Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Ahearn CHARGES
Discrimination
ByD.C. Body
Morgan Denies UIine
Claim of Trouble
Over Gift Ducots
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

A legal battle royal with Mike
Uline. Goldie O1l Now En- Down
Ahearn and Denny Hughes on one
side and the District Commission
on the other, was threatened today
as an aftermath of last nights hap
penings at Uline Arena where the
combatants met in their second
skirmish within a week.
Declaring that things have got to
be ironed out to the bottom"
Ahearn charged the commission
with deliberately trying to hinder
his efforts as a matchmaker and
offered to produce a letter-at the
proper time-which would prove his
point and clinch his case
Uline, promoter of the Liberty
A. c., the banner under which fights
at his arena have been held, charged
Thomas P. Morgan, jr., a member OF
the commission, was at the bottom
Of the difficulty over matter OF
complimentary tickets.
Morgan, apparently unhappy about
the entire business, denied this. as
serting that the only tickets he re-
ceived were from the commission
where ducats regularly were sent for
distribution.
Denies Threatening Ahearn.
Ahearn further declared that 1t.
John Agnew, third member of the
commission, had refused to speak to
him except on official business" and
had added that he would take care
Of him (Ahearn) when the time
comes"
Agnew denied threatening Goldie,
but thought he had the right to
choose whom he would speak to So
cially or ignore.
Claude Owen, chairman of the
commission who missed last nights
session. apparently was on the SIDE
line today, but ready to take up the
cudgel in defense of the governing
body at the proper time. He az
cused Ahearn of breaking faith with
the commission by not keeping
promises made, concerning condi-
tions at the arena, when he was
granted his license as a match
maker. Owen also was fed up on
such picayunish matters" and found
them very uninteresting.
Morgan stated that he had no
grievances against either Uline or
Ahearn, personally, or the arena,
but thought both were fine gentle
men and that the arena unquestion-
ably was one of the finest. Only
recently he served as official host
for the War Fair show held there
However. he did think Uline's should
be reserved for big shows. flight
attractions, while Turner's Arena
handled all of the smaller club"
shows.
Hold Up Uline Show.
Morgan and AgneW, constituting
a quorum of the commission
ordered last nights card held up
until two rows of ringside chairs
were removed or showed back
Ahearn last week promised to re-
move all seats from the ice in COM
pliance with a commission request
in return for a sanction for his
reduced prices. Agnew said that
Goldie was willing to remove the
chairs last night but that Lee Per-
rim, general manager of the place
refused because Uline had ordered
the mplaced there and that he per
rim was without authority to re-
scind the order.
Uline said Morgan had received
as many as go passes for his persona
Use at the fights and had requested
twice that many" but that for las
nights show the number had beer
reduced to six, and further accused
The commissioner of trying to tell the
proprietors how to run their bust.
ness.
THE whole trouble is that hi
wants to tell us what to do and how
to run things and he's sore because
We won't play the game his way
said Uline.
Morgan stated the commission hac
received many vicious complaints
about the ice" over which the ring
side seats were placed and that sew.
eral members of the Boxing Com.
mission staff had been Ill from work.
ing at shows there.
Owner Gets First Hand Dope.
Uline said he had made 1t point
to sit in a ringside seat at the last
show to get first-hand evidence ir
the matter and that he found many
fans who had removed their coats tt
be more comfortable. He asked
others If they found it cold and they
replied in the negative.
Ahearn, who has the distinction
Of promoting the first legalized box.
ing match staged in Washington
claimed he was the victim of one oil
the "dirtiest deals anybody ever got
in sport" and added that he hao