Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
GREAT BATTLE
IS ANTICIPATED
GREEN AND SOLOMON TRAIN
STRENU0USLY
The "Kid" Is Working With Herrera
and Rounding Into Perfect
Condition for the
Bout

The Solomon-Green fight for Decem-
Der 20 continues to be the diverting
topic along the Rialto, and thus far
public opinion is evenly divided as to
the merits Of the men.
Many hold that Green will knock
Solomon out, while the ever-faithful
Solomon hackers must be shown before
they will believe.
There is a probability that barrel
of coin will change hands when the re-
suit is known and anything but a
knockout seems out of consideration.
Both men in their last bout went
after each other in a manner that kept
the crowd at the top notch of excite
ment awaiting a sudden end to the
fray
1t was hammer and tongs from start
with either one coming back for all
that the other had to give. AS the
affair was a ten-round preliminary, the
gong ended one of the fastest encoun-
ters witnessed on the coast and gave
rise to much speculation as to which
was the better of the two.
Solomon went four fast rounds with
Aurelio Herrera at the pavilion yester-
day afternoon and the bout was wit
messed by a large crowd which gath
cred to watch the training of the Also
street boy.
The Mexican was, as rule, unable
to cross the left guard Of Solomon, al
though he drove his singing right
from every position possible. solomon
Is paying especial attention to defen
siye tactics and evidently has Il good
opinion of the Chicago lads hitting
powers.
Trains for Wind
"All 1 want" said Solomon, "is my
wind, and then l don't care what Green
has. l was glad to get off with a draw
the last time, as l fought with the
broken rib that Tommy Burns gave me
before the fight. 1t will not bother me
Friday night and expect to win.
After the rounds with Herrera, Solo
mon took on several boys who were
training for the preliminaries, more
for aid of his wind, than the boxing
end of 1t.
The pride of Solomon's life is nine
months old blue-eyed boy, who pre-
ceded the kid" to the training quar-
ters yesterday in a diminutiVe car
riage, with the proud father acting as
motive power. Into the dressing room
went Solomon the Second, and when
the breadwinner had donned his work
ing togs Junior" occupied a promi-
nent place at the ringside, where he
watched the proceedings in wide-eyed
wonderment, at length uttering tear
full protestatiOn when Herrera sue
ceeded i'm landing u hard Wallop on
fathers face.
A run to Elysian park with Herrera
every morning with shadow work and
boxing in the afternoon, constitutes
the daily routine and Solomon should
be in prime condition by Friday night.
Green Ceases Boxing
Green is not boxing much at his
training quarters on Spring street and
contents himself with rapping the bag
and hopping around the gymnasium.
Herrera is not letting himself out to
any great extent and says that he
will defer hard work until after New
Years. He goes through a daily rou-
tine, beginning with jog in the morn
ing and a little limbering up in the
afternoon. Yesterday he went through
hard work and ended with the four
round go, in which he set Solomon a
lively pace.
Corbett is running in the mornings
and shifting around the gym in the
afternoons. Boxing will not be much
of factor in the Corbett preparation
for the battle, as the ex-champion be-
lieves that other things than sparrng
are more necessary for the present in
stance.
The strongest argument that the
Green supporters make is that, In view
of his past performances, Solomon will
not be able to knock him out and that