Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-11
HANLON DRAWS
WITH HERRERA
LIGHTWEIGHTS FIGHT TO NO
DECISION
Record Breaking Crowd Witnesses
Three Lively Bouts In Which Ref
erees Are Unable to Decide
Upon the Winners


best that he could get was a draw de-
cision.
The decision Of Referee Elton was
emlnently fair and just, although Han
lon and his trainers and seconds are
sorely disappointed that Eddie did not
get the decision.
The justification of Eiton's decision
is found in the last half of the fight
during which Herrara began to fight
back and evened UP the first ten rounds
with Eddie.
For ten rounds the Mexican dogged
It in great fashion and Eddie landed
upon him almost at WILL while Herrera
made but sighting return. In the
eleventh round Herrera woke UP and
began his crusade against the Hanlon
crouch, attempting to fight The Pride
out of his favorte style of battling.
Herrera's vicious right upper cuts fire.
quently landed on Eddies face, and
although they seemed to affect him but
slightly except in two or three in
stances they served to even UP the
vicious blows which Eddie had piled
against Herrera's head in the first ten
rounds.
Herrera followed his upper cuts with
leads for the head and body, and in
several mix-ups in the final rounds
Herrera had much the best of the ar
gument.
Hanlons remarkable recuperative
ability served him in good stead in
these trying moments and he generally
responded to the fierce onslaughts by
wicked swings of right and left to
stomach or head, and many were these
that landed.
No Danger Of Knockout
At no stage of the fight did there
seem to be any danger of either win
ming by the knockout route, except
when Herrera could land his right in
upper cuts and quick follows to head
which once or twice caused The Pride
to wobble perceptibly.
Eddie carried the fight to the Mex
lean all the way and, although he oc-
casionally received the worst of the
argument, he was always ready for
any emergency and his method of COW
ering and fighting at the same time
stood him in good stead frequently.
Herrera played on the defensive un-
til the closing rounds. He merely
seemed to try for avoidance of Eddie's
leads, and clinches were monotonously
plentiful throughout the twenty
rounds.
Frequently Hanlon would drive him
to the ropes and spirited exchanges
would ensue, ending when Herrera
would cover his head with the gloves to
avoid swings
In the last five rounds Herrera fought
like a fiend. and it was during this
stage of the fight that he fought for
an even break with Hanlon.
The only effective blows landed by
Herrera were after the tenth round
and these blows were principally up
per cuts and swings for the head. In
the last five rounds they were frequent
and Eddie sustained the principal part
of the punishment during these rounds.
Neither man was severely punished,
although Eddie's face showed the eff
fects of upper cuts to a slight degree.
Davis and Webster Draw
Draws were the rule last night and
they began with the curtain raiser
which was six-round bout between
Terry Davis and Kid Webster, at 122
pounds
The little fellows mixed things in
lively fashion throughout and both
were more severely punished than any
of the other fighters in the succeeding
bouts.
Davis started off like a three times
winner. but Webster came strong at
the end and the decision of a draw
was popular.
The main preliminary was the ten
round argument between Warren Zu-
brick and Kid German. These fought
at middleweights and the battle was
fierce from start to finish. German
showed cyclone speed in the opening
rounds and landed some vicious blows
upon Zubrick's face, one of them cut
ting the dentists cheek, which bled
profusely.
Zubricks superior ring experience and
generalship aided him greatly in the
latter part of the fight and he had all
the best of the closing rounds.
This proved to be the hardest fight
in which Zubrick has figured for some
time and it appeared to be his Water
loo in its early stages. German was
wild, however and plunged too fire.
quently. Zubrick generally brought
up these plunges with a sharp jab to
the face and scored often in the last
five rounds.
German was disappointed at the de-
cision of Referee Robinson, but it was
just and fair to both. German scored
heavily in the opening rounds, but Zu-
brick eVened up the argument in the
closing rounds, and no other decision
would have been fair to both.
The fights were witnessed by the big
gest audience that has been in at
tendance at similar events in the Maud
Junction pavilion since the Mccoy
Sullivan fight and with this one ex-
ception was a record breaker.
The audience was about evenly di-
vided In its favoritsm in all the scraps
and none or the fighters lacked for
rooters in plenty
The Hanlon-Herrera fight by rounds
follows:
Round One
Herrera lead off with a light tan TO
the head, Hanlon following with a left
to the head Hanlon tried right ana
lefts for the body and face. Herrera
protecting himself Herrera missed
right uppercuts, Eddie landing on the
head. A clinch followed, the end find
ing them sparring in the center of the
ring.
Round Two
Both men started cautiously, Hanlon
placing a left to the head and right
and lefts to the body, coming to a
clinch. Hanlon rushed Herrera to the
ropes with rights and lefts to the body
and they came to a clinch. Herrera
put a left to the body and they cllnched
again. The round was tame.
Round Three
Eddie blocked an uppercut and nut a
left TO the head. rushing the Mexican
to the ropes for a clinch Herrera
landed an uppereut and Hanlon put
right and lefts to the face, Herrera
protecting himself In Hanon style
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