Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16

Throughout the battle Herman played
for Eddie's head and face, with occa-
sional blows to the kidneys and
stomach, but the easterner showed to
greater advantage in the continuous
mixups and inhghting.
Frequent uppercuts with stinging
effect were sent to Hanlon's face In
the breakaways and during the fight
ing i'm clinches. These scored more for
Herman than the leads and swings for
the body, although Herman counted
frequently with hooks to the head and
jaw.
Blows Lack Steam
Several times Hanlon rushed Herman
to the ropes and in the exchange at
close quarters Herman generally came
off first best.
Hanlon landed numerously upon Her
man, playing for his body rather than
the head and face, but his bloWs
lacked the steam which went behind
those of Herman.
Herman landed viciously upon Han
Ions mouth in the fifth round, starting
the claret and from this time unti.
the end of the battle, Hanlon's face
presented a battered appearance.
In the closing rounds Eddie tired
yisibly and became wild in his leads,
frequently missing leads for the. head
and body and receiving stiif punches IN
return.
Herman was very quick in his move
ments and several times ducked out OF
the way of fierce leads by Hanlon,
which might have caused a difterent
result had they landed.
Although the decision by Referee
Eyton was received with applause ana
was popular because 1t was fair ana
Just, the defeat of Hanlon was to q
loo tni nyt
the loyal fans in Los Angeles who have
witnessed The Pride in many great
boxing exhibitions, from which he
emerged with first honors.
Hanlon accepted his defeat gracefully
and in the becoming manner character
istic of the clever little battler. After
the decision was announced Hanlon
walked across the ring and shook Her
mans hands in token of the absence or
i'll will and the audience roared It's
approval with shouts and clapping
hands.
Admiration was expressed freely dur
ing the battle for the game spirit
shown by Hanlon, who received ana
withstood more punishment than has
any boxer who ever appeared in Los
Angeles.
There was no moment during the
battle that there was an absence OIL
something doing, both boys wading in
and going at their best speed.
The result demonstrates that Herman
is one of the cleverest 1ightweights in
the country and must be reckoned with
as a strong factor in the adjudication
of the disputed lightweight title
claims.
On his showing last night he will
not be a second choice in his battle
with the winner Of the Young Corbett-
Herrera bout on January IL.
TJnNyinp nppOmp1ichp1 what Herrera
failed to do Herman looms UP on the
fight horizon as the best now on the
coast and his debut In the west has
been a huge success.
Future Dates Probable
Future engagements leading up to the
play-off with Nelson are in prospect
before he returns east and Herman
will be an attraction before the Pacific
Athletic club in numerous battles dur
ing the next succeedings months.
The card was begun with a six-round
whirlwind scrap between Young Sain
and Kid Dalton. The little fellows
started in to assassinate one another,
but set such terrific pace that nature
forced them to slow down after the
second round and take life in an easier
vein.
Dalton has a wallop that excited ad-
miration when it was first uncoiled and
sent Sain spinning across the ring,
but Sain was the cleverer and the
sample impressed him with the pro-
priety of avoiding it in future, which
he did whenever possible.
Dalton had the edge in the first two
rounds and Sain came to life there
after. until the final round, when Dali
ton topped off the battle with a return
to his rushing tactics and wallops.
Referee Eddie Robinson declared the
affair a draw, which decision was ap-
proved by the audience as fair and
just to both boys. 1t did not agree
with some of Dalton's hackers, how
ever. and he leaped into the ring and
let out a whoop and yell that would
have broken up in disorder any camp
of Comanches that ever graced the
wild and woolly.
Dalton accepted the decision and Sain
expressed himself as satisfied. The
loud-mouthed second of Dalton was of
slight influence in getting Robinson to
change the decision and left the ring.
Johnny Hogan and Jimmy Tremble
were scheduled to box ten rounds as
the main prelim, but Tremble could not
appear, having contracted a severe
cold several days ago while training
and is now at home suffering with an
attack of typhoid pneumonia.
Mike Schreck and Hogan went on for
q 1Ouf-rOullQ eXnlDlIlOn ana IL was lne
biggest success of the season.
They boxed one round according to
Marquis of Queensbury rules, took to
rough house tactics for the second
round, tried London prize ring rules
for the third and did a vaudeville stunt
for the windup.
Neither sought to punish the other
and no "vicious blows" were struck,
but Schreck sat down twice in the
final round causing great laughter and
applause for the cleverness which
characterized his squat.
Young Corbett. Aurelio Herrera, Kid
Solomon, Joe Green and Louis Burns
were introduced to the audience be-
fore the first preliminary was called.
Burns is from Philadelphia and
crossed the continent to secure en-
gagements. He issued "a challenge to
the winner of the Green-Solomon bout
scheduled for December 20.
The fight by rounds:
Round One
The men fddled and ran into
clinch. Herman put a right to the face,
t,. siegIaf To hn1NT