Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25
SWEET YOUNG THING SEES A
RING CONTEST
Woman Writes Her Impressions For
the Benefit of Her Sex-She
Is Glad She Attended
the Affair
ny A FAIR COED

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lures for going to prize fights she final
ly begins to believe that prize fighting
is an awful thing, but I'll not believe
that any more.
went with friend of mine and
although for the most part he seemed
to act as though he were at the thea
ter. yet at times he yelled out strange
things and even once so far forgot
himself in my presence as to whistle.
l was terribly mortified until l saw
that all the other gentlemen were
whistling.
When we got to the pavilion. Mr.. Nc
Careys theater. | believe they call it,
we saw a long line of men and boys
and at that time no women were about.
For a moment | had that peculiar SEN
sation you experience when you go to
step down one more step of a flight of
stairs and find that you are already
down.
But it was too late to go away then,
and as 1 saw lot of policemen around
started in Really it wasn't so bad
inside, just like big circus tent made
of wood, and the benches were wood
except near the ring.
But the funny part was that all the
lights were out except those over the
ring. 1 was glad to see that so many
women were there and I prepared to
enjoy it as much as 1 could.
Women Seemed Nervous
All the women seemed nervous, as
though they didn't exactly know what
was going to happen, but the men
grinned and said that it would be slow
and that they just came to give their
money to a good cause
Pretty soon some nice men came to
the ring and climbed in. They were
all dressed in white and, one had nice
blonde hair.
Are they the fighters?" I asked, and
my escort said something about hadeS
that l didn't quite understand.
They fenced for awhile, and it was
very nice and then came the shock of
the evening. A little gentleman, Mr.,
Kid Hermann they called him, climbed
over the rope and stood in the ring. He
didn't seem to mind at all that his arms
were bare and he walked around and
everyone cheered and 1 thought it must
be all right. Some yelled "Hurrah for
the monkey wrench, kiddo," but | didn't
see any plumber around
Then another man came into the ring,
and he was nice looking young fellow
and his hair was parted on one side,
real neatly and he walked in the ring.
ERE is Abe Attell'' called the gentle
man who announced the entertain
ments. My but | was surprised. | had
heard by brother talk about Abe AT
tell and I always thought he was big
and heavy. But the nice little m an just
smiled so I suppose that it was Mr..
Attell. Then Sheriff White went in the
ring and | knew we women would be
protected if Mr.. Attell and Mr.. Kid
Hermann should suddenly become an
cry and start to kill the spectators.
Holds Tightly to Chair
There came the sound of a gong and
I shut my eyes and held tight to my
chair. There were no shrieks nor groans
and I opened my eyes just little.
Really there wasn't a dead man around
and Mr. Attell and Mr.. Kid Hermann
were stepping around and advancing
and moving like they were two-step-
ping.
Then suddenly one of them, I shall
always believe it was Mr.. Kid Her
mann, stepped in and smacked Mr.. At
tell with one of his gloves, right on the
forehead. 1t was an informal thing to
do and Mr.. Attell resented it as any
gentleman would have done. He struck
at Mr.. Kid Hermann and the glove hit
him on the wrist
There was a silence at the deed and
the men around me sat real still. l was
wondering just what would happen
L
heard gentleman sitting near me say,
"Aw sugar, why don't dey get dere
grub hooks in each oddeT's mugs"
| had never heard of a hook whereby
to take food and | didn't see any mugs
but I waited for the rest.
She Felt Sorry
Then the gentleman jumped around
the ring and they seemed very angry,
and when they hit one another l
thought of those poor young mems
wives and sWeethearts and l sorrowed
for those who would grieve when they
were gone.
Every few minutes they would rest
and then someone would make them
go out and fight again, and all the
time everyone was yelling and cheer
ing them on. / have often seen little
boys fighting in the streets and /
thought the police or the humane Off
GERS would send these young men to
the detention home but at last they
were let out of the ring and then we
heard some beautiful singing from n
Mr.. Arthur Lotus. | have heard that
they always have singing in the inter
missions at all the fights. That's what
the young man with me said when l
asked him.
The next on the program was a big
man called Tommy Burns. l believe
they said he had won several prizes,
quite d number of silver cups and re-
serve ribbons in his exhibits of pu-
gilism. l don't know what kind of an
exhibition that is, but he had won
ribbons for that.
Wore a Bath Robe
They gave him a nice bouquet, which
was the right thing to do, but seeing
that ladies We're present | do not see
why he should wear bath robe. When
he took off the robe he was in his bare
shoulders.
He boxed a little bit of a man, and
thought it was a shame for him to be
allowed to hit the little man, but my
escort said that champions were always
allowed to fight little men when only
on exhibit so that when they had to
whip the big dubs they would not be
all bruised up.
| didn't understand all of the SEN
tenee but 1 have remembered it well
and we are going to discuss it at the
next meeting of the Friday club.
When these gentlemen left the ring
Mr.. Maurfo Herrera and Mr.. Aurelio
Herrera came into the ring. They
were dark gentlemen, probably of
Spanish ancestry and one gentleman
had had his nose fractured.
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