The Washington times., 1906-06-17
Bat Nelson Would Have
Slight Advantage.
WAS BRITT UNDER A PULL?
Geat Showing by McGovern and Quick
Rematching Has DoutfuI Look.
Kelly and Young Mahoney.
By CHIP.


Nelson's manager. is responsible for the
declaration. made public early this week
that Herman would be the Danes next
opponent. date and battle-ground TO be
decided upon In the usual manner name
ly. by the best inducements. PugiIistic
promoters all over the country have
been in a state of wild unrest ever
since the announcement. as the pros
pectfve battle is about the best attrac-
tion that could be staged anywhere.
There Is a chance that the go Will be
pulled of somewhere near Chicago, pos
sibly at Indianapolis, but Los Angeles,
In the person of the celebrated Tom Nc
Carey. who was 'stung"-or claims he
was-fn the late Nelson-Herrera misun-
derstanding. is making a strong bid for
the bout and seems. at present. to have
a shade on his competitors. F. 20
Coast Is the Place.
The reasons for this are numerous
The boys can go twenty rounds or even
further on the coast, while ten is the
limit hereabouts. They will be sure of
a mammoth attendance there. as both
fighters are very popular in that section.
and the coast sports. despite the San
Francisco shake-up. are stin clamoring
for more of their favorite diversion.
There is more than a possibility.
however, that such an important
match, with its attendant advertising
and the great amount of interest 81
would create. would make such a noise
that the attention Of the authorities
would Invariably be drawn toward It
in any State outside of the Pacific
slope-and everything would be off.
After all is said and done, II looks like
Los Angeles for this fight.
Nelson Has Shade.
The match. on paper. looks like
good one, although Nelson, of course,
must be conceded as having the shade.
Herman has done all that has been
asked, of him since he started on his
upward climb. something over year
ago. He is a better boxer than the
Dane-probably the cleverest man Of
his weight in the business, barring.
possibly, Jimmy Britt. and has good
wallop in either fist. Nelson, however,
IS the harder hitter. and will rely on
his bOring-in tactics. Herman claims
he has studied his rivals methods and
has solved them. Maybe
Both boys are products of Chicago,
Herman. whose real name is Landfield,
haiUnC from the West Side Ghetto.
which portion of the city, whenever its
favorite son fights, stays up to an un-
earthly late hour, in order to learn the
result Accordingly, they have done
much celebrating during the last year
or so, having acquired much mazuma
through their idols unbroken chain OF
victories. 1t is safe to say that, should
Herman lose this coming contest the
Ghetto would almost go bankrupt
So it is TO be Jimmy Britt and Terry
McGovern over again. The men are
matched to fight fifteen rounds before
the Chelsea. Mass, Athletic Club. some
time within three weeks
1t is rather hard to grow enthusiastic
over this affair. The recent meeting be-
tween the pair, in which Terry. out of
condition. and far from HIS former SELF.
had apparently oil the better of the Dro-
Ceedings. did not look exactly right.
Many believed at the time that such an
outcome was only to be explained by
the prospect Of the men being immed4
lately rematched. Now it looks as II
such were the case. Anyhow, the result
OF the next meeting should tell the tale.
If Terry McGovern, in his present day
form. can really put it on clever.
speedy young fellow such as Britt he
will accomplish a wonderful thing.
Both men are reported TO be training
hard."
The jig seems to be up in New York
for an indefinite period. A court deci-
sion has been rendered denying an in
junction to prevent the sheriff from in
tIeTfeTlnE with the nEnL CluDS, ana &C
.cordingly that official VIII wreak his
will upon the organizations unmolest-
ed. Too bad, after getting such a nice
start.
Hugo Kelly, the middleweight. who is
n constant thorn in Jack O'Brien's side,
by reason of the decision once gained
over the famous PhnadeIphian, will
struggle with Young Mahoney, a husky
and exceedingly tough product Of Ra-
cine, Wis, at Indianapolis next Satur-
day, under rather unique conditions.
The men will fight at the baseball park
in broad daylight. some time in the aft
ernoon. and expect to draw an enorm-
Gus crowd.
This will be the third meeting of the
two men. they having fought two previ-
Gus draws at Milwaukee, which seems
to show that it is a pretty even thing
between them
Sheridan. Wyo., is a newcomer on the
fight map. starting things next week
with a go between Brooklyn Tommy
Sullivan and Manuel Cortes, a Cuban
importation, featherweights. This is al
most as interesting as the battle that is
to take place at Los Angeles next
Tuesday between All Wing, the Chinese
champion, and Caesar Attell, the pawn
broking brother Of Abey. Wing is said
Chink. and there will be little regret
should he manage to land hard and
often on his hawk-nosed antagonist.
Fred Cooley and Al Kaufman. after
much travelling and various disappoint.
ments, will finally settle their differ
ences at Terre Haute. Ind. next Fri
day. This IS the third time the mer
have been matched, the first havine
been scheduled for San Francisco, and
for which both men were in trainine
when the earthquake upset their plans
Next they 1ourneyed to Essington. Pa.
only to run against q hostile governor
They have hopes that the third time
will be the charm. but are holding theil
breath Just the same. 1t will be a con-
test between two powerful young fell
lows. almost equally matched as re-
CARDS strength and science. and II looks
like a toss-up, or perhaps a little in IA.
r~< az the Californian.