The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-01
MILWAUKEE, FIGHT
CAUSES LOUD VAIL
" Native Son" Racket Tried
on Gardner.
FlSTlC FRENZIED FINANCE
Cruel Rumor About Chicago Manager
Handing Confding Spectators a
Double Cross.
FiSTlC FRENZIED FINANCE
By CHIP.

CHICAGO. March Sl.-Jack Dougherty.
who at present enjoys the distinction of
being Milwaukee's ''favorite SON. in the
Dugilistic line, went against the real
thing" this week in the shape of Jimmy
Gardner. and was awarded the luckiest
draw that even Milwaukee fighter has
received for some time.
The best thing that can be said about
Dougherty's showing in the fight was
that he stuck to his guns from first to
last, and although badly punished by
Gardner, with a badly-swollen face, and
blood pouring from his mouth and nose
In the last rounds. he fought like a
tiger. and his game rally in the seventh
and final sessions helped To mitigate
somewhat the apparent injustice of the
referees decision. Although outclassed
by Gardner, Dougherty showed that he
had the right stuff in him. and with
more experience will doubtless pan
OUT all right
Native Son" Racket.
But last Tuesdays night was Gard
ner's, beyond doubt. That is the YER
dict of every Chicagoan who saw the
fight Jimmy gave full evidence that he
has reSained all his oId-time speed He
O0NNOANN anu OOuButlL9
and came out of the fight with scarcely
a scratch, while the Milwaukeean was
pretty badly used up.
The game in Milwaukee. however. is
pretty much the same proposition as N
California. and possibly a few other
places. The native sob is a drawing
card as long as he remains unbeaten.
and the club promoters take pretty good
care 10 see that he is not beaten. Their
first effort in this direction is TO ap-
point an official referee. who is also
a product of home talent.
Expect Rank Decisions.
And as long as their boy is not knock
ed cold. the rest Is easy. All this, how
ever is well understood by the visiting
fight impresarios, and there is general
" nothing said about rank decisions.
This young Dougherty has fought
hard for every inch that he has risen
10 in his ring career Starting in as an
undeveloped lad some five years ago,
with some little science, but with a
punch that would hardly hurt a mos
quito, he was nearly beaten to death
for a couple OF years by the sturdier
lads of his classic was then a feath-
erweight. But Dougherty stuck, his
muscles grew harder and he com
menced TO fiIl out and finally he was
able to occasionally win a fight Now.
although still far from being a fighter
of the burly type. he weighs 40
pounds in condition and has developed
a punch that is terrific for a man of
his build. and this, combined with a
fair degree of boxing ability. makes
him a hard customer for pretty nearly
any man in his class
Fistic Frenzied Finance.
feeble attempt to revive the fight
game in Chicago was remorselessIy
squelched by the ruling power of the
suburb in which the ring had been
pitched. The fighters were to have
been two hitherto amateurs" who
chose this inauspicious occasion for
their professional debut. 1t is whis-
pered that the f1asco was engineered
by the promoter of the entertainment.
he thereby being saved the necessity
OF paying the fighters, and at the same
time retaining the money which had
been received in advance for tickets
from Chicago,s fight-hungry sports.
That is 'frenzied finance" with a ven
geance.
Will Back Herrera.
The next big fight to look forward to
and speculate upon is the Neison-Her-
rera go. which has been definitely ar
ranged for Fiesta Week in Los Angeles
which occurs in the first part of Nav.
1t goes without saying that there will
be no such foolishness at this battle as
occurred between Nelson ad McGovern.
1t will undoubtedly be a fight from the
start, and IL is extremely improbable
that the twenty-round limit will be
reached
While Nelson. as champion of the 1so-
pound brigade, should rule the natural
favorite for the contest. Herrera's
partisans will be many in number. and
the Mexican will carry a lot OF Cali
fornia money. and otherwise. when he
enters the ring His admirers argue
that he has the hardest punch of any
man of his weight. that he is Just s
clever ring general as the Dane. lust
as cool, fully as good a boxer and has
the patience, perehance inherited from
some long-forGotten Indian ancestor. to
wait until the opening presents itself,
and then shoot over that awful right
Nelson Beat Mexican.
True. Nelson has whipped the Cali
fornia boy once, but he had the hardest
job Of his life doing IL. The Chicagoan.
however, will go into the ring with all
the confidence engendered by this prev