Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-08
MEN TO
CEASE TRAINING
HANlLoN AND HERRERA ARE IN
CONDITION
Each is Ready to Enter Ring and
Battle for His Life and Best
Man VIII Win Friday
Night

Today will witness the end of train
ing stunts by Eddie Hanlon and Au-
relic Herrera for their battle which
occurs Friday night before Tom Nc
Carey's club. Both boys are In the
best condition possible to attain and
each is confident of winning the long
end of the purse.
Herrera has fully recovered from the
attack of Ia grippe which necessitated
his request for one weeks postpone
ment of hostilities, and the mule-klck-
ing Mexican will have no complaint
coming II he fails to get the decision
Hanlon is also In condition to fight
for his life and Is bubbling over with
confidence. He does not agree with
some of his friends that this Is to be
the hardest battle Of his career, ex-
ceptlng, Of course, those In which he
took the short end of the decision.
Eddie admits that he is not up
against any clnch and will spare no
effort because of over-confidence. He
will enter the ring with the determi-
nation to fight the best battle of his
life and those who have watched the
steady improvement in the ring tactics
and the effectiveness of his style will
naturally except to see some admir-
able generalship upon the part of the
Pride.
Herrera says that he is in better
condition than ever before previous to
entering the ring and has developed a
mighty dreamer in each of his sturdy
jab sticks. To all queries as to the
probable result of the fight Herrera
readily responds with the reply that
1t will be Herrera all the way.
Test of Ability
This battle will be a fair test upon
the ability of the lightweight scrap
pers to hammer Hanlon out of his
crouch and force him to fight in a new
style to him.
Herrera says that he proposes to at
tempt coaxing Eddie to stand up and
mix jabs on a give and take order
but failing this he will adopt the Han
lon crouch for the remainder of the
fight.
Eddies ability to cover when neces-
sary and bore into his opponents Is q
serious proposition for all who have
ever faced him in the ring, and none
has succeeded in bringing him fully
out of his crouch. Whether Herrera
will succeed where others have failed
is a mooted question, and Eddie's ad-
mirers are all from Missouri on this
point.
This battle Is attracting interest all
over the country because of the prom
inence of the little men and the prob
dple DedTlnS lne result Will nave on
future battles in this division
Should Hanlon win, McCarey will
attempt to get him matched with
Terry McGovern, and Eddies cham
pionship aspirations will take on a
genuine boom.
Should Herrera win it will be big
feather in his cap and he will be in
line for a return match wath Bat
Nelson. who defeated him at Butte in
a gruelling battle at time when Her
rera was physically unable to fight.
A victory obtained in a decisive
manner for either of the little men
will be a boost for him and will ma
terially affect the future of the other
in a proportionately adverse manner.
Both little men have a host of ad-
mirers in Southern California. and each
will have ample backing to keep the
odds very near TO the even point. If
any variation occurs in the odds Han
lon will be installed as favorite. But
the difference will be slight, probably
not greater than 10 to g.