Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-11
FIsT|C CARD
IS PEERLESS
EASTERN EXPERTS SAY 1T IS
UNBEATABLE
Pacific Athletic Club OFFERING In
Trio of Battles includes Two
Worlds Championship
Contests

BY JAY. DAVIDSON

Fiesta week, Manager Tom McCafey
of the Pacific Athletic club is entitled
to the distinction of framing UP three
of the greatest battles possible of ar
rangement.
Never in the history of the ring has
any fight promoter succeeded IN brirtS-
ing together at or near to one time
three contests of the Importance and
attractiveness of his card for the next
five weeks.
Two of the battles will be for worlds
championships, Battling Nelson being
called upon to defend his claim upon
the lightweight championship and Abe
Attell giving battle in defense of the
featherweight honors.
Interest in all these contests is not
confined alone to the west. but is tire
leading thought of every sporting writer
and sportsman in the country. The
eastern and western press is devot1ng
unusual space to discussion of these
mills and all agree that in Importance
and attractiveness they are without
equals.
The only suggestion made thus far
of an improvement in the card is that II
Battling Nelson and Joe Cans should be
pitted against each other it might make
a more attractive battle than as 1t
now is arranged, but such battle is
an impossibility as Cans is unable to
make the championship weight limit
and all considerat ton of such a battle
is out of question.
At the time when Nelson and Herrera
meet and Britt and Herman are to
box Los Angeles will be thronged by
fifty thousand Shriners and visitors
from every section of the United
States.
NotabIes Coming
In addition to the festal crowds there
will be large delegations from Butte,
San Francisco, Bakersfield, Salt Lake,
San Diego and every other city OF
any Importance or size in the west
who will visit Los Angeles to witness
the battles
Likewise the great cities of the east
will send large delegations of sports
men and visitors and the prospect is
favorable for the gathering in Los An
geles of the greatest and most notable
crowds of sportsmen and men who are
prominent as battlers and in all de-
partments of the sporting game.
Among those who have signified all
itnention of coming or who are expected
to be present may be mentioned James
]. Jeffries, undefeated champion of the
world; Jack o Brien, light heavyweight
champion and claimant of the relin-
ouished heavyweight title; Jim Corbett,
former champion; Bob Fitzsimmons,
former champion in the middleweight,
light heavyweight and heavyweight dl-
visions: Terry McGovern, former
featherweight champion; George Siler
famous referee; Bat Masterson, vet
eran referee and prominent sporting
writer, and many other more or less
prominent in the sporting world.
Nearly all of these have already ex
pressed their intention of coming to
Los Angeles in time to witness the ba.
ties and with Battling Nelson, Abe
I>-s++ A.,
relic Herrera and frankie Neil the
gathering will include practically the
full list of notables and champions,
save Cans and Walcott.
In the aggregation will be the heavy
weight, light heavyweight, middle.
weight, lightweight and featherweight
champions of the world and the BAN
tam champion of the United States, in
addition to the numerous former cham
pions and all will be introduced from
the ring.
Eyton to Referee
1t is probable that Charley Eyton,
official club referee. will be the third
man in the ring with the battlers in all
the contests. 1t is assured that he will
referee the Attell-Neil and Britt Her
man scraps, and Manager Nolan and
Aurelio Herrera have signified their
satisfaction at the suggestion of his
name in Connection with the big mill.
Eyton has officiated in this capacity
al all the battles held by the club in
recent months and his work has gen.
orally been of a satisfactory nature. He
is one of the most competent referees
on the coast and has the fullest conf
dence and respect of the public.
If Nolan and Manager Jacos for Her.
rera do not object to the club referee
he will be the man. In the event that
such objections are ureged it is prob
able that George Siler may be asked
to serve, but this is a bare possibility.
The referee question has not been
discussed yet, but Nolan said a few
days ago that he would be willing to
accept Eyton if he found him compe-
tent. He also said that he preferred a
local man for the position, because the
fans would have greater confidence in
a referee whom they knew and re-
spected.
Champion Jeffries has positively de-
clined to appear in the role of referee
upon numerous occasions and cites his
retirement from the ring as his reason
for not wishing to participate in the
fighting game further than as spec
tator.
Nelson Defends Title
IF anyone doubts that Battling Mel
son is lightweight champion of the
world it is only necessary to converse
with the little Dane brief period of
time to be disabused.
Nelson swings his cane viciously
when this question is broached and
says with great deal of positiveness
that he is the champion, and not only
champion in name but in fact, as he
believes he is the best man in the world
at his weight and is willing to prove it.
The only condition which kept him
from fighting Joe Cans when they were
talking fight some months ago was
Joes inability to make the weight, 1873
pounds ringside. Cans wanted to do
1873 pounds at o'clock, which would
mean 1877 pounds ringside, or in the
welter division.
Manager Nolan, however, asserts
that Battling shall never meet Cans
Nolan is a brainy manager and realizes
that when Nelson steps into the ring
to box Cans he is sending his champion
up against an inevitable cry of fake
regarding the result. and if there is one
thing Nelson and Nolan are jealous OF
it is the battler's clean record in the
ring.
Nelson contends, therefore, that he
is the lightweight champion and viii
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