The New York herald., 1921-06-29
THREE NEW JERSEY JUDGES
REFUSE TO ENJOIN FIGHT

although / did meet John L. Sullivan
once. II the promoters are not guilty.
why should I punish them?. Our con-
stituted officials and authorities VIII
take whatever action is necessary TO
punish violators OF the law"
But therell be so many Of them" in
sisted ellison.
I'VE have sufficient jail accommoda-
tions," returned the court.
Suppose this turns out to be fake
ight?"
That, too will be wrong against
the public"
Then the vice-Chancellor denied the
application. saying:
You already have an injunction in
the guise Of laws. Suppose I granted
this injunction. They might hold this
fight anyway. I'd have to punish them
for contempt Of court. But what good
have been held. / shall have to deny
your application"
Mr. ellison explained his contention
that Carpenter and Dempsey had de-
cided to make 1t a prizehght. He ex-
planned that the International Reform
Bureau had sent two OF it's most trust
worthy Investigators to the camps OF the
rival pugilsts. They were Osborne Cis-
sci, Jr., of New York and William
Hughes of White Plains. Both investi-
gators had made afldavlts. In both
affidavits the respective managers of the
two boxers were quoted as saying that
they fervently hoped that their men
would win by a knockout
do you call that boxing" demanded
one Of the clergymen. That's just
brutal prizehghting"
Such was the size OF the crowd that
tried to attend the argument before the
two Chancellors during the day that
policemen had to be called to keep traffic
open. 1t was perfectly orderly crowd.
but partial to Rickard. When that very
tired individual left Jersey City in Mr..
Caravans automobile the crowd gave him
complimentary cheer.
You look tired, Tex" some one yelled.
''Tred?" he replied. I'm so tired
that sleep would be hard work.
Up in Police Headquarters they had
several craftsmen working on position
maps for police use They have decided
that no one not equipped with a bona
hde ticket may get anywhere near the
gates of the wide wooden arena on Sat.
urday. The police will form a barrier
extending entirely around the arena and
four blocks away. Therefore you'll have
to have ticket to get within four blocks
Of the fight.
No peanuts, ice cream, pop, neWSpa-
pers, hot dogs. sandwiches or other Gus
tomary side lines to a big afternoon
will be sold within four blocks of the
place. Peanut roasters and hot dog
wagons are apt to start fires.
Inasmuch as the arena will seat
91,613 persons, and every seat will be
occupied. the Jersey City Commission
In taking no chances on fires. They
figure that even little. harmless blaze
would mean trouble in such a crowd.
DR. John Nevin will be IN charge of
an emergency hospital near the main
gate to the arena. dozen ambu-
lances will be ready to rush from the
stadium to the City Hospital few
blocks away New York city detec-
tives will patrol the tube and ferry ap-
proaches to Jersey City, and then Chief
| Battersby and his regiment of Jersey
| City police will see to it that the rough
! element remains calm.
"Al our detectives will be on the
| job-250 of them" said the Chief yes
| terday. "All known crook needs to
be sure of spending ninety days In the
pen is to appear in Jersey City on Sat-
urday. He'll get that for just appear
ing. II he tries to ply his profession
| he's going to rue IL. The last big fight
we had here resulted in the arrest OF
| thirty-three pickpockets and otherwise
undesirable citizens. They are doing
their ninety days each, and all they did
was just appear
"Therell be no roughing nor jostline
on Saturday. The man or woman COM
ing to Jersey City to see the fight will