Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-19
500 LAS VEGANS
WANT FIGHT BILL
Petitions Pour Into Legisla.
ture in Favor Of Trip Meas.
ure From Fight Fans All
Over the State.


tAeseial caFFeaRanasmea a. tAs HNraaa,
santa 70, n. NJ. April is. -chiof
interest ccntcred In the house on tha
legislature Yesterday where the pflfo
! fieht enthusiasts won a victory when
/ they tuDk up ana paasod the TFipp
bin. known AZ House uill as. after
considerable maneuvorlne which ~
naily sent the BILL across the line 81
h vote Of 20 ayes. IA navs. The paa-
sage OF the bin was the alenal for
a round OF applause frrm the adhor-
cnts Of the fight game Il provldos
FOR boxing contests In thrca.fope rings
Of not 20 exceed forty-flve rounds
undor INC twkniy- raund boSlna
laws 81 several states the Johnson
Flynn fiEht, Hchedulod for july I nt
Las Vegas. could hc held hut that
1 Tight u barred becauae ~ the iimlta.
tion 80 twenty rounds Under
forty-fivo round law Il Il expected
that the Johnson-Fiynn contest may
be held IN New Mexico
The bill, huWever. stlil has % run
the gauntlet ~ tho senate and az the
governors offlue " u should rens tho
SENATE. II may he defeated In he
senate but IN that event the friends
OF the prize rims hope that Il win re-
suit In no legislation ON the subject.
thereby leaving the field Wide opon
as Il now iH.
There was no organized oppoation
~ the bill apparent ~ the house. Mr.
blanchard tried 20 have Il tabled but
met with feeble support. MT BurR
tried to have Il re-commltied OF al
least moved that n be recommltted.
but lost ont on n roll cali
After the ron had been called yes
terday afternoon Speaker Becn called
Mr.. Clancy 10 the chair ana that
member presided over the entire de-
alterations o. me body during the
afternoon.
coineideni with the passaee Of tho
anti-prize fight bill came the usual
daily grist or petitions from various
counties Of the state, asking that 8
bill prohibiting prize flghting IN New
Mexico be passed
a telegram from Mayor n. y. Tau
pert Of East Las Vegas stated. how
ever. that he was forwardIno q peti-
ton for the PASSAGE OF the rrIpp bill
signed by over 500 residents OF that
| city II Is understood that petitions
VIII begin pouring into the setihte ana
house this week hy the adrlirers Of
the sport from all sections iu an ef-
fort "a offset the antl-fight petitions
The Trip bill was taken up undeg
suspension OF the rules. A parlla-
inentary contest was then lnRugurased'
until the presiding officer had more
motions Of one Kind ard another than
he knew what 60 do with.
The bill reached ~ third reading
ana wne road. Mr. Burg srhoved NJ
recommit II 20 the committee on
ways and means Mr. blanchard
moved 10 table Il. asserting that. u
motion 10 table had precedence. SIC
was oyerruled By the speaker. Mr.
Burg demanded a roll cali on his
motion, ne waa defeated BY vote
Of rs ayes and ~ nays, lie then left
the hall Mr Trlpp then moved the
nassage OF the bill. Mr.. blanchard
moved that the bill be recOmmitted
70 the committee on judiciary and
that that committee be- Instructed 20
report a substitute making Il unlaw-
fu 70 hold boxing contests. Hts mo-
tion was ruled opt OF order after "a
short debate and Mr.. Skidm0re moved
the previous question ON which a roll
call was demanded The previous
question was ordered hy vote Of 20
ayes, - nays Mr.. Vargas then tried |
10 secure an adjournment. hut the !
motion did not prevail and the speak /
.er held the biil was then on its pas-
sage without debate and ordered the
roll called The bill PASSED the house.
although thore were several mem
bers absent from the hall or not yot-
ing.