Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-16
GlLLETT PUTS BIG FIGHTERS
OUT IN ONE ROUND
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in and gave Attell such a terrific
%drubbing in the forty-second round ~
their scheduled 45-round fight, al
Vernon this afternoon shat the San
Francisco boy was unable to arise
when knocked TO the floor with n fun
right swing that caught him ON The
back Of the head, Attell was lyins
unconscious upon his back, gprawlcd
at full length and did not move when
his seconds lifted him into their arms
and carried him to his corner
III those contests We're not prize
fights. then the historic battle between
Heenan and Savers was not orc. 7
have no doubt hat the coming com
test between Jeffrios and Johnson win
he a repetition of the BRUTALITY men,
toned in the foregoing fights, only ON
a larger scale.
III 'sparrlng exhibitions MS permit
ted by our laws, makes fights where
men are killed, beaten into insensi-
bility. and their faces cut into RIB
bans' are lawful acts, then il is lime
that the legislature should interfere
and make such exhibitions n fclosy.
Such contests are prize fights not pCr-
mitted by the law and should he pun-
ished as such. Those who engage IN
them are prize fighters and make
their living by fighting eacn nther for
prizes or rewards.
''The whole business is iemornliaing
to the youth OF our state, corrupts pub
lie morals, is offensive to the senses
of . great majority Of Il citizens and
should be abated, as a public nuisance,
and the offenders punished.
IF the court. upon n petition,
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therein, and permits the parties inter-
ested TO proceed as advertised by them
then 7 desire YOU, on behalf of the
people of the state, to gather all evil
dcnce possible, and if the contest is
carried out as advertised, ana the par
ties fight for q purse or for a reward,
and mflict upon each other bodily in
Jury, then you are to cause the arrest
or the principals and those interested
with then in promoting the fight and
try them on a felony charge FOR rio-
lating section 412 Of the penal c0de.
Yours truly.
tSiened) j. n. GILLETTE"
When word of the governors order
reached Ben Lomond, Jim Jeffries re-
fused to believe it. The camp was
thrown into an nproar by the message
and there vas exciting conversation OF
all sides.
Richard estimates hat he viii lose
$780, 600 If he is forced to take the
fight elsewhere. He stated that he
would consider Reno, Ely and SAT-
Lake. and seemed to favor the last
named place.
Work on the arena, which has
progressed rapidly since it was started
about two weeks ago, was ordered
suspended temporarily when the ac-
ton of the governor became known.
but the promoters did not say whether
they would extend this order pending
a court decision. sA*x
The legal proceedings, it Is believed,
VIII make no difference at the fight
ers' camps. It is probable they Will
20 on with their training as though
nothing had happened, but the whole
matter is in such a disturbed ana un-
settled state tonight that 1t is hard to
say what the next moves Of any of
the interested parties viii be.
District Attorney Fickert, mention
Of whom is made by the governor, dis
played some bitterness when asked for
n statement. He said the state eXecu-
tive had needed the clamor of the
mob and made satirical references to
political capital"
However he continued, 81 still
believe the fight will be held here, as
the courts are more powerful than the
governor"
Seeking a reason for the action Of
Governor Gillett, following as 1t
does his own repeated declarations
that he did not believe the fight would
be prevented and did not propose to
begin a useless opposition. many think
that pressure was brought to bear
upon him from Washington; that the
representatives at the national
capital have informed him that the
holding of the fight was standing in
the way of San Francisco's effort to
secure national legislation in favor of
the Panama-Pacific exposition. This
belief is strengthened by a message
received from Washington by Presi-
dent Wheeler of the a Francisco
association, in which such a
condition Is said to exist at the capt.
tai. The message was sent by Repre-
sentative Bennett Of New York ten
days ago, but was not made public
until today.
The sporting fraternity i'm general
seems to feel that the halcyon days
OF pugilism in California are over, and
even though the Jeffries-Johnson fight
may be carried through, the next ses-
sion Of the legislature will be forced
to go on record as prohibiting bouts
nf n1prp than "A few rounds.