Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-13
CRITICS LIKE
KID HERMAN
FAST LIGHTWEIGHT REGARDED
AS Conner
Hanlon Is Thought to Have Hard
Proposition When He Faces
cheagoan-8attles to BE
Tournament

If kid" Herman, who meets Eddie
Hanlon Friday night, Is half the boy
the greatest critics of the country hold
him there is a battle royal In store for
lovers of the boxing game when the
midgets come together.
The impending contests will develop
into tournament, the result of which
Will be the selection of the lad who
will have an opportunity to meet the
Hegeswich iron man. With this In
centive to urge them on the coming
struggles should rank among the great
est fistic events of recent years Los
Angeles fans have in view a continuous
attraction, the outcome Of which may
lead to an epoch in the annals of the
ring
Young Corbett," who has apparently
come to the coast with every intention
of regaining lost laurels, is warned by
the sages beyond the Rockies that in
Herman he will meet the hardest one
of all the ring men who are hungering
without the Hegeswich stronghold; ;
Hanlon and Herrera being overlooked
as stumbling blocks in the path of the
former champion.
Bat Masterson in regard to the
coming battles between Herman and
Hanlon and Corbett and Herrera, says
Herman will be almost sure to beat
tfanlon as he is one of the very best
present time.
III Young Corbett can keep the de-
scendant of the noble Aztec from land
ing his terrific right wallop on his jaw
he Will be likely to take home the long
end of the purse but it will be poor
Kid" If he can't.
Should Herman beat Hanlon and
Corbett put it onto the greaser it will
be Herman and Corbett for January in
Los Angeles and what scrap that will
be, with Herman in the lead all the
way unless the Kid Is in the ld-time
FORM he was in when he became the
featherweight champion of the world.
This will be the first time Kid Her
man has had a chance to show him
self away from his home, which is in
Chlcago, and L predict that he will
make good"
Herman is going about his training
at the pavilion with n vengeance and
already appears fit for the ring. The
Kid Is taking no chances and will
90 away with further sparring until
the night of the battle He went
through his stunts yesterday afternoon
l1ammering the bag and doing shadow
work, finishing the routine by rough
ing it about the ring with Trainer
Lewis.
Herman weighs one hundred and
thirty pounds now, which is good
weight for him at this stage of the
work, fighting as he does at a low
figure. He is working out in moth
ing more than pair of trunks in order
that he may not fall too far below the
Hanlon weight.
The preliminary between Johnny
Hogan and Jim Tremble has been, in
manner, lost sight of by reason of
the interest attendant upon the main
event, though the prelim is on form
one of the best gos ever carded in
the city.
Trembe is well known to local fans
and the man he has been matched
with is rated as among the best of
his class in the east He has not yet
been defeated and has put away some
of the fast second raters who hangs
on the upper class. A draw with Hugo
Kelly is accounted to Hogan's credit
and shows the timber of the prelimi-
nary material that Manager McCarey
has chosen as an adjunct to the main
60.
Tremble who is working with Frank
Fields, loomed up yesterday in fast
fashion at the pavilion.
Thus far considerable Hanlon money
at one hundred to eighty has been
put out though the cnsensus of opinion
is that the men will enter the ring
at even money.
Over $4,000 worth of standing orders
has been booked. although tickets will
not be placed on sale until this morn
ing