Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Puts Cha Ban on Prize Fights. [ARTICLE]

Puts Cha Ban on Prize Fights.

Columbus, 0., telegram: Attorney General Sheets has brought quo warranto proceedings in the circuit court of this county to take from the Manhattan Athletic Club of Columbus its charter. The petition recites that the real purpose of-the club is to promote prize-fighting, and that it was organized to evade the laws of the state against such fights. The attorney-gen-eral’s action is in line with the course which the governor has been following in such matters. The fight was scheduled for Thursday night.