The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-16

to take place between Jeffries and
johnson is to be . prize night, as that
term is undnrat6od In the law. and
therefore q crime under our statutes.
III this is true, 1t should be pre-
vented, but II carried out, the inter-
ested parties should be punished az
provided by law.
II believe that you should investi-
gate the matter and take such legal
steps as may be proper, in your
judgment II warranted by the facts,
In presenting the case to the court
for its decision. and asked to have all
interested parties enjoined pending
the hearing.
No Decision.
"Our supreme court has never de-
fined q prise tight and I believe that
an opportunity should be given 1t to
do so. Since the amendment Of the
law in 1899 permitting. 'sparring ex-
hibitions' prize fighting, under guise
of this amendment has greatly in
creased and has been tolerated in
California until today our state is q
mecca for prize fighters, much to our
d.scredit.
Our people have the right to de-
mand that prize lighting shall cease
in this state and it will II our pres
ent lawe> are enforced, especially II
our COY a .nfollow the decisions OF the
supren> S-ts Of our sister states.
Il need sefer you to the files Of
our daily pA, u. will cali your at
ts..,., :. trA VI .,roa ~ fhn rarant
ones. FIRST the 49, Mccarthy night;
The Oakland TrtbH. It's issue OF
April 80. in reportinx uses this
language: N 4
latter the sixteenth ound had
gone some fifty seconds Moran land
ed blow on McCarthy's jaw. 1t did
not look to be heavy punch, but the
young fighter went over backwards.
his head seemingly dropping below
as though his neck had been injured
and as he struck the floor the sound
of the impact could be heard through
out the pavilion. Mccarthy died.
'Next the Wolgast-N Nelson tight that
took place on Washington's birthday
lit seems that prize fighters always
want to fight on Washington's birth
day, Decoration day and Independence
day., and reported in all the daily pa
pers of the state by rounds quote
from the San Francisco Chronicle Of
February %: Round 13-Nelson's
lips were puffed and his eyes and
cheeks were swollen. They mixed
it like tigers, Wolgast having all the
better Of 1t, landing repeatedly on the
body and Jaw with Nelson lighting
wildly and splitting blood. Wolgast
literally cut the battler's face to rib
bons but still the Dane came In for
more.
"'Round ss-wolsast appeared 10th
to put in the finishing punch. He jab-
bed necessarily at the battler's
anatomy and again the blood flowed
in stream. Wolgast almost sent
Nelson to the floor landing blow after
blow on the defenseless champion's
face
"1n the same issue Of the Chronicle
Efs-a report Of the fight between Con.
Ie yand Attell which took place near
Los Angeles on February 38, I quote
from It:
AFTER wearing his opponent down
until he practically had no strength
left with which to make adequate de-
fense, much less to put up an offense
style Of battle, frankie Conley rush
ed in and gave Monte Attell such a
terriic drubbing In the forty-second
round Of their scheduled 46-round
fight at Vernon this Afternoon that the
San Francisco boy was unable to arise
when, knocked to the floor with full
right swing that caught him on the
back of his head. Attell was lying
unconscious upon his back sprawled
at full lengt hand did not move when
his seconds lifted him into their arms
and carried him to his corner
IF these contests were not prize
fights then the historic battle be-
tween Heenan and Sayers was not
one"