Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
SAYS He WAS
FAR OVERWEIGHT
MEXICAN ABOVE 140 POUNDS
AT RINGSIDE
Consensus Of Opinion Is That pellb-
crate Plot Was Planned to Avoid
welnuIng-In Process by
Herrera Contingent

1laSCO at Maud JunCtiOu was hot ~"
with many startling situations yester-
dav bevond the demand of ticket hold
ers who applied at Greenwald's cigar
stand for the return of their money.
Creenwald was forced to call for po-
lice aid yesterday morning soon atter
reaching the cigar stand on South
Spring street so strong was the rush
of those endeavoring to regain tnelr
coin. It was impossible to make re-
turns to any beyond those holding cou-
mons. and many producing such evil
dence were given the amount embodied
on the coupon Manager McCarey was
taken seriously i'll following the strain
of the affair and up to a late hour yes
terday remained in bed.
He sent word, however, that every
effort will be made to untangle the
slxein of events. and this morning a
force of men will be put to work for
the purpose of Strengthening out the
list of names collected at the pavilion
on Friday night. Tomorrow morning
many who have not as yet received the
return of their money Will be recon-
pensed.
The prevalent opinion around the
streets yesterday was to the effect that
the Herrera contingent had deliberately
tampered with the scales in an effort to
avoid the matchmaking proposition.
Weiqhed Over 14o Pounds
AL Greenwald, proprietor of the cigar
stand near the Nadeau hotel, says that
Herrera admitted to him on Friday
evening that he was over 140 pounds in
weight. Herrera told Greenwald this
during the final interview in the little
room at the entrance, where the latter
tagged Nolan and Nelson as they were
about to leave the building. Green
wald interceded with Nolan and induced
him to remain in the room while he
went for Herrera. Greenwald says that
during the moments while the little
party was in the box Herrera remarked
to him that he was above 140 pounds.
Tommy Jacobs was asked yesterday
what he intended to do.
Jacobs Talks
Jaw you fellows won't give me a
chance" was his reply. When assured
that he had been offered everything he
had asked for in the way of public as
sistance and had no one to blame but
himself, Jacobs wrote the following
article for publica ton. Embodied in it
are the words:
II do not expect the public to agree
with me on this disagreement.
''The public has heard but one side of
the question. All the speeches made at
the pavilion we're against us and when
| asked the announcer to make a state
ment for me he refused.
''The agreement was that both fight
ers should weigh in at 131 at o'clock,
at which time 1 appeared with Herrera
at McCarey's Office, the place stipu-
lated for weighing in. 1 arrived there
at $50 and Immediately went to the
room where the scales were to make a
test in the presence of several men.
II found the scales defective, being
many pounds off. At that time Billy
Nolan arrived and I asked him to test
the scales, which he did and also found
them defective. Tt was then ten min
utes to six and I asked to go to the
Hammam baths and weigh. The sug-
gestion was ignored by Nolan, who
continued in his efforts to fix the scales.
I waited until sos when Nolan said he
would have to send for an expert to fix
the scales.
the time for Weighing in, 1 sent the
boy to his dinner. At 6:45 the telephone
rang at the cafe, and 1 answered.
Mr.. McCarey was on the other end
and he told me to come to the baths
on Fourth street with Herrera to weigh
in. AS 1t was three-quarters of an
hour past time I refused.
"At 1929 1 brought Herrera into the
ring as stipulated in the articles and
was tHeH asked 10 put my boy on
the scales again, which I again re-
agreements in the articles to the let
ter and was there ready to fight
Il told Nolan if he would guarantee
me, or post forfeit of $2000 | would
take up his proposition to weigh under
140, that time being 1890. While 1 do
not expect the public to side with me
on the disagreement, l do think they
will have to give me credit for living
up to everything that had AureIio
Herrera's signature to it.
This is our side of the story. and we
leave 1t to the public to judge. Aurelio
Herrera Is by no means out of the
game, as we already have a few flat
tering offers, and he will fight any man
in the world at 133
1.-The scales which we were to weigh
on were Nolan's own scales."
Billy Nolan was about and had little
to say regarding the situation. With
McCarey Ill in bed, there was nothing
to do but wait for developments. Nolan
says he will demand the $1,000 forfeit
from Herrera If possible
Il don't know what we will do. While
feel sorry for McCarey, I don't see
but what Nelson and are the greatest
losers. Here, We've spent hundreds of
dollars training, while all this time we
ing. Still it's all in the game and I
guess We can stand II. All I want is
that $1,000 weight money of Herrera S"
Nelson remained during the day at
Baldwin's ranch. The following is the
purport of a telephone conversation
which drlfted across the wires last
night:
Ssoi, where is Billy? What's the
news? Sol is poor Mac (McCarey)
sick? Gee, that's bad. Tell Billy to
come on out here. He keeps me alone
out here like / was a kid What do
you tink of dat? But / have to do
everything what Billy says. Sol, does
de gang tink 1 did right last night?
Gee, l wish L could have got dat
guy to come on. Tell de fellows dat /
Will try to get on In Los Angeles any-
way. Sol dat crowd had me all to de
bad when dey tried to holler me down.
Dey didn't know what de matter was.
did dey? Gosh. that glad hand sounded
good and l said to myself. Well, desc
guys will see me fight If de Greek
weighs ton Good-by. Tell Billy to
come on out"
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