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Show loflDEX AS FlKHTlKti GROt&D. Snmctiodr Their Spoiling to tickle llie Lilt. I than old story that the laws against gambling, lewdness, illicit whisky selling, etc, are practically a dead letter ln Ogden since tlje, advent ad-vent of 'tdberal" rule. Fcr a time the respectable element managed to induce the C. S. Marshal to pro ceed against violator f the Terr! toriAlsUUltcA but that time Is cone by. Encouraged by this laxity on the part of the officers, the sporting element, which seems to be In control, con-trol, has taken another step, and now proposes to disregard, In the niost public aud liarcfaced manner the statute agalnrt fighting. The hir reauj: "Every person who engages in, Instigates, In-stigates, encourages, or promotes any ring or prizo fight, or any other premeditated pre-meditated fight or contention (without (with-out deadly weapons), either as principal, princi-pal, aid, second, umpire, surgeon, or otherwise, Is putihliable by Imprisonment Imprison-ment in the penitentiary not exceeding two years." When there was a contention at Lake Park, Di-trict Attorney Vnr-iau Vnr-iau prosecuted Glover and Bates, tlie prindpals, but they got off. This uwy have di-couraed him. But the programme for the Ogden proceedings will, if carried out, give him a still better opinrtunity to at least prosecute law breakers. Here Is how the Gimmcrdal of this morning advertizes the prize fights: For tlie pat two weeks a number of prominent gentlemen about town with u taste for the manly art, have been quietly at work making tlie preliminary arrangements loran event, which it brought to a successful suc-cessful termination, will not only alford the sport-loving westerners an opioitunIiy to witness one of the hardest fought battles In the hi'tory of the igllUt!c arena but will advertize ad-vertize the city of Ogden through tile entire civilized world. The following telegrams are explanatory ex-planatory In themselves: 0ide. Utah, August C, 1S90. -Vr Jorl JUwitralnl Xrirt, .JTrie York City: In behalf of Mr. Sullivan the wrt-Ihg wrt-Ihg editor of Tht IM-len Dflii Van-mcrrinl Van-mcrrinl Is authorized to oiler a purse of $30,fWforafightto tbe finish between be-tween John I- Sullivan and Peter Jackson. J25,00o 10 go to tho winner and $5000 to tbo loser. Contest to take place in the Carnival Palace In this citv. Scatingcapacliy 15,000. Signed 1 TiieOodes CoMMnRCll A duplicate of the above di-patch uasal.-o wired to "Parson" Davics at Chicago, Jackson's manager, and word was received lale last evening, stating tint Mr. Davies was In -jan Fraucl-cuand that the dispatch had been forwarded to him there. The gentlemen who are at tne back of this movement are all men ol ample means to w horn the individual contribution necessary to make up the required sum would be scarcely felt. This Is by far the largest purse ever offered by an association for a match lieweeu these two klnirs of the ring. The California Athletic Club has made a standing ofier to hangup a. jursc of S20,W), whenever when-ever lbs two giants are able to come to terms between them-elves, for a contest. One or two other clubs have made similar oilers, but it ri-maiued ri-maiued for Ogden to come to the van with a nurs exceeding those of these rlcli organizations by one-half. It Is, In fact, the largest oiler ever mauc lora puginsuc eonuti. Mr. Sullivan Is now in New York miking preparations for his theatrical thea-trical tour this fall with one of Gotham's star combinations. The only reason that he has ever vouchsafed vouch-safed fur his unwillingness to meet tlie colored Australian is tliat the jiursc offered was not large enough to reiay him for the long training and physical discomforts necessary ti ring form. This reason can hardly hard-ly serve him longer In view of Ogueu'ii lileral pro0'itlcin. Jackson is in Australia, but the evening of his departure signified his willingness to return the moment Sullivan would agree to meet him. Developments will lie anxiously awaited by the sparling fraternity. Arrangements were completed yesterday afternoon for an eight-round eight-round glove contest between Dave Ilecse, better known to the sporting guild as the ' Montana KM," and ICoIiert Dobbs, the colored local light-weight, to take place nt the Novelty Theatre on the evening of August I-'th, one week from today. The match will be for $75 a side, the winner to Lake 5 -er cent of the gate receipts and 25 percent to go to tho loser. The "Kid" isone of the liest known young lighters In the west. He bested Tommy Warren In a six-round glove coutest in Denver recently and as the .Vert of that city says' "is one of the ganiest little men that ever stepjwl into the ring." Four ounce gloves will lie used and the match will be for blood. "Kid Win," the Texas spider, is in town, ami out with a challenge to fight anyone in the Territory ln the liantam weight class, a limited number of rounds or to a finish, for from SIC) to SS00 a side. The "Kid" means business, and all comers can l accommodated. He Is spoiling for a go at someone. |