El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-24
HERMAN TO MEET ERTEL
lightning Little St Paul Hitting
piOn in the Crescent City With Title

y A ILWAUKEE. Wis, Jan. "a
MI After much dickering. the two
= : claimants TO the bantamweight
title-JOhnny Ertle and Pete Herman
are to meet in New Orleans on Feb.
4. There has been a great deal Of
discussion during the past two years
in regard 10 the bantamweight title.
Ever since the Ertle-Wnliams con-
test at st. Paul over two years ago.
when Ertle won on a foul. there has
been question as to whether
Kewpie was entitled TO the Champion
ship or not. Some writers maintained
he was, and others that he was not.
with the result that Williams con-
tinued TO claim the title. and when
he was beaten by Pete Herman on
points, the latter claimed il and has
been acknowledged as such by a num-
Der of writer's.
Is Good Boy.
Ertle demonstrated lately that his
win at St Paul was not an accident
He went to Baltimore recently and
met Williams on his own terms, Civ
ing away considerable weight and
beating him in q most decisive man
ner. so much so that all the papers
there ignored the referees decision
OF a draw and gave the fight TO Ertle
In that contest. Ertie had Williams
practically knocked out in the second
round and again in the 18th round
he was webbing all over the ring on
the verge Of a knockout
Ever since this contest, Ertie
has been after a match with Her
nan, but not until DOminfcl< Tor
tOrieh, of New Orleans, came in
with an offer, was keWpie able
to close the same. He has agreed
to meet Herman in ten round
battle in the southern city and IL
is up to Herman whether there
will be a decision or not. ErtIe
would prefer 20 rounds to a de-
cisiOn.
There IS no doubt that Herman is
a great little fighter, especially when
it comes to close work or infighting.
but he will find Ertle a much harder
proposition than he was a year or
two ago. for the little fellow is in
wonderful form at present and car
ries a knockout wallop which he did
not have before.
It seems TO me that ten rounds will
be too short for these two boys TO
settle the dispute and II II Is to be
decided definitely, they will have to
meet over the derby route. OF course,
there IS always chance for \ decisive
victory either way and. as both boys
AAeAhE a hAANNnQAN punch reAAAg AAAAAAH "a !
that kind may happen, but apparently !
they are too evenly matched for
either one to put over x. Q. wallop |
in ten rounds.
Many OF the fans think that Her
man would outpoint Ertle in the 1
short distance. but they are liable to |
be fooled in that respect, for Ertle is |
fighting faster than he ever did be- l
fore and hitting harder, which means J
that Herman will not be able TO carry 1
out his usual policy Of rushing an I
and beating him with speed I
alone, for that is just where Ertle viii 4
shine.
English Outlook Good.
The boxing game seems to be in
full blast on the other side OF the
despite all the shooting go
ing on in other directions.
In England many contests are be-
ing held weekly and also in France.
where the boys are boxing back OF
the lines. From letters just received
here, it is very evident that the boys
are being kept busy with the gloves.
Following are some of the contests
decided during the past few weeks;
Francis Rossi defeated Arthur Bishop
IN a Is round battle at Cardiff. Rossi
IS considered one OF the cleverest ban
tams over there and next to Jimmy
Wilde.
Cahin Is Defeated.
At London. Mike Cahin was de-
feated by Ernie Robinson in a Is
round battle. and the same night, at
Plymouth. Sailor Harry Jenkins de-
,eated Soldier Joe Day IN a like num-
Der of rounds.
At the Liverpool stadium, Louis
Ruddiclz defeated Fred Jacks, OF .,
Australia in 10 rounds, and ut the
same place Joe Beckett won from
Harry CurLOn (bOth heavy ,
Vvefghts) in the fifth round. Cur
zOn was badly beaten and on the
verge of n knockout. 4 week
later Louis Ruddick lost to Ar
thur Hayes on n fOut In the 18th
round, and Al Craig was defeated Z
by Joe Atwood i'm - round bat I
lie.
Pat O'Keefe. former middleweight {
tar. Won from Sgt. Braddock at the ]
london Sporting club by a knockout &
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