Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25
BOXING BENEFIT
IS GREAT SUCCESS
SOCIETY ATTENDS SHOW AT
MAUD JUNCTION
Pretty Women Applaud as 5attlers
Bold Meet in Ring Exhibition
to Assist the Frisco
Relief Fund

Relief Fund
| Pretty women and fashionable girls
and matrons that fit along the creamy
ledge of Angel City society-dress suits
| of staid business men-splendid speci-
mems of manly physique, their powerful
muscles playing with beautiful pre-
! cision beneath brawny arms and
| shoulders-a judge of the superior
court, raising his hands in token of a
! draw as two world famed men of the
ring concluded a whirlwind bout-skill-
full fencers, and above all the sweet
voice of the yodler.
| Such was the unparalleled spectacle
that centered around the arc lit arena
OF the Maud junction pavilion last night
during the boxing exhibition which was
given for the benefit of the disaster
stricken people of Northern California.
In the annals of the ring a more unique
affair has not occurred.
During such moment as characterized
the clever exhibition of Able Attell and
Kid Herman and in the hilarious up
roar which greeted Bat Nelson's wild
swing into the vertebrate of Referee Joe
| Scott was the audience on edge with
expectation and excitement.
They were glad when Theodore Sum
was unceremOniously assisted into the
ring by two vigorous police officers as
referee for one of the bouts.
They rejOiCed when Judge r. N.
Smith of department ! of the superior
court addressed James j. Jeffries as the
gigantic ringster loled shame facedly
against the ropes listening to the
Homeric words that finally ended in a
tribute to the great Sarpedon of
them all.
Acclamation greeted the stage fall 51
Mauro Herrera as he fell cleverly in
pretended Knockout before one of the
lightning lefts of his brother Aurelio.
There was sympathy for Referee Sum
merland, who bent in nervous agita-
ton over what he regarded as a fallen
gladiator. A moment later an uproar-
ious outburst greeted the light spring
of the stricken Mauro as he bounded
from under the sOlicitous form of Sum-
merland.
AS usual the fashionable throng
came late last night. There was a
quiet settling into the board seats of the
pavilion. A buzz of expectation hovered
about the throng and women glanced
in wonderment at the ring with the
padded floor and the taut ropes.
The principal sauntered in leisurely
ard some one rendered selections on
the piano While the gathering awaited
the pleasure of the performers. Much
explanation of Marquis of Queensbury
rules-and other sort of rules that evil
IDENTIFY were invented on the spot by
escorts anxious to explain what has
long been to the feminine mind a hazY
mixture regarding which they were
more or less at sea.
At last Megaphone Cook announced
N tbnnHaTO1IG nrnppa6-
ings would commence. Mr.. Cook
should go sailing away in the fOggy
districts of the briny. AS nautical
instrument of expression he could not
be surpassed,
Down from the dressing rooms came
two shining creatures resplendent in
white uniforms that cleaned and
flashed under the powerful light.
Fencers they were-Harry Maloney of
Pasadena and Albert Bartel, the local
instructor. They carried masks and
long foils. First it was the grand sa-
lutte that occupied with its various ma
neuvers several minutes.
After the salute the masks We're
donned. Then there was more saluting
and finally the fencing bout. Maloney
proved far the cleverer of the two and
he outpointed 3artell with ease. His
guard and position were all that could
ne desired ana he WAS tlDlG 10 dNOlu lIlG
greater portion of Bartells thrusts.
Arthur Lotus was the next upon the
program-Professor Cook apOlogized
for LOTUS business dress. He had
come from San Francisco LOTUS is
the possessor of an unusually clear
tenor that scared away to the high
places of the pavilion in sufficiently
sweet tone to call for repeated encOres.
Amid another stentoran Introduction
did Kid Herman and Abe Attell make
appearance There was a rustic among
the women folk, for this was to be the
first time they had witnessed that
wonderful thing, a prize ring boxer.
Sheriff Will White was called into
the ring to referee amid general appro-
batiOu The interlocutOr presented Mr..
White in more or less appropriate
terms, all of which was very pleasing
to the sheriff. who solemnly handed
over a long cigar to the felictous Cook.
The go was a fast one from the start.
Ten ounce gloves assured practically
certain protection against serious re-
suits and the men went about their
end of the entertainment in regulation
ring style Attell exhibited remarkable
speed and appeared able to place his
left to the Kids jaw at will. Herman
is the clever boy at ducking, however,
and many dodge gained him round
of applause.
of course there were clinches, but
when the men did not break at the call
of the referee they parted at the cry of
the crowd. Sheriff White overlooked
this small portion Of his duty and the
necessity of officiating devolVed largely
upon the observant audience.
one time the big officer did say
"break," and the effect was electrical.
Both men were evidently overcome by
the fact that the referee had spoken
and rushed away in opposite directions
in an effort to heed the command.
The applause was deafening when
White raised his hands at the end of
the bout in token of a draw. Some
claimed that Herman had tampered
with his purse strings, while others
held that Attell had approached him
on other than honest purpose.
"TommY Burns, HEAVYWEIGHT cham"