Aurelio Herrera - Gilbertgia.com

Thomas O’Rourke of New York trumped Carey’s offer. Wrote
O’Rourke, "Will you fight Nelson before the Tuxedo club for
$17,000? Answer.” Herrera replied, “I will accept your offer. I am
going to Los Angeles at once: Wire me full particulars of your
terms and I will start for the East immediately." 146 Then Carey
bumped his offer to $20,000, and both fighters accepted.
Aurelio Herrera, March 25, 1906, Los Angeles Herald
Nelson and his manager Billy Noland were sitting in New York,
and Herrera and Carey were at the offices of the Los Angeles
Examiner. Twenty-five minutes later the coast-to-coast deal was
concluded via Hearst's lease-wire services. Nelson, as standing
146 Bakersfield Californian, Mar 19, 1906. O’Rourke was a promoter for the
Tuxedo club, a newly organized fighting club just over the New York state line in
Pennsylvania. The $17,000 offer was equivalent to about $400,000 today.
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