Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-24

Just before the cock crew for day
yesterday morning Manager Tom Nc
Carey concluded negotiations with
Manager Billy Nolan for the twenty
round battle proposed between Bat
thing Nelson and Aurelio Herrera dur
ing Fiesta week.
At the conclusion of several hours
conversation over the wires the ar
ticles of agreement were signed by
Nelson in New York and his forfeit was
posted, and as Herrera had completed
these formalities twenty-four hours
previously the battle is assured.
The club conditions are that Nelson
shall not engage in any other matches
until after he meets Herrera and that
the battling one will be in Los Angeles
at least thirty days previous to the
fight date.
Nelson promised McCarey that he
would leave New York Sunday night
and come direct to Los Angeles. I'M
mediately upon his arrival he will es-
tablish training quarters and begin the
steady grind necessary for putting him
self into condition for what he thor
oughly understands will be the hard
est battle of his career.
The articles of agreement provide
that the battlers shall weigh in at
131 pounds at o'clock on the evening
of the bout, which weight provision is
entirely satisfactory to both little
scrappers and easy for them to make.
Before signing the articles Nelson
demanded and was allowed to claim
the champions share of the purse,
$4,000, and the remainder. $4,000, Will
be split on a basis of 90 and 40 per
cent.
Should Nelson win he will pull down
$4,000, but if he loses he will receive
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immensely inflated as compared with
some of the purses for which Nelson
has fought in modern times.
Herrera will earn $4,000 by winning
or $4,000 for losing, which is tidy sum
for a few minutes efforts in the ring.
However, Herrera says that he VIII
surely take the long end of the purse
as he has been up against Nelson be-
fore and under decidedly adverse con-
ditions and yet was able to force Mel
son to a questionable decision
Herrera Was III
This battle occurred at Butte, Mont,
July 4. 1904, and Herrera went into
the ring weak and i'll from fevers
which had prevented him from training
over five days for the battle.
With this great handicap Herrera
put up a game battle and showed so
well against Nelson that many in the
audience believed that the decision
should have been a draw instead of in
favor of Nelson.
This decision has rankled in the Mex
leans heart ever since and he is to-
day the happiest man is Los Angeles
because he has been given another
chance against Nelson.
Herrera promises McCarey that he
will train faithfully for this battle and
will enter the ring In better condition
than he ever did before. If Herrera
lives up to this promise he will carry
load of money placed upon his
chances by western admirers who for
many moons entertained the idea that
he is the best lightweight in training
and entitled to fight for the champion
ship.
The steady improvement shown by
Herrera in the last two years has en-
abled him to gradually NOV down all
human stumbling blocks in his path to
the championship, with the possible
exception of Cans and Nelson and the
foxy Mexican is determined to go to-
the top.
Nelson is entirely too great a battler
to take any chances of losing his
laurels by neglecting his training and
it is assured that he will enter the
ring in the pink of condition and ready
to go at his best clip. This means that
the Los Angeles fight fans will see the
greatest lightweight battle of modern
days and because of the prominence of
both little men the battle will attract
attention from all over the country.
Nelson and Nolan will leave New
York Sunday night and should arrive
in Los Angeles by the following Thurs
day. 1t is probable that he will be ac-
companied by his training staff and
will establish training quarters and get