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Citizens of Cincinnati Are for and Against the Fight,INTERESTING CASE.Decision Is Awaited as to Whether the Coming Carnival Is a Boxing Contest or a Prize Fight.Big Crowd Present.Cincinnati, Feb. 5.—The legal battle which is to determine whether or not the proposed fistic encounter between Jeffries and Rnhlin, set for Feb. 15, in the Saengerfest hall, is a prize fight obnoxious to the laws of Ohio or a boxing contest, permitted by the statutes, began this morning before Judge Hollister of the common pleas court. So intense has become the feeling between the promoters of the fight, who are among the most substantial citizens and business men of the city, and the opponents,who comprise equally as good citizens and business men, that this legal battle drew a host of interested spectators.All the corridors of the courthouse were crowded long before the hour set for the hearing, and it was with difficulty that the parties, attorneys and reporters could ('nter the courtroom through the dense crowds of disappointed persons who were unable to get into the room at all.The action is for a permanent injunction restraining the principals, Jeffries and Rulilin, from engaging in the contest proposed and includes in the terms all who are in any way connected with promoting the enterprise, which the petition declares to be a public nuisance.
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Decatur Wise County Messenger
Decatur, Texas, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1901
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