The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
GOSSIP
WITH THE PUGS
What Is Doing in and Around the
Padded Ring.
HERRERA COMING THIS WEEK
SOME GOOD SCRAPS May BE
SEEN IN NEAR FUTURE.
HERRERA COMING THIS WEEK

According TO information received from
Butte Aurelio Herrera and his manager
Biddy Bishop. will make their appearance
in Salt Lake -Ihe coming week. As soon
as this is done there will probably be
something doing in the pugilistic line. as
Bishop is not the kind of a man to lie
idle long with his champion. The Mexi-
can is beSieged with challenges these
eSys. and he should not have much
trouble in getting some one to take on.
Several salt Lake promoters have been
tempting Biddy the past two weeks with
offers. and in ali likelihood he will ac-
ceDt Some one of these as soon as he
arrives in Salt Lake. Among the most
prominent is Jack Downey, the only man
who is now on the ground that could
make any kind of a showing against the
Mexican DOwney seems sincere in the
belief that he is the man to. lower the
CaIfornian'S cOlOrs. and says ne has the
money TO back up his pretenSiOns. He is
Now doing light road work in anticipa-
ton of getting a match in order TO pull
It off as soon as possible if the Mexican
agrees 70 meet him.
During the past week there has been
much said and very little done about get
ting on a match between Young Price and
Kid Smith and Young Price and George
Haekett. Both Hackett and Smith have
camped on Price trail, but neither one
Of the latter has received much encour-
2gement. In each case Price tells the
ether two to go and get a reputation be-
formed that il would take a $3.50 side bet
to get match with Price, but when this
youngster raised this amount he was in
formed that Price had decided that It
would take a 81, 900 side bet to get him
in the ring Now, all this talk is mere
bosh- None of the three parties
named has any more Of a reputation in
the ring that the law allows, and certain
" Price has less than either Smith or
Hackett. The latter boys have taken
part in a number of tWent y-rOund con-
tests, while Prices experience is limited,
as far as can be learned, to a few pre-
liminaries where he came a long way
that match between these youngsters
would make a good preliminary to a main
event and nothing more
Local fight fans are wondering whether
Manager Shafer of the Wasatch Athletic
club is really serious when he talks or
pulling off match between Harry
Forbes and Young Price in Salt Lake.
this fight has been talked Of but it was
generally supposed it was done merely
TO boost Young Price. Now, this boy
Price is as nice and gentlemanly a little
fellow as ever donned mitt IN a SAT-
Lake preliminary, and he may be a
conner As such he is entitled to every
chance in the world, and being a local
boy should be boosted as much as pos
Sible by all friends of the game But
when a match with the world s champion
is talked of against man who, as Tar
as can be learned, never fought ugnU IN
his life, il is a little too much for the local
fight fans TO swallow If Manager Shafer
thinks he has a world beaten, which he
is entitled to do, he should at least STOW
him off before the public before asking
for its support in a match against the
champion of the world OF course Young
Price is willing to go against FORBES, as
any fighter would be, as the losers end OF
the purse would be more that he could
earn fighting preliminarieS all his lie,
and then his manager would come in for
quite a neat sum. put now ABOUT the pun
lie who pays its coin?
This is not intended as a knock against
Young Price but only as a bit of friendly
advice to get out and do something that
entities him to a fight with the world 5
champion and then the public VIII oeSln
to have some confidence IN MS Stahdlng
as a fighter. Price may be the champion
of the world himself some day, but MS
record up to date does not entitle him to
being the principal III a boxing contest
in any village in the country. ana II IS
to l shot he could not get match as
such from any athletic club promoter
from coast to coast.
AS has been stated on many occasions.
Salt Lake is one of the best towns for the
fighting game in the west. At the present
time boxers from all over the country are
anxious to come here, and in all Pfooa5
biHty many good matches VIII De pulleu
off the coming summer. however, TINS
does not mean that every dub VINO mas
ever seen a boxing glove can come 10 Sat0
Lake and do business, Tor lhey ceIIliOt;
The fiyht followers have been fooled
often enough by this kind of gentry, and