Show COV SPRY AllOWS fiGHT IN OGDEN BUT PREVENTS CONTEST I SAL lAKE There will wm be no for tor the cham championship eba- eba In Salt Sat Lake Lak or in Utah If I lo local lo- lo cal cl officers do not top stop such Gov Go William Spry I would nee t that himself ll si the te tet t lake law a was hand sa enforced f and per personally It I Is simply a n question queston of enforcement of the law he ald this morning when asked about the probable chances chances of or the le leles Johnson Jeffries-Johnson les fight being e held here Personally l I am for the law 1 took an oath of office to enforce the it That hat Is Ismy ismy statutes and intend lo to keep I. I my position Whatever my personal feeling may maybn b. b regarding the Ule advisability of holding such contests the law of Utah Is very veo clear ceal on the subject Every or F. one who engages en gages ages In instigates or 0 promotes such a af f fight ht Is liable lable While wo we have have such H a law it Is my duty to see that it Is en en- en forced There can cn be no question queston re regarding 10 garding the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight H It Is Isa Isn a n fight for fO the championship and comes within the meaning of tl statute I have talked over o the question queston with Ith the attorney general and he believes es bele with me that the statutes are absolutely clear car I the subject of prize fighting on f In in What about about the fight last week weck Ogden Governor Welt I heard that It Jt was to be a I wired Mayor Glassmann and finish fight Mayol Gassmann ho he assured me it would be stopped tr It such were the case Ills HIs answer wat wa ca published In the newspapers Whatever may have been the case rase with these other othel fights the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson articles can cannot rat not be construed construed into anything but for n prize light 1 and would Uld come within the meaning 11 of r the law Mind nd you said the tho go earnest ly Ir I am only talking from the stand standpoint point of the law It would only be m I duty dut to interfere when the th chief of po police the sheriff fall to do their duty It ItIs I fal Irl Is not the tho province of the chief f executive of ot a state to interfere until tho officers whose duty luty It i Is la to enforce the law fall in such Ruch dut duty I have hae no leason to believe that the officers of Salt al Lake City beleve and county will wi fall fal In their dut duty But ant if the thc business men of Salt I ake are anxious to have ha tho fight pulled off of here nn and not the slightest to believe beleve be be- I have he h e 1 to lieve that such Is II the case cage No 10 busi business bul- bul leve ness ne man of DC Salt alt Lake has ever eer approached ap ap- me on the th subject I have ha never b been a asked et to discuss the question queston tight being held of the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson Johnson Jefries-Johnson bellS hEle here with a single le person except one or two of your newspaper menI men I have been heen told that some are saying that the Utah law Is II bas based d on that of California nn and that therefore ther for the law law- lw here Ca will no more hold than In California I do wi nut think there Is anything in that The rhe law aw Is plain enough even for a 1 lay man luan My I only position in the whole matter matt Is that we cannot o override the law My 1 oath of ot office offie requires something differ different that ent of me than The governor declined lo to discuss the ethics ethic Te of prize plize fighting t though It i might be gathered o Cro from his smile smie that he would not be so averse arse to witnessing a lively bout He said ht hf was quite aware that football resulted In more but didn't care to go Into nto the merits meris of ot either game game |