Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-06
CALIFORNIA RINGS
 DOWN CURTAIN ON
 BOXING AFTER t5TH
Majority of Votes at the Recent
 Election Put Ban on Sport of the Squared Circle Which Has
 Flourished for Half a Century.


 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec Black in the early niueties, when James J. Corbett first stepped into ring prom thence. California began to make pu. gilisto history and ever since that time the Golden State" has been looked upon as a great centre for the maintainence and encouragement of 6suc sport. Many championship bat ties have been fought there and fol- lowers of the fortunes of pugihsts in every class, from heavies to bantams, evinced unusual interest when bouts were scheduled at San Francisco. Los Angeles or any other of the many places where glove encounters were recided and titles passed Two gener- ations of fistic champions have en- ioyed the privilege afforded by the State of California and thousands of followers of the sport have been well satisfied with the results But all this is to be changed and the Knights of the glove and squared circle" will have to seek fresh fields outside of | California.
 At the recent state election tho majority of Cerfornia's voters decided that pugilism should not be accredited other than amateur bouts of foul rounds duration in the principal Pa ciHc Coast State and after a rather prosperous quarter of a century, pu gilism will be taboo. In recent years the California promoters of this class of sport have given excellent induce ments to the leading fighters of the world and as a result the best men in every class have at one time or an other appeared there and severa as legal sport, thus making it man datory for the boxers to sette theil differences as to relative merits else where. At midnight of Tuesday De cember 15 "taps" will be sounded foi championship titles have been lost and won.
 Several notable heavyweight con tests have taken place fin San Fran cisco since the memorable sixty-on' round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson was fought in 1891 IThis served to bring Corbett into Inc IHmelight and within eighteen month. afterwards the then young bank clerk had annexed the heavyweight honor. by defeating John L Sullivan some what unexpectedly at New Orleans ii September 1892 The young Calfor nian was not considered seriously al a possible contender by Sallivans le gion of admirers and the Pacific Coas was elated when Corbet- brought bacl | the championship to his native state
 Among the many bouts between bil men decided in San Francisco in thl last twelve years the following ma, Ime mentioned, Jim Jeffries knocked ! out Bob Fiizsimmons had lost Cha l championship in 1909 just tour year .oftlr Fitzsimmons had lost the chan 1 piouship to the big boiIermaker a ! ICorey Island in eleven rounds Jacl 1 Munroe lasted only two rounds witt ! Jefrres in the following year and il |l9O5 Jeflries retired but only tempo ! rarily. Jack O'Briu vanquished Fit simmons at San Francisco in twelv
 rounds that same year anl in 19O Tommy Burns, who was the recol uized successor of Jeffrias defeate . Marvin Hart in twenty rounds. lively
 months after that Burns defeate
 Jack O'Brien in a twenty round bou
 at Los Angeles and knocked out Bi
 Squires in a single round al Colm
 in 1907 where two years later tn
 Stanley Ketchel was knocked out i
 twelve rounds by Jack Johnson. Tn , last of the big bouts was that betwee
 Gunboat Smith aud Arthur Pelky las
 January
 Among the lighter boxers the bes lads in each division have been see