| Show PERMIT Battle Depends on the WILL NOT NOl BACK OUT r p lie Sit That fh t ii Ie I or lilt to lie tho to tn fake Ih rite N York Herald ta says not fitOL the hat hattit hattIe tit tIe Tames J 1 and Ju bus talt aIce place In un on Fl Fb depond nd upon the action ot of the ot t the lae ath oo Uon of that citY Mayor ot of said laid lat last night that be would eert IL permit for the contI contest I two to days dan Prior to the date dato Oe f the event As 48 chief ehlt executive or of th the Queen city Ity believes the law gives the po er el erto elto to sanction or of a boxing rite directors othe Athletic nl association ld his holier that the bout between Jeffries and would lie be strictly In with Ith the laws law ot of Ohio Mayor or said lIld hI he believed that the lh ers Ot hAd not mails made any to him himIn himIn In explaining time the situation In lion with th the bout hout Mayor layor hn asid I For or the lut ton ten years we hare hae had sparring conteSts In These events have hAe been b by clubs itt some seIne cases n si lUll In other instances In our liven given under tinder issued by Jy the The lit law Is III that permits mil may be ven tu to organized athletic clubs to hold sparring contests ont In this case a number ot of prominent InrI ami oth other r ate for Ihl this per permit mit for or time purpose of liquidatIng a deficit which lied hill been Incurred In lag II a glen In This Thill permit I 1 about six Fix weeks ago There Cete ere n It ot of made against the J I have stuck to my promS promise I he lIeve to be thoroughly In iii wit the law A ot of attorney In however hv have taken Ih ti opposite claIming that the Athletic I is nol flat 1 dul duly athletic club as aM d dby by the thc law and that the athletIc dut was ns for tor the sole olt ot t giving That I Is however a and It is IA that I am unable to 10 dt do dodde TherM orl nrc many to sup my lIlY Inn In III lie A ft II Ia IIi I III rall allI hV hythe the d t II 14 lit f the Ine a as atlin III ii I Issue ue a Itt ones so no that the matter be 1 In the us J I asked them whether It ItAI vaz AI to conteSt to whIch I re Ived a reply that lint it IL matter hl Ii h the Were wert nOt nOI at al lIberty to make politic but that undoubtedly a alst teat would be md made within tI 1 hours hour at af atter ter the permit had l been 11 Imi th the meantime one ot of theIr attorneys upon a ot of mint mine antI Inel requested that ii h use IlIe his hll Influence to 10 ward vard mn m to 10 issue the tho permit lit itt once oner or of not lIot at all lie He explained that on account of the coni that hail arisen the directors were anxious to get reI out of t the difficulty that title WRY way be to satisfactorY At t the meeting tl tile day I Informed the committee that I had originallY agreed to 0 issue the permit for forthe or orthe the ot of giving Ii a contest to hI belt ul raise e the deficit As A It now appears appall to mil Ins the they the issued at atene once ene In order to kIll the project and permits were not for that pur My Iy position In the he entire matter f is Iii J I will issue a permit for tor the contest two to day bf before It Is III scheduled to lo take There Is II no reason why I should hould issue It before torp then Ihen n If my permit is III misT It will nt he be good titan hen J I JItt left Itt home homp I reo I In the papers that the Athletic had decided to go ahead with their arrant arrante meats nent What hat may red since m my departure mar t do ant know You will understand that under UDder the its law I have hae only oRb the right to give a for tor torn fora n a sparring exhibition |
