Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10
GOSSIP OF THE
SQUARED CIRCLE
Harry Tenny's Death l1ksN :,
Put a Damper on the
Game.
HERRERA NOW IN TRAINING
Hard Hitting Mexican Expect, :,
a Match With Battling N.l.o,
AZ Los Angeles.

WINE II Is true that ring trar....
like that at San Francisco. Uhsn ~
Tenny died after his defeat .,
hands Of Frankie Nell do M, "
often, there Is no excuse for ia M
edy. The affair was unfortpra, ul
1t was brutal. II seems TO ms ,S. an
man who should be punished a' ls
referee. II was through his cas.s
ness or his fear OF offending .o,n"a'
that he allowed the mill 10 'Vne
when II must have been apnarsr. w
everybody that Tenny was in
way. a referee IL In sllprems os va
mand OF the ring and the boxers an m'
one has right to dictate TO him n no
has the right to stop a fight a, hs
time when anything goes wrorv y
the case Of Tenny and Neil sors,,,
did' go wrong, and the bout ,houIs
nave. been stopped before Tenny W..
knocked into Inconsistencies, Toss
before the knock out, it was evident \,
the ordinary observer that the l,,'
tighter was In a helpless cons,,,aa
This was the time then, when Inc -,
cree should have stopped the brutal =.
fair, and awarded the decision IA Nh
IL this had been done a life wori
have been saved, and the boxInr g...
would now be in better repute thsn =
Is.
The idea of Tenny's remains hath,
operated upon TO decide whether or na'
he died az n result OF Ats. or frac,n,'
OF the skull or from tuberculosis, 4,
something else, IL mere rot. II remlrs,
one OF the lawyer defending man Nh,
killed another By shooting him throu,s
the heart The lawyer, IN his wsy
proved concluslvely CD that the dec.a,,
ed died from heart failure. 1t Is s,N
that Teneny was not In good conditIop
Be that as II may It looks. from M,
distance, as though he was simply bss,.
en- to death, whether his condition IA,
good or bad. II II was bad. the ev.,
should not have been allowed The cv6
Is supposed to have official physician,
to examine the fighters and to guar
against just such fatality.
Tenny's death, coming as II does A.
ter SO many sensational disclosures AMI
nauseating talk from Cans, Britt. ct
the fighting game has received a sever;
blow. which is likely to put il on n.
blink Those opposed to II viii nos
have material with which to resonn
and leglslate, and will be able to b
mand respectful hearing. 1t will pq
be surprising II the game is stoprs
entirely, and len the game will nj
have wherewith to lay It's head.
HERRERA IN TRAINING.
According to a dispatch from Bakers.
| field to the Los Angeles Times, Aurt,b
Herrera, the Mexican. is hot r on Ii,
trail og one b. Nelson. The dspal;a
| says:
Aurello Herrera expects to see he
4. signature of Battling Nelson sin.
| ed to articles BY March Y calling for
| 20-round contest before McCarey's Pa.
| cIfic Athletic club In Los Angeles iOi
a purse Of $4,000. Herrera. In anticlra.
! ton OF match with Nelson Tor To.
| championship, Is doing light work 10
| this city. He has been helping carpen.
| tiers add Ave rooms to a lodsng.houS
| that he owns between Bakersfield and
| Kern City and he has secured some
| good exercise while assisting IN carry.
| ing lumber. bricks and mortar,
| Herrera claims he did not train toi
his last fight with the BATTER" whsh
| occurred Sept. 5, 1904, as he believed \
was not necessary. In the seventh
round Of that fight Herrera landed %
the Dane jaw and he took the coun, q
| nine before getting up. The 7 1sii
went the limit OF 20 rounds ~ SalSr
was given the decision on a aarIol
margin.
JOE CANS CONFESSION
Tourists returning from Callfori
bring the word that the public has e.
cepted Cans confession that bis hsil
| with Britt was "A fake at It's face yaa
and as consequence James EdSls
IL IN very bad with the fans, a malony
OF whom used to be his frIents ~
bad appearance OF the bout needed oti
the word Of one man TO turn senllna
all one way. Cans Is not blamed
cause he had reputation as ia@
but Britt was looked upon as Hr
who would be honest with his illse
at least and It seems that most OF ne
have now deserted him. the pus.
looked to Britt for It's assurance ~.
the bout would be honest, and MOI
Cans. For that reason Britt mus NV
bear all the odium OF the exposure