The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-08-26
JOHN v. YOUNG KILLED
IN PRIZE FIGHT RING
Los Angeles is Aroused Over
Death of PugiIist.
WILLARD'S BOND is $4,000.
Affair Causes Pelkey to Cancel En-
gagement-James j. Jefrries
Furnishes Bond Money.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. "a
John w. C'BulD Young, cowboy
heavyweight pugilist, died in a hos
pital here today of injuries received
at Vernon Arena last night when he
was Knocked out by Jess Willard.
Immediately after his death, war
rants charging manslaughter were
issued against Willard and eleven
others connected with the fight, while
legislators, clergymen and club wo-
men revived the demand for an anti
prize fight bill in California.
When Young's death was made
known to Sheriff w. A. Hammel,
who had placed the principles con-
cerned in the fight under technical
arrest last night, warrants for twelve
were issued by Deputy District At
torney A. L. Veitch The warrants
charged the following with man
slaughter:
Jesse Willard, Young's opponent:
Thomas j. McCary and AL Green
wald promoters of the fight; Harry
Gilmore, Jr., manager of Young;
Tom Jones, manager of willard;
Charles f. Yeton, referee; Albert G..
Harder, timekeeper, and James r.
Cameron, colored; Eddie Webster,
Charles Anslinger, John Davis and
Harry Monahan, seconds.
/ Through arrangements with the
attorney for the Pacific Athletic
Club, under whose auspices the fight
was staged, nine of the accused men
promptly surrendered to the author
tiles Cameron, Webster and Ans
linger seconds for Willard, it was
promised by the attorney, would ap-
pear in Court Monday.
/ WILLARD'S BOND $4,000.
? The nine who surrendered and ar
rested were arraigned before the
Justice of the Peace Summerfield,
who set August 27 for the prelimi,
nary examination and fixed willard
bond at $4,000, and those of the
others at $1,000 each. The bonds
were provided by James j. Jeffries,
former heavyweight champion of the
world, and John Brink, a cabaret
proprietor. The accused men were
released.
/ Sentiment against prize fights
grew rapidly during the day among
many classes of citizens.
State Senator w. +. Brown. father
of the anti-prize fight bill, which was
killed by two votes in the last legis-
lature, prophesiZed that an appeal to
the citizenship of the state by means
Of an initiative petition would result
q
Because of the death of Young
Arthur Palkey, claimant to the title
of heavyweight champion has called
off his scheduled match at Vernon,
September - with Charley Miller.
Pelkey who was the opponent of
Luther McCarty i'm the fight i'm which
the latter was killed at Calgary. sev-
eral months ago, was warm friend
of Young. He said today that he
could not enter the ring where Young
was fatally injured with anything
but sorrow in his heart.
No expression of opinion was OBJ
tainable today from officers of the
Pacific Athletic Club as To how
Young's death woul affect the sched-
uled fight Labor Day between Leach
Cross and Johnny Dundee, or the
contest September 9, between Joe
Rivers and the winner of the Cross
Dundee match.
DEATH Or YOUNG.
When Young failed to respond to-,
treatment of his seconds IT, the ring,
Young was placed IN al ambulance
and rushed TO hospita! i'm Los An
geles. An operation was prescribed
for him at once. After removing a
clot on the brain, the doctors stated
there was slight chance of his re-
covery. His death followed later.
In addition to the hemorrhage of
the brain those attending the fighter
declared that there we're so many
complications that it was impossible
to enumerate them, although they
denied report that his back had
been broken. When Young was
knocked out last night and failed to
revive four physicians worked over
him for thirty minutes, while six
thousand spectators stood on their
seats and waited for the outcome.