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knocking her down and kicking her. She said her assailant was
actuated by jealousy." 124
Torchlight on His Finger
Herrera had been gone for two years, and Bakersfield was
delighted to have him back: “Herrera comes home
looking well and feeling quite independent. He wears a torchlight
on one of his fingers and a jeweled bonfire illuminates his necktie.
125
To his select friends a bulging pocket book was exhibited.
Herrera will rest quietly in this city for one month, during which
time he will exercise moderately and strengthen up his right
hand, which he'd damaged in his Grand Rapids match with
Charles Neary. Herrera displayed telegrams from the Colma Club
and one from Tom McCarey of Los Angeles. 126 McCarey wants
Herrera to fight Eddie Hanion in Los Angeles next month.” 127
124 San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 9, 1905
125 jewelry
126 Promoter “Sunny Jim” Coffroth owned and managed the Bay Area Colma
Club. He was Jim McCarey’s Northern California rival.
127 Bakersfield Californian, Jul 17, 1905. Prize fighting was illegal in the city of
Los Angeles. McCarey operated a boxing arena in Vernon, about seven miles
outside Los Angeles. (McCallum, John D. The World Heavyweight Boxing
Championship, p 369-70. Chilton Book Co., 1974)
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