck. "Peos',
here and in Albany want 10 know wksr,
/ Tex Richard gets of TO come to Ne.
, York ard run a fight 1T has be-,
explained that Mr.. Richard and NJ
4 McCracken are acting solely as Dc.
/ moters for the Show Corporation. whfs
holds lease on Madison square Ca.
! den. We understand that they are A..
! sisted by Mr. James Johnston" Al
! this point Mr.. Johnston rose and boyes
modestly.D But we want further A..
surance for the protection OF the pee.
pull
Here the chairman OF the boYis,
Commission b"came fearful. lie wished
TO signify that the protection Of n,
peepul was the thing nearest and dss,.
est 10 his heart.
IN the silence that followed Assis,sr,
Attorney General Obermeier ro,s
Speaking a. an amicus curia and a.
bitter tauri"-'yhich is the Latin for q.
rector of the bull would suggss
that the Show Corporation, being part
of the first part. and that Tex Rics,t
being party of the second part, in cen.
nection with two boxers known AZ
Frank Moran and Jess Willard. imn,.
diately establish corpus deficit in o..
Ger to forestall possible repleyiu o;
writ OF habeas corpus. You follow ne,
Mr. Frayne?'
Certainly" replied Mr.. Frayne Il,
Albany commissioner. 1T could not b
clearer" agreed Commissioner Dwyt
Then the populusque Romsnus q.
pect Of the point taken by Commisso;
er Wenck would hardly hold, IN ess e
course. Tom Jones. acting for Si'lAi,
/ should advance the plea OF bonum Wis
kerarium
Absolutely replied Commission
Frayne.
Nothing could be clearer" admit,S
Commissioner Dryer.
you are familiar with Section ;llN
of the code, of course persisted ne
Assistant Attorney General
II went 10 school with H." repl,i
Commissioner Frayne. 81 can call :.
by its first name admitted Conni
sioner Dryer.
Then | think We may proceed 81
the Assistant Attorney General pr.
vided, of course. that We preserve
I proper regard for the arma yrumeN
cano. as my learned friend, Henry !
Feldman. remarked IN the case Of Po,'
ash versus Perlmutter"
( By this time Chairman Wenck hH
+ partly recovered his composure. "ss
want 10 protect everybody hs q.
D aimed. we want 20 protect sou, e.
Mr. Richard" AT this point Mr. Re
ard shuddered1 I'VE want 10 nal,
sure that everything will come Of a.
advertised. We want no eleventh hos'
ultimatums from tho boxers. II sttr,
we want to protect everybody frsr
everything"
well" said Tex Richard mildly, q
/ ne rubbed what little hair he Rae ~
! since he started 20 promote the ~
in question I'll tell you boys VIA
III do. I'll bond myself 20 pay b,''
all the money taken in. and | will fs''
Their bond myself 10 pay the fighter
besides. if ] find tina THEY have fossf'
satisfactorily"
"Why, that means aobut $4,000
gasped Jimmie Johnston. Hold ~
/ I'm faint"
/ "But who is to decide whether or q.
tic contest is satisfactory" ash.
Charlie White. the refer" Z
course" replied Chairman Wencs
Fair enough" returned Rien'
But if / think that the lighters hsH
performed satisfactorily. I will p
them out Of my own pocket SAID he
ard. That goes. regardless Of v"
might be decided bv the commissloh
A lit.le later Richard let out ne, =
crct that Morsn's full BIT for the ~
VIII be s23.150. II was privately sg','.
between Richard ard Ike Dorgan ~
Moran should get half Of what NilI'
got. The champion is 20 get siI'@
all
The meeting came 20 terminsl,
after Harold {. Edwards. representa-.
the Show Corporation. explained =.
Richard and McCracken were only W.
agents and that the corporation -
holding the fight.
The lone resolution providing f6 y
secret stakeholder was adopted ~
all three commissioners had held ",
heads together IN whispered con'c,,
The reason why the new siskehee
must be a shrinking violet Is that 70.
are several alleged creditors on
trail Of both Moran and Willard. -,
In the meantime, 4 number OF SOY
4 in far away Albany are staring
movement TO stop tho fight
been whispered tha. the Antagonist
the battle was inspired by the isei =. y,
Annie Oakleys. or free tickets 70
contest were very scarce ~ me eAP..,
But il could be hardly possible ~
legislators could be moved ~ ;"
sordid motives.
/ The two upstate commissioner
very much peeved at Frank Norsn:
cause the sorrel-ppped one osS,
tina. he would not work yes"I~,,
Moran il afraid that he may -,
himself down 90 fne. and aiter p.iin
for some motto. pictures ne dee0''
leaf for the day ~
Despite the fact that Nansget is
Jones was laid up With bad eolo o.,
Willard went through strenuous
moons performance. The eusJe
wore fannels ~ he exercised AZ.
up healthy preparation. hl', a.t
line seems to be diminishing e's'sw ,,t
Bocr Rodcl gave him quite ~
two rounds. The veteran OF '.,;,rS
Paul campaign in the Trans'aal sa,Ii9
Jess on the ear in the hrst rounu no
healthy lcf, hook 4 fe~ rlo,. ~
that and the CHAMPION may 10 ~,
ancient sign Of the profession ~
! flower ear. unless he wears
( guard 80
Matter Monahan also put >omS ~ A.