The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04

Herrera or Nelson, which?
This is the question that is bother
ing every fight fan in Salt Lake City
and is keeping the fight fans awake in
several other cities also. These two
men meet in Butte tomorrow afternoon
and, study the dope as one may. it is
about the hardest proposition to pick
that has come along for many a day.
Both men lave fought in this city
and both are well known here and it
is for this reason the fight is attract
ing as much attention as a big cham
pi0Bship battle. In fact, the fight will
decide which man viii meet either
Britt of Young Corbett for the cham
pionsEip OF the world, and this makes
il doubly important.
Toss Up For Winner.
Ever since Battling Nelson defeated
Spider Welsh i'm this city. the local
followers of the sport have been anxi-
Gus to see him go up against the Mex
lean. At that time it was thought
Herrera would defeat him, but Mel
sons remarkable showing in defeating
Candle and then Eddie Hanlon has
placed his stock fully as high as Her
rera's, until now it appears a toss-up
as TO which will win.
Here I'm Salt Lake the conceasus of
opinion is: Herrera under ten rounds,
Nelson If the fight goes longer. Can
the Mexican land his famous right
hand punch in that time? If so, the
fight is his. If not, Nelson is likely TO
wear him down and finally put him
down from sheer exhaustion.
II is that punch that is causing the
guessing. Herrera has sent men like
Broad and Hanger to the floor with il
and why not Nelson, say his admirers.
Judging from Nelson's performance
here. it viii be easy for the Mexican
10 hit the battling one and hit him in
the right place. Following this line of
dope, Herrera should win inside of a
few rounds. Nelson's style of fight
ing against Spider WeIch impressed
one that he would be easy for hard
hitter like Herrera and he surely will
be unless he protects that jaw better
than he did at the Salt palace. Spider
WEIGH landed at will on the Danes
Vulnerable spots and Il never feased
him. Let Herrera land a couple Of
those sleep-producing punches I'm the
same manner and the fight is his.
Murphy Knows of Punch.
On the other HAND Murphy knows
as we'll as any one the kind of a punch
Herrera has eecreted in his right and
he has probably trained Nelson to keep
away from that one blow, If the Dane
is successful ia doing this, as other
fighters have. he will win the fight.
Nelson's style. of fgLt against. Her
rera should be one@Of Keeping we'll
covered while rushing the Mexican all
over the ring and. il is believed. he
would soon wear the dark skinned lad
down. Then it would be simply
slaughter, with Herrera being the
slaughtered one. This Nelson's friends
think he will do, and are betting ac-
cordingly.
These arguments are heard on the
streets every day and the town is
about evenly divided on whether Her
rera viii get in that wallop or not. 1t
has been proved that he cannot land
it on clever man, but can he do Il
TO Nelson? Tomorrow will settle the
much mooted question and, as before
stated, tomorrow will name the next
candidate for worlds championship
hOnOrs
Opinions From Local Fans.
Opinions from a number of leading
fight fans obtained yesterday, were as
follows:
J. s. Critchlow-If it goes ten rounds.
Nelson will win.
J. N. Moore-If Nelson can avoid the
MeXican's right in the early part Of the
fight he will win.
Jake Greenewald-If Herrera WINS he
will have TO do Il in ten rounds. / would.
har hot On ka Mavicar- his r,rrrob FOR