The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
PRIZE RING GOSSIP.

There seems TO be something stirring fer
Kid Herman now, after many weary days
OF waiting, for his manager. Nate Lewis.
has received several offers from Mike
Brennan, of Virginia City, New. all of
which he Immediately accepted. one was
an offer Of d $4,000 purse TO fight either
Joe Cans. Battling Nelson, or Jimmy
Britti another was an offer of $500 for a
fight with either Young Corbett or Terry
McGovern. This latter offer Lewis does
not care much about, for there is not
enough money. but the way he snapped I'D
the other proposition was a caution The
one thing he demanded was that the
weight be 1S5 pounds at the ringside Tie
question Of referee is conceded. Any man
viii suit the Herman party that knows a
boxing glove from a bladder, as Herman
IS So anxious to fight the top-nOtchers OF
his class that he would fight without a
referee if necessary. Brennan is a former
Chicago bo0kmaker who is now promoting
mines in Virginia City. he has organized
q club there and is planning TO pull of the
bout within sixty days. Lewis opened
communication with Billy Nolan, manager
of Nelson, and It Is probable that Brennan
has done the same thing. Consequently.
the next few days is likely to bring forth
some interesting facts
It is refreshing TO followers Of pugilism
to know that there is one man I'm the
country that Young Corbett can hight on
even terms. The bout between Terry Ne
Govern and the Denverite Wednesday
night proved that CoTbett certainly has
the Indian sign on Terry. After everybody
in the country has taken a waIIop at Cor
bett, Terry comes along. a top-heavy IA
vorite in the betting. and confident of an
easy victory, and is not only held even,
but perhaps Outpointed by his old rival
Now Corbett is all in. and a cheap second
rater. and on Terry's fight with Britt he
figured "a winner. But the old Corbett
hoodO0 still held good, and the Brooklynite
proves what Corbett has always said that
Terry was made for him to lick.
All hope of pulling off the bout between
Mike Schreck and Marvin Hart has not
yet been abandoned. Jack Curley, the
matchmaker Of the show, yesterday sent
Hart an offer of a S1.500 guarantee or 90
per cent of the gross receipts. Hart has
been holding out for a guarantee, although
on the face of the advance sale at Terre
Haute it seems that a percentage basis
would be better for the fighters. Kala-
mazoo would probably draw even more
than Terre Haute, for IL is not so far from
Chicago, and there are better towns near
by to dr8W from. Schreck is willing and
anxious TO fight and has already signed
articles for the match
Out in California Sam Berger is putting
in a lot of hard work on the Marin
County roads these autumn days to rid
himself of some Of the superfuous flesh
he has accumulated since his last fight
in the East. He weighed go pounds when
he started training for his meeting with
Jack o Brien, and after three weeks work
he was below the 200-pound mark. He
weighed POI pounds the other day. and ex-
poets TO step into the ring with Kaufman
weighing about 1856 pounds. Berger will
be up TO date in his training methods as
Col Herbert Choynski has promised TO
send his locomobile over TO San Rafael
for the big boxer to use In his moments
OF leisure. Sam viii explore all the coun-
ty roads which he may miss in his train
ing tramps. His longest walk SO far was
some fifteen miles he travelled with Jimmy
Britt as pacemaker. The route took in
San Rafael, San Quentin, Greenbrae
Larkspur, EseaIles. and thence home. The
distance was stepped of in three hours
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