Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
ANOTHER BIG BATTLE
IS BEING CONSIDERED
MAY MATCH TWO HEAVYWEIGHTS
Manager McCarey Seeks to Pit Tommy Burns
Against Jack Root or al Kaufman for
April Date, Promising the Winner
Chance at Jack OBren

title and Burns has the best and only
legitimate claim.
o'Brien's Slight Claim
The spectacle of O'Brien claiming the
title because he whipped poor old an
! tiquated Bob Fitzsimmons is ridic-
| ulously laughable. OBrien side-stepped
Hart at every opportunity and until
he defeats Hart he has no real claim
upon Burns, as O'Brien has fought
but twice in the heavyweight division,
and that with Bob Fitzsimmons, who
has been out of the running for sew
eral years, and with AL Kaufman.
The greatest prominence O'Brien
ever gained in the heavyweight di-
vision was because of his victory over
Kaufman. who has yet to defeat any
battler of note save Dave Barry.
Public opinion demands a meeting
between O'Brien and Burns and the
shortest cut for Burns in removing the
slightest cloud upon his title is to
wallop O'Brien to sleep, but the Phil
adelphian seems to consider himself
already the champion and will not
fight unless given the lions share of
the purse, and a mighty big purse at
that.
McCarey tried for a long time to
bring about match between Burns
and O'Brien, but the Philadelphia
balked every overture by demanding
too much. If he would listen to rea-
sonable terms he could have scrap
on his hands in hurry, as Burns is
overly anxious to get whack at him.
However, McCarey intends having a
little diversion for the fans before the
big week in May and if Burns does
not accept one of the offers open to
him the Sulivan-Thomas match will
probably be put on for the second
week in April.
Fiesta Week Prices
Fans sre speculatlng upon the proba-
BILE prices to be asked for seats at the
big battles during Fiesta week. The
probability is that McCarey will make
the following prices for the Britt-Her-
man show Gallery seats, So; others,
S. and $40.
For the Nelson Herrera show Nc
Carey will be under the necessity of
either building an addition to the pa
vilion at Maud junction, which would
cost not less than $4,000, or raising the
prices OF seats to a figure usually
charged at all championship contests,
which is S. for the gallery seats with
other seats at $10 500 and $50.
The Nelson Herrera battle will be
the greatest pugilistic show ever pulled
off in Los Angeles, and McCarey has
uIlueTldkeH d JOD WHICH QBHL pTOlnOi-
ers in Frisco, Philadelphia and New
York have baked at, and as he is
already involved for practically $25,0 900
on this affair, he must get busy If
he pulls even on the investment, not to
consider any profits upon the risk
whatever.
For this reason and because he has
acceded to a popular demand for
meeting between Nelson and Herrera
regardless Of the risk of great finan-
cial loss, he has decided upon raising
the Importance of the battle and the
worth of the attraction.
1t Is generally understood that this
plan must prevail and general ex-
pressions from the fans and local
sportsmen approve this means of max
ing the venture a paying one.
The gallery and $40 seats will be
placed on sale a considerable length
of time in advance of the fight dates,
that the Los Angeles public may have
first whack at the cheaper seats If
these are preferred to the others. but
the $40 and $50 seats will not be on
sale until within a week or ten days
prior to the fight date.
1t is generally believed that McCarey
will come out of these two shows with
a handsome profit as his reward for
the enterprise shown in outbiddlng
other managers for the attraction and
for his confidence In the support of
the Los Angeles fans in such a haz-
ardouS undertaking.