The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
KNOCKOUT BLOW
PROVES FATAL To
STRICKEN BOXER
j. w. ('Bull'') Young Dies in
Hospital in Los Angeles
After Battle With
Willard

| fs.BulfD Young. a cowboy heavy weight
pugilist died in a hospital here today
| from injuries suffered at Vernon arena
| last night. when he was knocked out
!, by Jess willard. and Immediately after
| his death warrants charging man
slaughter were issued against Willard
and II Others connected with the fight
| women revived the demand for an anti
prizefight bill in California.
OPERATION FRUITLEss
/ The operation upon Young's skull to
relieve the. cerebral hemorrhage, which
followed his being knocked out in the
eleventh round of his scheduled 20
round fight with Willard, was at first
] pronounced a success, but was rapidly
i. proved otherwise.
The pugflist remained in coma from
| the time he received Wizards right
upper cut to the jaw until his death at
| $50 o'clock this morning, when sur
geons who operated upon him stated
that death was due to. concussion OF
the brain.
WARRANTS ISSUED
| When his death was made known to
Sheriff w. A. Hammel. who had placed
|
! fight under technical arrest last night
warrants for II were issued by Deputy
/ District Attorney Arthur l.. Veitch. The
warrants charged the following with
manslaughter:
Jess Willard. Young's opponent;
Thomas j. McCarey and Al Greenewald
promoters OF the fight; Harry Gilmore
Jr., manager of Young; Tom Jones
manager of willard; Charles r. Eyton
I ~ f1v ~ 10 a limo lxn noT, ey
and five seconds. James Cameron (col-
ored). Eddie Webster, Charles An
singer, John Davies and Harry Mona
han.
MEN SURRENDER
| Through arrangements with Earl
Rogers, attorney for the Pacific Ath-
letic club, under whose auspices the
| fight was staged, nine of the accused
men surrendered themselves to Under
| Sheriff Robert Brain at 10 o'clock.
The other three, Cameron, Webster
/ and Anslinger. seconds for Willard. IL
was promised by Attorney Rogers
would appear in court not later than
Monday
The nine who surrendered themselves
| were Immediately arraigned before
| Justice of the Peace Summerfeld, woh
| set August 90 for their preliminary
examination. and fixed Willard's bonds
at $4,000 and those of the other eight
| at $1,000 each
JEFFRIES BONDSMAN
The bonds were provided by James
| j. Jeffries, former heavy weight cham
pion of the world, and John Brink. a
cabaret proprietor and the accused
men were given their liberty about ]
| o'clock in the afternoon.
1t was said -the defense of the men
would be based on a ruling of Judge
| Frank r. Willis of the criminal de-
| partment of the superior court that
contests licensed by municipalities
were legal. His: decision was rendered
two or three years ago in the cases of
George Memsic and Ad wolgast, who
were arrested for prize fighting
1t was declared that the Young Will
| lard contest conformed to the ordi-
nances of Vernon, an Incorporated city.
Willard expressed great sorrow al
Young's death, and the other persons
taken into custody spoke similarly.
Referee Eyton declared that the only
.hard blow struck at the fight was the
knockout punch and that until the
| finish no damage was done" He said
| there had been mo occasion for stop
| ping the fight"
PELKEY CALLS OFF FIGHT
Arthur Pelkey, opponent of Luther
| several months ago at Calgary, AL
| berta, Canada. was so affected by the
| death of Young, who was his friend
that he called off his fight with Charlie
Miller, scheduled for the Vernon arena
! September %.
Sentiment against prize fights grew
rapidly during the day among many
classes of citizens, with clergymen
voicing their protests in some after
noon papers and legislators being
quoted In all predicting the death
| of prize fighting in California as the
result of Young's death.
State Senator W. Z. Brown father
of the anti prize fight bill. which was
killed by two votes in the last legis-
| lature, prophesied that IAN appeal to
the citizenship of the state by means
| of an initiative petition would result
| in the enactment of law prohibiting
prize fights
GAME THREATENED
State Senator Lester r. Hewitt said
| such brutal smuggling matches should
| be stopped" State Senator Lee G.
Gates predicted that the killing OF
| Young would mark the end of the prize
fight game in California"
| Many prominent clubwomen ex-
pressed similar sentiments.
Coroner Hartwell planned to hold q
postmortem examination of Young
trict attorneys office.
Meantime Noah Young, a brother of
the dead pugilist. went as far as he
He is here to take his brothers body