Show CALIFORNIA CLERGY OPPOSES Bill PIa T Death of Tommy McCarthy Results In StateWide State Wide Protest Against J Bout BoutAN SAN Q AN May 1 Opposition to the prize prizefight prizefight hJ fight following the death of Tommy McCarthy San Francisco pugilist as a result of a fight with Owen Moran took form today in a statewide movement of f clergymen to prevent the holding of the championship fight July 4 Prize fighting was denounced from scores of pulpits and in fu many cases definite beginnings of a campaign to be taken up this t s week were made A meeting of ot the San Francisco Church federation will be held tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row and committees will be appointed to carry the agitation to Governor The pastors of o all the churches In the city have been no notified notified titled and It has been tacitly agreed among the clergymen that the church federation shall shaIl take the lead in the movement At a special meeting of o the congre congregation congregation gation gatlon of the First Congregational church of o Oakland resolutions were passed protesting against the fight Ight and will be forwarded to Governor Gillett and Attorney General U S Webb In the First Methodist church within within with within in a stones throw of Dreamland rink where the fight oc occurred occurred occurred Rev Re Louis J Sawyer denounced the management of the fight as re responsible responsible responsible for McCarthys death and called upon his congregation to join in a movement to prevent prize fights tights in the state Rev Robert J Renison of St Pauls Episcopal church deplored the commercializing of what should be a legitimate sport port and pledged himself In his sermon to the fight movement Moran Sends Money Ioney Owen Moran who is out on bail awaiting his arraignment for man manslaughter slaughter today sent to a priest In Matin Mafia county to say sa mass over the tho dead youths body The little fighter who has a wife wIte and four children In London Is still overcome with grief at the tragic outcome of the fight and andis andis andis is Insistent in his denial that he had admitted that the match was framed Sporting men here hero do not believe that the agitation against the Jeffries Johnson fight tight will seriously interfere with the plans of the promoters Sam oani Berger and Jeffries repeated their former ronner statements today that they an anticipated anticipated anticipated I little trouble and at his camp campat campat campat at the Cliff Clit house Jack Johnson also made light of any possible opposition r |