The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-14
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Aurelio Herrera has received another
severe check in his remarkable ring
career. His quietus was given him last
Friday night at Anaconda, Mont
when Louie Long sent the fighting
Mexican to the mat for the first time
in his pugilistic career. 1t was in
Montana that Herrera. under the man
agement Of Biddy Bishop, gained q
reputation that made him champion
ship possibility. and it was TO Montana
that Herrera journeyed after year Of
Indifferent success to meet his Water
loo. Herrera numbered his friends by
the thousands in the intermOuntain
country a year ago, and now he is
nothing more than a back number.
To was while at the pinnacle of his
fame that Herrera became q party to
a fake fight in Salt Lake with d bogus
Jack DOwney last July. For the sake
of a little easy money he riSked his
reputation and threw down the Salt
Lake sporting fraternity. Herrera got
the coin, all right, but from that me-
morable night the hand of fate has
hung over his head. From a top
notcher in the heavy featherweighU
class Herrera has drifted down the line
until Louie Long proved to Herrera's
thousands OF friends in Montana that
the Mexican IS has-been.
Since the Downey affair HerTera'S
fall has been rapid Driven from the
principal coast cities by NJ. L. Mulvey
of this city. HerreTa's first fight was
with Louie Long at Vancouver. Long,
then an unknown, gave Herrera the
worst OF the argument in twenty
rounds. Next he met Jack CordeH,
then another unknown, in California.
and again Herrera was bested. His
fobfS with Mary Lreea were
draw at the best. and then came his
defeat Of Friday night by Long, who
first started him on his downward ca
reer. Herrera, before the Downey fias-
co, was championship possibility.
Herrera is now dub fighter.
Billy Murphy. former lightweight
champion Of the world, writes as fol-
lows:
Il thought that in my time I was the
whole show until I saw this fellow Cor
bett in action. but my hat is off TO him.
He can whip them all without even half
trying. I can still fight but no COTbett
for me. he viii whip Britt in two
rounds. I am going back to New Yea
land and in the future will earn my liv-
ing as a farmer"
The story that Abe Atteu and Harry
Forbes faxed their fight in St. Louis
recently viii not down and nearly every
sporting writer in the country is TAX
ing d shot at the pair. Atte1 has al
ways borne q clean record, but not so
with Forbes as he has been accused Of
fixing a number Of fights with pretty
good evidence to back it up. This
brings TO mind the stunt that this same
Forbes had framed up for Salt Lake
last summer. but which the local fight
fans would not stand for, and so it was
called off. Forbes was matched TO go
against a preliminary fighter Young
Price of this city. Rumor has It that
Forbes agreed to let Price stay ten
rounds TO make showing, give the
local kid reputation and divide up the
big gate receipts such a fight would
draw. While this town has seen some
raw ones in its days, it would not stand
for deal Of this kind.
out on the coast the sports are not
taking well to the coming fight be-
tween Young Corbett and Dave Sulli-
van. They look upon the contest as a
little easy money for Corbett. and ac-
cor6ing to the dope the Frisco sports
are not very long way of.
| Terry Mc61overn comes out in a long
article and tells ambitious boxers how
/ to whip Young Corbett. Terry has had
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and failed each time. Under these cir
J eumstances fl win be hard TO find any
/ one who would be willing To pin much
/ faith on Terry's line OF argument. If
/ the day ever comes when the Brooklyn
/ terror whips COrbett then a person
might think he knows what he is talk
/ ing about.
In Chicago the authorities have de-
, eided TO give no more permits for fights
/ between white and colOred boxers
! White men viii be permitted to meet
/ white men and negroes TO meet men OF
4 their color. but the two cannot mix
/ This was done on account OF the recent
! fight in Detroit when Joe Cans gave
white man sue. a terrible beating. The
/ rule looks like a good one, and il viii
/ probably be adopted by other cities
/ where boxing is permitted.
1 Deputies Berteaux and Lachaud are
at the head of q movement to give
/ strong government support to sending
| representatives of various French
! sports To St. Louis. It is proposed to
| raise 81, coo for this purpose, the gov
! eminent appTOpriating half the amount.
! The sports win include athletics, shoot
ing and fencing. n. Berteaux says the
| American universities spent $4,000 in
sending athletes to compete at the Paris
| exposition and that it is a matter Of
national pride that proper reciprocati0n
De made.