Show HERRERA REELS I WITH DAGO RED REO I IP II I P Passing of Famous Mexican as Star Performer in Pugilistic Pugilistic Ring RingEd Ed arty In Los Angeles Herald Herrera was filled with dago red or If YOU you will the vile ile slopped across fr frOwsy bars which line Une Main street The Mexicans eye was vas lusterless nd the cruel light which shone but a few hours before as he sat between the ropes or the Naud Junc Junction tion pavillion cursIng the Heg wisch boy was blended wIth an ugly blear Staggering and along F street last nIght Herrera was perhaps an object of pity An outcast of the he rankest sort the Mexican went slinking past the resorts where formerly ho he bad ad been pointed out with awe as the man matched to meet Battling Nelson the worlds lightweight champion for a purse Herrera was down and out an and he probably recognized it t In his dumb i weak way as he dodged and shuffled past pact th those se who but a few hours before were ready to extend a friendly hand and nd readY word The bright star of his chosen career had flIckered and passed into darkness and WIth the Indian s much with hatred and defiance a onetime hero of the rIng was going the gait which sooner or later will end with the six feet or of sod In a lonesome place Herrera has done that for which he be will wUl never be forgiven h the trend of the future Before amazed and disgusted thousands he to meet a little tawn haired youngster r who Volunteered to waive a ve pounds of solid Mexican flesh and do battle for the sake of those who had paId good American coIn coInA coinA A curious sight and one throbbing with human interest was the spectacle ot of Bat NeLon as he stood atone alone in the Naud junction ring Friday night Those who witnessed and heard will never forget Nelson In Ring With a wave or of hisses greeting his poor crumpled ear torn by battle Ith men or of savage strength the slender Dane stood still until the crowd bad shouted itself hoarse T fliey e called aUed him hardest word ord that may ring in the ears of a anan nan Conscious as he was or of his wn right blush of shame deepened the ruddy features of the Swede and crept down over ver the sinuous neck But at last Jast the Dane might talk and the plea which went ent forth from his hist t boish face in the midst of the ma mad maddened throng was as a hard hardI I pressed gladiator might have made In Inthe Inthe the days of the Roman amphitheatre But it was not a cry f r was as i justice that the Dane asked for and andin in hi the quaInt lingo of the street he made a stand for his pounds of valiant Hege Hegewisch flesh I aint scared o 0 no DO DOone noone one Dont tink I dont want to fight Come on now be good fellows You know me dont you Only jes jea let Jet Aurelio weigh here in de ring Dats Dals all I want Let him weigh HO pounds Dats do de square quare ting aint It With the unfailing instinct that recognizes sincerity the mighty crowd gave vent in thunderous measure as asI the valor of the tWe headed lad ladI I dawned upon them Nelson had asked t I I for justice and from the throng he re it That resistless thing public sent ment had been touched and th there re were none to say him nay as Nelson glanced appealingly toward the thelIe lIe corner and waited It was not a long IonS w wait it however for the Dane refused to remain pas pan pasI rive sive He followed Herrera to hIs I dressing room and With friendly per implored him to enter the ring and satisfy the house that the imputations of yellowness had been fal faire e With a fraternal hand on the dark shoulder he kidded and pleaded It was lI to no use and tile the Dane gave up Mexicans Downfall Maybe ra be sometime A Herrera will face e some other man in the ring Maybe it will be for a worlds chain cham a preliminary battle with Nelson to enter later for a title i contest Time makes changes but last Jast night as the slinkIng drunken outcast sta stag staggered sered along the street a wide Ide path was WILS open for hIm He was the man that Battling Nelson drove from th the ri ring ringA A daring few jeered but there were those thos who shook their heads and said j Too bad as the Mexican n boy din dIs I appeared I |