The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-04-10

and $500 fans in less than n roun
1905. After 40 seconds Of milling, Johl
led off by throwing his hat into the
into the squared circle, notifying the
his hands for attention, the sheriff
matter how much I hate to stop the t
put into my hands and I've got to
| serve them"
The $500 fans who paid 81, So and IS
saw Howard Opie and Sid La Fontise
step off to a six-round draw In the
one preliminary. They saw Neary and
then they saw John Law ring down
the curtain on the first act of the main
| event.
Strange as it seems, on the after
noon of the same day, at another arena,
Buddy Ryan and George Herberts
fought for II rounds without interior
ence of law. This bout was stopped
but in an orthodox way, Ryan knocking
| out his opponent.
It wasn't initiative on the part of
enforcement officers that caused the
Herrera fight to come to a sudden halt.
The blame can be laid to an act OF
Hererra's, and a desire to get even with
the Mexican, on the part of a rival
promoter.
noon show on July Fourth had a
month previously signed Herrera to
fight Kid Goodman of Boston. Two
days before the fight was to take place,
Herrera notified the promoter that he
was not in condition and would not
fight. The promoter was left high and
dry. It was too late to secure a substi,
he thought of him and vowed that the
Mexican would never fight in Butte or
Montana again.
The promoter felt that he was being
victimized, not only by Herrera but by
the owners of a rival club who talked
gagement with Goodman, then signed
him for the holiday match with Charlie
Neary of Milwaukee.
When the promoter told Herrera he
would be barred from fighting in Mon
tana, he was determined to 60 through
with his threat, even if it meant a ces-
sation of boxing in the camp for some
Hererra'S last appearance in a Mon
tana ring. He was forced to leave for
other parts to make a ring living. His
less than three years residence in Mon
tana was at an end.
The promoter had furnished two
round-trip tickets from Boston and
return to Goodman, and was out addi-
stake in the bout was close to $500,
so he was not going to take it lying
down. He was out to make it too hot
for the MeXican-and eventually did.
Butte was to have a Fourth of July
celebration. The two clubs announced
the first to broadcast his card, select
ing Ryan and Herberts as his main
event attraction, booking it for the af-
ternoon. The rival club picked the
night date with Herrera and Neary as
the main eventers. The afternoon show
was staged according to Hoyle-the
night show was stopped: The legal pa
moter at the night show, declaring that
prize fighting in Montana was a mis-
demeanor. were sworn to and served
at the behest and complaint Of the
promoter who staged the afternoon
show.
Regarding the stopping Of the fight,
a Butte paper on the following day
If the action of the sheriff could
be regarded as a precedent then it
means there will be no more prize fight
ing in Butte, for if one fight is against
the law, all are against the law. But
~precedents don't always go in Butte.
That has been the history in the past.
There have been spurts of stopping
law has been broken adj libitum in re-
gard to prize fighting. So you can't
tell; perhaps prize fighting is stopped
for a long time; possibly not. It would
seem, however, that it will be a diff
cult matter for the sheriff to permit
any more fights while he is in office.
For if he can stop n fight at the
instance of mi citizen who insisted
that the law should be observed, why
cannot any citizen Of Butte who OBJ
jects to prize fighting, or who would
like to see the law of the state OBJ
served, swear to a warrant and call
on the sheriff to stop a fight?
THE sheriff stopped a fight last
night, but he, allowed n to &c. in the
afternoon. The complaint and war
Elephants were issued at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, after which the Judge
went out to view the afternoon Fight.
The warrants were not served on the
night fighters until they had stepped
into the ring. and after $500 people
had paid out money to see the glove
fest. Many people would have saved
their dollars and a long trip to the
flat had they been given by the sheriff
definite information that there would
be no fight"
From the crowd came roars of dis
approval and disappointment. No.
money was returned; the promoters de-
claring that they had carried their
part Of the agreement and that the
expense OF the show had to be paid
fighters would meet at the Broadway
within the next few days, providing no
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