The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-26
Eighteen and Car Fare for Dan
ish Champion and Four
Flushing Mexican.
MIGHT AS WELL BREAK
UP GAME WITH DYNAMITE
Cannot Always Tell by Scales
How Far Fish Will
Jump.

PAVILION, Los Angeles. Cal, May 25.-
There was no fight between Battling Nell
son, the lightweight champion. and Aure-
Ito Herrera tonight as scheduled After
an almost interninable wait Of two and
one-half hours. the crowd was dismissed
at 1850 o'clock, because Herrera refused
to weigh In,
Squabble Among Fighters.
Before tho crowd of 400 was finally dis
missed there was squabble between the
lighters and their managers over the
weight, Both sides made charges OF sharp
practices ON the part of the other In the
matter OF weight. AS near as can be
learned tonight, tho situation which led
up TO the calling off or the fight was as
follows:
The articles OF agreement called for the
Weighing in at 6 p. m. both mon to scale
l3l pounds Tho men were on hand at
the stipulated hour. There were scales
there, but Herrera claimed they were out
OF order and could not be adjusted AIter
half an hours argument Jacobs sent Her
rera to dinner. After that he retused TO
allow the Mexican to weigh In. Nelson
offered to go TO the baths TO weigh In.
but Jacobs declined
Herrera's Manager Spiels.
The following statement was made by
fice at a quarter to o'clock. tried TO
balance tho scales, which, by the way
were the scales Nolan had brought In
from Nelson's quarters. but could not DO
go They were six or seven pounds OF
We argued and squabbled until 6.l6. and
then l sent Herrera to eat; After that
| would not consent to weigh In claim
the weight forfeit because was on hand
at tho hour to weigh In, and l also claim
the appearance money because had my
man In the ring at $50 l lived up TO the
articles, and | don't think We are TO
blame for the fiasco"
Nolan Makes Statement.
Nolan. Nelson's manager, said: II had
Nelson at McCareys office at o'clock.
We found the scales out OF order, l
wanted to go 10 the baths and weigh, but
Herrera refused. 1 then stated that
would claim the weight forfeit, and L
went back to the baths. Nelson came
into the ring, as you saw, ana mace e,d0 tne
That is something that champion In
his class never offered to do before he
had everything to lose and 1 did not ap,,
prove OF It but he wanted to fight and
wanted to satisfy the crowd.
Poor Manager McCarey.
Manager McCarey OF the club said:
Twice during the afternoon the scales
were tested and found correct, but at 6
o'clock, when they came to be tested,
Impossible to get the men to come to
an agreement. L am very much disap-
pointed over the Aasco. but l could do
nothing to bring them together
They claimed and looked to be In the
best OF condition. The betting prevailed
at 10 TO up TO this morning. and later
was to 1 In favor of the battler. Her
rera had host of followers.
One Herrera Gets His.
At the dressing room a fight occurred
between Eddie Hanlon and Maure Her
rera. Mauro stated 10 the newspaper
men that Nelson was In q Turkish bath
taking off weight. Mauro was confront
ed with Honlon when he made this state
nd 10 followed,
Mauro was badly bested by Hanlon.
Aurelio did not take any hand In the
| night
| fight either OF the principals.
Nelson was willing to take on tho
Mexican II the latter weighed l4O pounds,