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Show WARRANTS fOR FIGHTERS SHOULD THEY ENTER RING; MINISTERS BEHIND MOVE; PROMOTERS SKY WILL PULL Off BOUT backed up by the Salt Lake Ministerial association. , ' "We are not proposing; to give a prize fight," asserts James Donaldson, manager of the Palace Athletic club. "We have a license from the city to give a twenty-round boxing exhibition for points, and we expect to give it." This 1b the situation today regarding the advertised Hyland-Corbett contest. Ministers Take a Hand. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning the Rev. D. A. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist church and secretary of the Salt Lake Ministerial association, together with several other ministers, appeared In the office of the County Attorney and urged that the fight be stopped. After an hour's consideration of the matter six complaints were drawn up and sworn to "by Mr. Brown. Nature of the Complaints. One complaint is sworn to against Richard Hyland, alias "Fighting Dick" Hyland, who Is charged with having engaged In a prize fight "contrary to section 4308 of the Revised Statutes of 1898. Another complaint . is directed against William Rotbwell. alias "Young Corbett," who Is charged with the same offense. The third complaint is directed against James Donaldson, who Is charged with encouraging the fight. Complaints were also made out against., John. Chapman and F. E. ' Schelaki, hargrng thehv V-lth. encouraging encour-aging he fight by advertising and otherwise. oth-erwise. 1 The sixth complaint is directed against both Hyland and Corbett. and charges them Jointly with engaging In a prize fight. Warrants Are Issued. As soon as the complaints were sworn to they were taken to the office of Judge C. B. Dlehl. where warrants of . BTJLLETTN". Sheriff Emery, at a little after noon today served . five warrants upon Donaldson in his office at the Palace Athletic club. The papers called for the arrest of Corbett, Hyland, Donaldson, Don-aldson, Chapman and another principal prin-cipal in the affair. ', Donaldson was permitted to answer for the other men, and was released on his own recognizance pending vhe preliminary hearing before ' Judge Diehl this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Donaldson pleaded not guilty to the charge of conducting and abetting a prize-fight. Soren X. Christensen represented him. . "Tell the public that the match will positively come off," said Donaldson today at 1 o'clock. ''I will see that it does." ' Donaldson stated that he was approached ap-proached by several - of the most prominent business and professional men of the city, and told that they would back him and sign a petition to the, authorities for permission to hold the contest. j "There's politics in this,? , said .the discomfited -manager, "and more will ' be heard about it before this thing is ended. I can promise that.'? Should "Fighting Dick" Hyland and "Young Corbett" attempt to pull oft a prize fight at, the Salt Palace tonight, they will be arrested. Such is the ultimatum ulti-matum of the County Attorney's office. arrest were Issued. These will be placed In the hands of the Chief of Police, with orders to serve them as soon as the men appear in the ring. Under the statutes, prize fighting Is made a felony, while attending one Is made a misdemeanor. What Donaldson Says. James Donaldson, manager of the Palace Athletic club, and prime mover in getting the bantam scrappers together, to-gether, said this morning, and said it emphatically, that the match positively will be pulled off on schedule time to-i night. "Nothing is going to stop that contest," con-test," said he. "If they serve warrants war-rants on me, I'll give bond for my appearance; ap-pearance; but the fight will take place Just the same. "1 have secured a license for the event from the city, for which I paid the usual fee of 525. "This entitles me to go ahead with the fight. I expressly ex-pressly stipulated in applying for the license that the match will be a box- Sng contest for points, and not a prize ight. as the term is understood under Jthe law. ' Thinks It Isn't Prohibited. i "In my opinion there is nothing In the Statutes which 'prohibits a boxing con-teat. con-teat. ! "You can tell the public for me that the fight is going to take place, and that not B man will lose his money for tickets. I've gone to a great deal of expense in Arranging this aftalr, and I'm going to free it through." ... , - YeuB- Cetfaett Vae"vuli?ns taeftmg' In" the looby of the Kenjron hotel, mounded, mound-ed, by a crowd of friends, -Including Jack Root, the Chicago fighter. "I don't know a thing about the hitch in this matter," aid Corbett, "and I haven't yet seen Donaldson." Much Interest Aroused.. , Everybody on the street today, men of business, men of leisure and sporting men, even women of the better classes, discussed dis-cussed nothing but the proposed raid of the -prise fight by the authorities. So far as is now known no bets have been called off, and the sale of tickets went on uninterruptedly all day. Many men from other cities came In today to witness the fight, and among these disappointment dis-appointment is greatest. The Denver & Rio Grande railroad hauled more than GOO men today from Tin-tic Tin-tic and Utah county into this city to see the fight. Other roads report good travel for the same reason, and are making reduced re-duced rates. . |