The Washington times., 1906-05-06
MEL ELSON-HERRERA
MATCH SETTLED
McCarey Will Pull 1t Off at
Los Angeles.
SENTIMENT FAVORS DANE
Advance Guard of Frisco Fighters
Reaches Chicago-Little Doing
on the Coast.
SENTIMENT FAVORS DANE
BY CHIP.

BY CHIP.
CHICAGO. May 5.-It is now definite
~ settled, apparently. that fiesta or no
fiesta. the Nelson Herrera battle will
ceme off at Los Angeles as per the
original schedule. May %. Manager Nc
Carey, of the Pacific Athletic Club. has
heroicalIy announced that. although he
stands to lose S25, 5,OOO-My! what a
bunch Of money-he viii nevertheless
pull off the fight.
1t is to be earnestly hoped that Mr..
McCarey's zeal for the good of the
sport will not allow him 10 be drawn
into any such expenditure, and despite
his pessimistic utterings. it is not like
" that any such financial calamity will
overtake him. 1t is pretty safe to say
that the Californian, while he may not
make any great amount on the fight,
has made some sort Of a compromise
with the fighters regarding the $4,000
purse originally offcred and that all
concerned viii be satisfied to get what
they can out of the enterprise and let,
It go at that. Tie little shakeup at San
Francisco has considerab bly, affected the
pugilistic market. for while, at least.
So Herrera and Nelson are working
hard these days and viii be in shape
tot put up one of the best battles that
has occurred in these parts for some
time. Sentiment still continues TO favor
the Dane. on account of his previous
win over the Mexican, but IL must be
remembered that the margin was a mar
row one in the first encounter. and that
Herrera was in never so good condition
as at present. in fact, it is said that
only in the. past few months has he
ever taken training schedule seriously.
The Attell-NeiI so has been called off
and instead Kid Herman will hook up
with little Abey. The match was prob
ably suggested by the very interesting
bout that the boys put up on the oc-
casion Of the Los Angeles benefit for
their Frisco brethren. The two will
meet at 12S pounds which means that
AtteII will have something like five or
six pounds the worst of il, as he can
easily do 10. In these days of haggling
over a pound between the little fellows
this looks like a burst of generosity
on the part of the little fellow that
will take all his reputed c1everness to
overcome. OF course, a defeat for him
at Hermans hands will not mean much
of a setback. as he Will still retain
the featherweight championship. aii,.
probably will receive an even split of
the purse. anyway. The affair Will prob
ably turn out to be a very pretty ex-
hibition Of the fine points Of the game
and honors even. with little or no dam
age done at the end Of the twentieth
round.
Benny Yanger and Tom Prendergast
are sure to have a warm session at
Kalamazoo next Saturday The latter
fighter came into prominence a few
weeks ago by decisively defeating Tom
my Mowatt. A win over Yanger Will
give him considerable prestige. The
Italian. however, has been going at
fast clip Of late. and is anxious 10 dem
onstrate that he is as good as ever.
Young Corbett showed very plainly
Monday night when Dick HyIand beat
him so badly that the fight was stopped.
that he is about done. The ex-champion
has become merely a chopping block
for men that would have been easy for
him when in his prime. He has lost
everything strength, cleverness, and the
rest Of 1t. and will probably never again
be seen in the ring. unless as a fourth
rater- In his present shape he could
hardly beat drum.
Hylands victory. however. over the
fallen idol has brought him a little
glory. chiefly on account of the work
manlike manner in which he set about
10 accomplish it, and he is being much
sought after by the matchmakers. A
match between him and Charley Nearv.
who came to life the other night and
beat Jimmy Briggs at Boston, is being
talked of, also go with Benny Yanger.
Either proposition looks good.
The advance guard of the exodus from
the coast has already reached Chicago.
The boys realize that there will be lit
tie doing out there for six months or
possibly longer. and are hiking east.
some in the aristocratic PulImans and
others in the humble box car. frankie
Neil. forsakipg his proposed match with
Abe Attell. At Los Angeles. was one of
the first to reach here. His father
wants him 20 return, but the boy is
desirous of going TO New York, and
has as yet not decided which way to
turn Billy Roche passed through a few
days ago with Rock Keys. the crack
Australian lightweight. said to be the
best man the antipodes have turned
out since Young Griffo startled the
pugilistic world Dick Hyland, previous
ly mentioned, is another native SON"
Two Chicago fighters. Fred Cooley and
Dick Fitzpatrick. who went to Frisco
TO fill engagements and were in active
training when the earthquake came
have been impressed into service by the
militia. together with their faithful
managers. and write that they are keep
ing In splendid condition. by helping
clear away the debris
In the meantime it is reported that
Burns and Bob Fitzsimmons-Old Bob
is determined to keep in the limelight
somehow-are matched 10 meet at Tom
O'Rourke's Tuxedo Club. just when is
not certain. There have been 50 many
matches arranged for this organization
that have so far failed to materialize
that we are Beginning TO be a little
skeptical of the whole proposition.
Nevertheless. we are willing to be