Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-09-10 | Page 3 | Sparring Match is a Fight

SPARKING MATCH IS A FIGHT I Judge Lewis Refuses to Compel Mur I rays Mayor to Permit n Prize Fight Judge Lewis holds that a sparring match is a prizefight and as a result of n decision to that effect having been handed down by him yesterday afternoon after-noon the llllle bout that J W Hoblej had intended to pull off In Murray oft night Jell through Hobley filed an application ap-plication for a writ of mandate against I C S Miller Mayor of Murray City to compel the latter to sign a license ro the go which had been advertised for last night The petition seL out that I llobley had paid io the Treasurer the sum oC 15 for the permit and that when the license was presented to the Mayor he refused lo affix his signature to the same The application for the writ 1 was fed and argued before Judge Lewis last Saturday and taken undo consideration by him until yesterday when lie announced that the writ would I be denied