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Show LfllCII BATTLE IIII KIPS J Herman and Manager Suffer Heavily From N.Y. Bout By Henry L. Farrell UnitaJ Prma Staff Corraapondant. NEW YORK, March 3 Pete Herman lost all the way arouDd when he took on Joe Lynch recently in Madison Sqnare Garden. Tha wee Italian not only lost his ban- tamwelcht hamplonahlp. Itift flroppei m" a4 of money when ha went to lxndon to mt Jimmy Wild. That Wllda-Her-man affair waa a farce financially and nearly put Promoter Itube Welch out of bualnaaa. HISMAN SILENT. Neither Herman nor Ram Ooldman. hla manaa-er, had much to aay concerning money matt era when they returned to America. Cold ma n. however, let It be known that he waa holrilne; a check that waa no aood. Welch aide of the story, aa It appear In a Iindnn paper of recent re-cent data, la Vary Interesting ana very frank. In a letter he Bays: "When I slimed I'ete Herman up In America, I agreed to irtve him a sum In dollars amounting to ahout 7000 pounds. He waa then bantamweight champion of the world and It was understood between ua that he waa not to engage la any content con-tent Involving the world title before meeting Jimmy Wilda here. LVNCM FIGHT. "When I got to England I cabled him I50O0 to cover the exfienses to this country coun-try of himself and his sparring partners. Tou can, therefore, Imagine my surprise when I saw that his manager had arranged ar-ranged for Herman to meet Joe l,ynch before he met Wilde I Immediately ca- I bled Goldman as follows: M Is fight with I-ynch fnr championship? champion-ship? !f Herman hwtten for championship, champion-ship, match with Wilde hopeless. Cable Ca-ble immediately. Welch.' NO ANSWERS. "I did not receive any answer, hut Herman took the boat for Fngland ft day after his riBht with l-vnch, which he tost. As soon as he arrived he was Interviewed, In-terviewed, and after diacuasion he agreed to taka iSooo, just under one-half of tha original purae. t Kverything appeared to be In order. Thus you can Imagine my surprise when .Wr. (Joldman came to mv office on the dav of the fight and demanded another iMofrO. adding the threat that unless It waa forthcoming Herman would net fight. DOUBLBCftOSSINQ. "I was determined that he should not get tha beat of me. and therefore signed a check, after considerable protest, which I knew he would not be able to cash. I subsequently refused to allow my part-, part-, 'Per to appand hla signature, without I). which the check ia worthleaa." |