1914 California Proposition 20

Prize fights initiative May 2024 lyMay 2024 thumb|The law was proposed after Bull Young was killed by a blow from Jess Willard at Vernon Arena, in the 11th round of what was intended to be 20-round fightAllen Arly https://books.google.com/books?id=gWIqDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bull+Young%22+%22Jess+Willard%22&pg=PA88 Jess Willard: Heavyweight Champion of the World (1915–1919) Mace James Willard 2017 McFarland 978-1-4766-2637-6 Jefferson, N.C. 91 en (Los Angeles Record, August 23, 1913) California Proposition 20 was a 1914 California ballot initiative known as the prize fights initiative. It passed with 56 percent of the popular vote.Jones Bill https://books.google.com/books?id=cAxDp7rmwRYC&dq=California+Proposition+20+Prize+Fights+Initiative+1914&pg=PA5 A History of the California Initiative Process 2001 DIANE Publishing 978-0-7881-8250-1 5 en The prize fight initiative addressed the question of "irreligious prize fights" (as per proponents) versus "moral boxing" (according to opponents).2004-10-27 We're Taking Way Too Much Initiative https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-27-oe-morrison27-story.html 2024-05-17 Los Angeles Times en-US It prohibited charging an admission fee for any fight lasting more than four rounds, and prohibited awarding any prize worth more than $25.April 10, 1913 Blow Aimed at California Boxing. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/04/10/100393823.html 2024-05-17 The New York Times 9 en 0362-4331 The wording on the ballot was "Initiative act amending penal code. Prohibits the engaging in or furthering in any prize fights or remunerative boxing exhibitions, training therefor, or betting thereon; the conducting, participating in or witnessing any boxing exhibition on Memorial Day or Sunday; authorizes regulated four-round amateur boxing exhibitions unless prohibited by ordinances [etc]."1914-10-23 Proposition 20 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-red-bluff-news-proposition-20/147577086/ 2024-05-17 The Red Bluff News 8 An Oakland sportswriter named Billy Fitz argued that the limitations imposed by the law, restricting fights (that had once gone on as many as 20 rounds) to four rounds would encourage a rush of poorly trained amateurs who would fight more brutally in order to win a shorter match (rather than previous endurance contests which he felt were conducted by well-prepared professional boxers).Billy Fitz 1914-12-13 New State Law Will Fail to Attain Object https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-new-state-law-will-fail/147574089/ 2024-05-17 Oakland Tribune 38 The 1914 law was repealed with the passage of 1924's California Proposition 7. References Category:California ballot propositions Category:1914 in California Category:Boxing in California Category:Sports ballot measures in the United States