Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-12
'PENNYS' PRIZE |
Nelson.Herrera Battle to rab|
Place As Per Original
Schedule.
SENTIMENT FAvoRS THE DAM
Earthquake and Fire, and the po..
OF Jimmy Britt's Sister Cham.
Fight Situation at Los Angeles

There Will be no fiesta week st
Angeles. Earthquake and fire. and 4,
death OF Jimmy Britts sister
changed the fight situation at lbs
gcles entirely.
The Neil-Attell contest Is of. as n,
former has gone to Chicago.
Jimmy Britt has notified Mana.
later.
But the big fight, Nelson and Here.
This pair Will. according To- word ~.
Los Angeles. meet as per original scA.i
ule, on May %. fiesta or no fiesta No
ager McCarey says he VIII lose 5h,y
$4,000 by reason Of the little sbaLsr.
But he won't He has, in an prob,S
ity, made arrangements with Me-,
and Herrera for the fighters to ny,
all about that $4,000 purse and X.
have most likely agreed to take cbari
on the gate. which Is sure to be biz
BOTH ARE IN TRAINING.
At any rate the pair are in iraiyr,
and will he in fine fettle for toer,
battle. Sentiment favors Nelson b,'
cause OF his previous victory oyer m,
yellow boy. and his splendid record
since his last meeting with James "a,
ward Britt, But Herrera Is worsr,
hard for this bout, and would give \
he possesses to beat Nelson The Dan,
VIII have hard job on his hands. NM
II is generally believed that he win ht,
care of Mr. Herrera and have his meas
ure before the end OF the journey
THE DANE LOOKS GOOD.
1t will be Herrera's aim to connect
few Of his terrible wallops with N,
Danes jaw, and Nelson win have Al
he can do to keep the blows high arj
protect himself. II ne imagInes tha
he can take Herrera's punch on IA
Jaw a few times and survive, he has an
other guess coming. lie will have b
be up and doing all the time. and A
viii surely follow his old style of fgls
Ing and keep after his man every 50,
ond of the time. In this way he IA
lieves he viii wear the Mexican dos,
and beat him. a majority OF the hsi
fans expect and hope the Dane will
victorious.
ABOUT YOUNG CORBETT"
Malachy Hogan. the Chicago itN
critic, has the following To say wv
Dick Hyland's easy victory
young Torbett:" =
Prospects for the future of tho 81 NJ
formed about the only tonic of discu E
sion In fight circles last week TEN
bouts held We're Of little Importance
and no new ones were made.
Perhaps the most interesting tu.Sl
was that between Young Corbott abl
ts, ,.kt
Hyland won off by himself. Corheti /
"all in and might as well quit It h,
been very well demonstrated that \
cannot get into condition again. HI
land. rough swinger not overbuTdert
with science, gave COrbett an avid
lacing A deputy sheriff stopped N
bout after 1t was evident that CGli
could go no longer
A TOUGH PROPOSITION
Hyland Is a tough proposition for AZ
of the little fellows TO tackle, but BENZ
Yanger has an idea that he can take Il
measure, and so does Charlie NeslN
Hyland and Neary may be matched q
a bout at Milwaukee in the near futus
aud this should prove an excelled
card. Neary Is still an attraction then
In spite of the fact that he has be,'
defeated times without number and u
most ready TO JOIN young Corbe,t y
the easy chairs.
In case this match does not q
through Neary and Yanger probably
viii be matched Yanger gave ~
German an awful beating two yat
ago, but II is figured that the lalI !
as good or better than he was hsn
while Benny has gone ackat laa
that is the way they figure It n WI.
waukee-and Charlie undoublai
would have plenty OF hackers IN cav
the match goes through.
TROUBLE FOR o'RoURKE
Gov. Fennypackers announcemsl'
that there would be no boxing at "
sington, Pa, seems To have been the y
nal blow to O'Rourke, as far y
the Tuxedo club Is concerne1
In spite OF the favorable o-
cision OF the courts the governor n'
declared that he will not allow tWehu.
round bouts, and win call out the s'a'
militia. II necessary
O'Rourke started his club with nam.
ing announcements. He proceeded
make a lot OF big matches when ~.
through, one by one. Now, we Nu'
the reason. Tom Is good promo.s,
and deserves success, but ne has pcksi
out the wrong spot' and he had beti'
hike back 10 New York, where, lltt,,
by little, the lid is being prled on, ~
II begins to listen as II there Wouis
something doing before long.
II developed during the week tha' 4.
New York bouts had progressed !" *
slx-round stage, the MARLBOROUGH , As,
letic club being the scene or acHm'
Joe Bernstein and "Kid" Hugo, IN g.
inc this Jistanee performed the tti
for the first time since the old Ho'isea,
law DAYS. n six.round affairs can
staged al Madison Square Garden z a
Of boxers from ali over the county w
no ot-footing II FOR New York % psl
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