1915-07-02 Pete Herman W-PTS20 Louisiana [Tulane Athletic Club, New Orleans, LA, USA]

1915-07-03 The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page 11)

LOUISIANA NOT IN CLASS WITH HERMAN
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Local Bantam Wins Fifteen Out of Twenty Rounds--Bout One-Sided.
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Kid Herman, the little New Orleans bantamweight, fighting in the best form that he has ever shown in a local contest, completely outclassed "Louisiana," the Philadelphia bantam, in a twenty-round bout at the Tulane Athletic Club last night, and thereby regained his old-time position on the pedestal of popularity from which he slipped a trifle some time ago through poor showings against rather mediocre fighters.

Herman won fifteen out of the twenty rounds by greater or less margins, three were classed as even and two went to Louisiana.

The latter two were the thirteenth and fourteenth and in these the visiting boxer made his only real hearty bid for the verdict. Finding that he could do nothing with the local youngster in the straight boxing and fighting game, Louisiana in the two rounds mentioned cast care to the winds and tore in. He completely disregarded the rain of short jabs and hooks that Herman poured in on his face and body, took them and smiled and kept boring in, at the same time swinging wildly to face, ribs, stomach and kidneys. His efforts, though wild, were earnest and in refreshing contrast to the one-sidedness of the greater part of the battle.

Herman went into the ring carrying a large sized and angry looking boil on his chin just at the point of the jaw, and when this was seen, many of the fans present thought that Louisiana would be sure to make a target of it. Possibly he tried to do so, but so far as was seen from the northeast corner of the ring, he has yet to hit that target.

'TWAS ALL HERMAN

It was practically all Herman and though the little fellow was under the handicap imposed by the boil, he fought a great fight. The aggressor at practically all times, he made Louisiana look like an amateur in the boxing game. The visitor was as much at sea as though he were midway between San Francisco and Australia. He willingly started punches, hard ones, too, but they landed nowhere. He tried it at long range, he tried to get in close. He tried swings, hooks, uppercuts and jabs. All failed. The only thing that he could work, and these were only occasionally, were long side-arm hooks to the ribs and stomach. When they landed Herman flinched, but they landed too seldom.

From the first round to the last it was almost the same thing. At the first Herman was going at so rapid a pace that many thought he could not last, especially as it was thought that the boil must have weakened him, but last he did. When he won the first four rounds by a wide margin, it was thought also that Louisiana was simply biding his time, waiting for Herman to work himself out, and then going out with a rush to finish things up. However, this, too, proved to be the wrong "dope" on the situation, for never for a moment from first to last, did Herman let up in the terrific pace that he set and this pace was many, many notches too great for Louisiana.

The latter, it appears, is a fighter, pure and simple. He knows little and cares less for the boxing end of the game. He relies on his ability to hit and hit hard. But it seems also that he must be set to deliver a telling punch. Well, when his opponent would not stay still long enough for him to get set to deliver, he was simply "up in the air."

Herman boxed beautifully and slugged, at times, on even terms with his opponent. Of course, there was nothing to it in the boxing department, but Herman, and when it came to the slugging, Herman surprised even his most ardent admirers by outfighting and outslugging Louisiana.

The latter would tear in, miss one, take a couple of sharp jabs on the face, become rattled at the way Herman was on him and out again, then fall into a clinch. Now, it was generally thought that in the clinches Louisiana would get in some telling work, but not so, not so. Herman landed four to one in the clinches, as in everything else.

VISITOR OUTCLASSED

In short, the phrase, "Herman outclassed Louisiana," describes the contest completely. It leaves little to be told. Louisiana finished the bout trying hard, but he could accomplish no telling effects.

Quite a little blood was spilled. In the very first round the boys bumped heads and Herman's face, over the left eye, was cut. In the latter rounds Louisiana suffered from a cut under the right eye coming from a vicious left jab and later still an old wound in the side of his head was opened and bled profusely.

The contest was viewed by only a fair-sized crowd, the rival attraction at the Dauphine undoubtedly having its effect in this respect.

Dick Roche, a local lad who has been out of the game nearly two years, punctuated his come-back with a victory over George Sirey, a boy who has been winning by knockouts recently. Roche was beaten nearly the whole way through, but was game and tough and in the final round wore Sirey down and punished him so that the referee stopped the bout about a minute before the end. There were two four-round preliminaries.


1915-07-03 The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) (page 8)

HERMAN CLIMBING TOWARD THE TITLE
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Peter Herman's punch is in process of development, and when it is well developed Peter will be the fight fans' pick to take the championship away from Kid Williams.

Herman earned a decision Friday night over "Louisiana," Philadelphia bantam, who recently gave Williams quite a mauling. The bout went 20 rounds, and at the end of the 20th there was no other decision possible than a verdict for the little New Orleans boxer for he had outpointed "Louisiana" nearly all the way.

"Louisiana" was a distinct disappointment. He wasn't good enough to even extend Herman, who was second in the betting because the sports thought that the boy who had twice knocked down the sturdy Williams was good enough to defeat Pete.

"Louisiana" Over-Rated

"Louisiana" was a stronger betting favorite at the ringside than he had been all the week because of a boil that had appeared on Herman's chin some 36 hours before the fight.

So big and troublesome was this boil that Herman's manager, "Red" Walsh, tried to have the bout postponed, and it would have been postponed but for the refusal of "Louisiana's" manager to remain longer on the scene. He said he had to get back East and wouldn't agree to put off the mill.

Walsh remembered what happened to Herman when he fought Frankie Burns with a boil in his nose, and he practically made up his mind that Pete was in for another trouncing.

Pete Used to Boils

But "Louisiana" is not the boxer that Burns is, and not near the ring general. Burns lamped the boil first thing and aimed every other jab at the spot where it blossomed. "Louisiana" wasn't boxer enough and he wasn't smart enough to see the advantage he might have gained.

And Herman, too, showed that he had become used to boils. At first he was very careful to guard the infected spot but when he saw that "Louisiana" wasn't wise to his opportunities Pete forgot the boil and at times set in to slug with the Philadelphian with wonderful success. And in the finer points of the game he excelled to such an extent that a comparison is out of the question.

Moore Defeats Coster

While Herman was winning from "Louisiana," Young Pal Moore was turning a little trick at another fight mill. The young Memphian took Young Coster into camp. Neither affair was very profitable.

Dick Roche, who has been out of the game a good while, wore down George Sirey in the semi-final at the Tulane club. Sirey had Roche outpointed in the majority of the rounds, but Roche was tough and game.

1917-08-21 Pete Herman ND10 Jack Douglas [Tulane Athletic Club, Tulane Arena, New Orleans, LA, USA]

1917-08-22 Evening Tribune (San Diego, CA) (page 9)

HERMAN HAS BOUT ALL HIS OWN WAY

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International News Service

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 22.--Pete Herman, world's bantamweight champion, tonight won easily from Jack Douglas, champion of the Pacific coast, and sent here by Tom Andrews, of Milwaukee, to beat Herman. Herman knocked Douglas down with the first punch in the first round and then started in to cut him to pieces. He succeeded admirably, Douglas looking like a piece of raw beef at the end.


1917-08-22 Morning Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, OK) (page 1)

Herman First Boxing Champion to Declare War Against Kaiser

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Special to The World.

NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 21.--Pete Herman, bantamweight champion of the world, is the first pugilistic title holder to declare war on the kaiser. At the close of his ten-round bout with Jack Douglas of San Francisco here tonight, it was announced that he had been passed as physically fit by the local selection board, would claim no exemption and was ready to go to war. He said his ten-round bout in Tulsa, Okla., Labor day probably would be his last ring engagement until after the war.

Herman never was in danger during tonight's engagement. He knocked his opponent down in the first round and boxing critics were unanimous in the opinion that the champion had won practically every round.


1917-08-22 The Daily States (New Orleans, LA) (page 11)

Herman Beats Douglas Decisively

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Pacific Coast Boy Outclassed, Takes Fearful Lacing From Champion; Result of Scrap Was Hardly Ever In Doubt.

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BY COL. CLUKE.

Pete Herman, 118-pound title-holder, won perhaps the easiest bout of his career last night at the Tulane Athletic Club. Herman decisively beat Jack Douglas, of San Francisco, in a 10-round no-decision bout. From start to finish, Herman's class stood out, and there was seldom a moment during the entire contest where Douglas had the slightest chance.

Herman showed all of his old-time speed and ability. He hit Douglas with every imaginable blow permissible under the Queensberry code. A half dozen different rounds, the second excepted, found Douglas on the verge of a knockout. Herman, however, was unable to slip over the Morpheus kick.

Prior to the bout, 2 to 1 was freely offered that Douglas would stay the limit. There were few takers. It was next to impossible to wager on Herman at all, the odds rising one time to 5 to 1, the champion would win on points.

Herman Tried to Bump off Douglas.

Herman apparently tried all he knew how to stop Douglas. Except in the second round, in which he stepped around the Coast boxer, the champion showered blow after blow upon Douglas. Pete, however, failed to tap the Westerner's weakest spot, the jaw. In the first round, Herman stung Douglas with a left to the jaw and sat him down. The spectators figured the bout wouldn't go the limit. Douglas, however, was evidently determined to stay 10-rounds, for when in close quarters he held on in the clinches, or at long rang, sprinted from one side to the other of the ring.

Douglas took perhaps the most cleancut lacing any boxer has received in a local ring in several years. Punished about the face, which swelled almost again as large as its original size, Douglas gave a splendid exhibition of gameness.

The Coast boxer apparently suffered a painful injury to his nose in the first round and the better part of the remaining nine stanzas, protected the sore spot. Except for a left-hand punch the Coast fighter rarely hit the champion.

Bout One-Sided; Herman too Classy.

The match was uneven from start to finish and probably staged for the purpose of showing Herman, the first New Orleans champion, to the local fans. It was estimated that the contest drew in the neighborhood of $800. Herman, it was said, had a $1,000 guarantee, win, lose or draw. Herman dropped Douglas in the first chapter and probably figured he could afford to give the spectators a run for their money before bumping off the Western boy. When Pete did cut loose in the fourth and every round thereafter, Douglas fought to better advantage, although he was on the receiving end throughout. One round was a repetition of the other, Douglas taking everything Herman aimed at him, spitting blood and retreating, first across the ring and then in and out of the corners.

The preliminary bouts furnished some tame sport. Probably the best looking preliminary boy hereabouts, Young Wolgast, hit Paddy Callahan a wallop in the jaw and dropped him face downwards on the canvas. The first mill went to Sailor Freeman, Young Connolly sinking for the count from a belt on the jaw.

Young Barrera gave Young Corbett about three inches in height and some twenty pounds in weight. In return he received a clout on the jaw and when he revived the bout was over. Laporte and Young Darcy boxed four rounds, the former winning handily.


1917-08-22 The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) (page 9)

HERMAN PROVES BANTAM TITLE IS IN THE HANDS OF BOXING MARVEL

(By Ham)

New Orleanians' first look at Pete Herman as a champion convinced them that the bantam division is headed by one of the best little battlers that ever reigned over that class.

Pete didn't stop Jack Douglas, as a great many enthusiasts wagered as high as 9 to 5 that he would do, but he gave the California veteran an artistic lacing from the first round to the tenth and had Jack almost to the point of the knockout half a dozen times. In fact, if Pete had followed up with very much vigor in the second and third rounds an advantage he took in the first Douglas would have taken the full count. But Pete had the fight so well in hand that he tempered his conquest with a little mercy, evidently thinking he would stow his opponent away later on. Douglas is game and tough and he recuperated, while Pete loafed just a bit, and the last round found him battling away as best he could, though that never was at any time sufficient to cope with the champion.

Herman Never As Good.

To say that Herman loafed in those early rounds would give the wrong impression. He simply let up after fighting the most aggressive first round that he has ever been known to fight. Early in that round he hung a peach of a left hook on the point of Jack's jaw and sent him down. Jack came up with a forced laugh on his face; he had been taken much by surprise and the punch exacted a lot of his strength. But he made very well of a bad situation, and although Pete hit him scores of times on every spot of his body above the belt he managed to stick.

Herman has used a lot of "stuff" at different times and has shown class ever since "Red" Walsh discovered him shining shoes and elevated him to the ranks of preliminary fighters, but never has he shown quite as much as in that first round. His speed and his cleverness with the gloves fairly bewildered Douglas, who is an old head at the game and has met clever men before. The ringsiders who always have been somewhat lukewarm in regard to Pete could not held but break their reserve and start rooting for the native son. He showed them things in the punch line they didn't know he had.

Has Jack On the Run.

After this round you could have written your own ticket in a wager that Douglas would not be knocked out. Before the fight started 2 to 1 was asked that Jack would stay the limit.

Nor were the fans disappointed when Pete didn't show punch enough to stop Douglas. He had the wallop but when Jack got iinto tight places and was in danger of being rocked to sleep he decided that discretion was the better part of valor and he kept on the run. Two or three times he turned his back to Pete and made away as though he intended to hurdle the ropes. But that was not his intention; he didn't lack courage--he simply adopted that as the only means of frustrating the champion in his knockout designs.

Champion Doesn't "Stall"

Because of the palpable one-sidedness of the match and because it was only a 10-round no-decision affair the "house" was not a very large one for a champion, and especially a native son champion, to draw. Doubtless the promoters were heavy losers on the experiment, which does not speak so very well for Herman as a drawing card. But Herman made himself stronger with his home fans than he ever has been. He did not "lay back," as is the custom of champion when there is nothing for them to gain and as has been Herman's practice in a great many of his fights. On the other hand, he started fighting from the tap of the gong and he never stopped. He carried the fight in every round and the few punches that he did not block or parry he took without wincing or slowing up. Douglas' widely reputed punch had no terror at all to the champion.

Jack no doubt has a pretty good punch but we suspect that Pete took it out of him when he slapped him on the jaw in that first round.

Laporte Defeats Darcy.

There were preliminaries galore--too many. The best was between Al Laporte and Young Darcy. The latter gave Laporte a good time of it for a round or two but Laporte, who is developing into a pretty good boy, overcame the lead and won out in four.

The star performers, next to Herman, were Referee Sam Goldman and Joe Fick. Goldman is demonstrating that it is possible for a referee to please the fans. Fick sang a few songs while men well known in the fight game passed around their hats and took up a collection for the widow of Police Captain Garry Mullen. The collection netted $187.85, $50 of which, it is said, was given by G. D. Bryan, owner of the Bowie race track and part owner of the track now being built at Shrewsbury.


1917-08-22 The Saginaw Daily News (Saginaw, MI) (page 1)

BANTAM CHAMP IS WINNER

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(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, Aug. 22.--Pete Herman, claimant to the bantamweight championship of the world, never was in danger Tuesday night during his ten round no decision bout here with Jack Douglas of San Francisco. Herman knocked his opponent down during the first round. Boxing critics were unanimous in awarding the fight to Herman.


1917-08-22 The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page S8)

PETE HERMAN SEVERELY PUNISHES DOUGLAS BUT FAILS WITH KNOCKOUT

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Nothing but remarkable stamina saved Jack Douglas, Pacific coast bantam champion, from a knockout at the hands of Pete Herman, world's title holder, in their ten-round bout at the Tulane A. C. Tuesday night. Floored by a left hook to the jaw in the first twenty seconds of the bout, Douglas was on the receiving end of the most severe punishment the whole ten rounds but managed to weather the storm and escape going to the floor a second time.

Intended merely to give Herman an opportunity to show his fistic wares, Douglas served the purpose admirably. A hard hitter with a good left, he was dangerous enough to make Herman careful, but at no time was a match for the champion at boxing. As per agreement no decision was given.

The Times-Picayune's score of the rounds gives Herman all but the seventh, which was even, and in at least half the rounds Herman won so decisively as to make it almost no contest.

OVERLOOKED CHANCE

To onlookers it appeared that Herman might have finished Douglas during either the first or second round of the fight, but he slowed up apparently with the idea of giving the spectators more of a run for their money. Then later on in the scrap, when he wanted to put over a sleep-producing punch, he was unable to connect. Douglas, after the early sessions, learned to block Herman sufficiently to avoid going down. He was groggy again and again but always saved himself from the floor.

Odds at the ringside shifted heavily to Herman. Practically no Douglas money was in sight except that there would be no knockout and Herman backers were forced to lay eight and nine to five on a knockout. Since Douglas lasted, the Douglas backers won these wagers.

Herman started off like a flash. After a few seconds' sparring he shot a heavy left hook to Douglas' jaw, which sat the Californian down for the count of five. The champion backed away and gave his opponent a brief breathing spell and then set upon him like a tiger. He drove Douglas from corner to corner and when the latter clinched, Pete's arms, working like a pivot on Douglas' body, drove him free again.

LOOKS LIKE KNOCKOUT

By the time the first round was two-thirds over it looked like a certain knockout. Douglas had not landed a single solid blow on Herman's face or body and had been hit scores of times. The Californian was bleeding from nose and mouth, his eyes were swelling, he was staggering about the ring.

"Have a heart, Pete," yelled the gallery. "Don't make it a slaughter."

And Herman stopped in his tracks and gave his opponent a few seconds' rest. In fact, Herman did little punishing for the remainder of the round.

Douglas looked mighty bad when he went to his corner, however. He was bleeding profusely from mouth and nose, and was plainly groggy. The minute's rest worked wonders, however, and he came up for the second round fresh enough to catch Herman a stinging left flush on the jaw in the opening exchange. A second left on Herman's jaw stirred the champion to action, however, and a series of in-fighting engagements, in which Douglas was literally slaughtered. Fifteen, twenty, thirty trip-hammer blows to the kidneys and abdomen, with practically no return, and then a left or right hook to the jaw, which sent him staggering away--that is the way Herman handled the clinches. At least twice during the session it appeared Douglas was ripe for the count of ten, but Herman seemed in no hurry. The Californian was sent to his corner, however, with his mouth badly cut and his body hammered to a fiery red. Obviously he had assimilated terrific punishment.

HERMAN HIT TWICE

As the third round opened Douglas caught Herman a hook to the abdomen and later got in a left to the champ's jaw. Pete, however, returned the compliment with a series of staggering lefts and rights to the jaw. Douglas' work was a big improvement over the first two sessions, however, although the round was Herman's by a big margin.

In the fourth Douglas' body seemingly was hammered to a jelly by the champ. Breaking away from in-fighting, Herman took Douglas on in toe to toe slugging matches. Douglas fought with all the vigor and steam he possessed, but the speed of the champ was too much. Pete's lightning blows did their work, and Douglas, bleeding, reeled away. Douglas was bleeding freely at the end of the round.

Douglas showed a good flash in the opening of the fifth round, but Herman sent him rocking away with a left to the jaw. Douglas had to break ground fast to escape punishment. Then Douglas sought to clinch, and the cyclone of Herman's piston-like arms tore him loose and sent him reeling away.

Early in the sixth, another series of in-fighting exchanges--if they could be called exchanges--took place. At times Pete's arms hit as often as thirty times before a return blow came. Douglas got in a few good blows, but was badly beaten up during the round.

Douglas showed to far better advantage in the seventh. He adopted boxing tactics, jabbing with his left and getting away from Herman's rushing shower of blows. Giving Douglas full credit for perhaps a dozen squarely placed blows in the first half of the round, the round could be called even. For in the latter half, Herman again cut him to ribbons with the inevitable tattoo on the abdomen and hooks to the face.

HERMAN WADES IN

Herman waded in at the outset of the eighth round after a knockout. He threw boxing caution to the winds and took the best Douglas could send in the hope of getting over the sleep punch. Douglas covered and Herman resorted to footwork and speed, traveling round and round his opponent, hitting with all his strength at every opening. It was a beautiful exhibition of boxing. In the fifty or sixty seconds of this demonstration, Douglas scarcely laid a glove on the champ. The heavy work had the Californian in a bad way at the end, but still on his feet.

The intermissions seemed to help Douglas wonderfully. No matter how worn he seemed at the end of a round, he came up strong and flashy at the sound of the gong for the next session. The ninth was no exception. He set on Herman like a tiger and sent home numerous hefty punches, but the champion shook them off lightly and countered so viciously that Douglas was soon backing up groggily. Douglas always finished second in these exchanges. Running, dodging, blocking as best he could, saved Douglas from the floor as the round neared the end. He seemed ripe, but still alert enough to escape the fatal blow.

TERRIFIC FIGHTING

Herman sailed in at a terrific pace in the final round and beat his opponent severely, but still the knockout was lacking. In this as in the eighth and ninth, the champion was putting every ounce of strength into the effort. Douglas' stamina, however, survived the storm.

Perhaps in another two or three rounds the knockout would have come. Certainly, human flesh could not have weathered such body punishment much longer.

Herman came out of the fight practically unmarked.

Sammy Goldman was the third man in the ring and he gave a faultless exhibition. Happy Littleton refereed the prelims.

One corking good bout was among the four preliminaries. Al Laporte won a decision over Young Darcy after four rounds of real scrapping. They received hearty applause for their efforts.

Pat Callahan took a "Brodle" the first time he was hit by Young Wolgast and Wolgast gets credit for a "K. O." Young Corbett knocked out Young Barrere in the second round. Sailor Friedman disposed of Young Conley in about half a round. It didn't look like Conley was out, but Friedman obviously outclassed him.

A collection taken up for the Gary Mullen fund netted $187.85.

1916-11-06 Pete Herman W-PTS20 Johnny Eggers [Louisiana Auditorium, New Orleans, LA, USA]

1916-11-07 The Daily States (New Orleans, LA) (page 11)

HERMAN OUTCLASSES EGGERS
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HERMAN QUALIFIES FOR SEMI-FINAL OF 118-POUND TOURNEY
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New York Bantam, Strictly Left Hand Boxer, Makes Game Showing, But Is Outclassed In Scrap At Louisiana Auditorium.
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BY COL. CLUKE.

Pete Herman qualified for the semi-final round of the bantam elimination tournament to be staged at the Louisiana Auditorium Monday night. He defeated Knockout Eggers of New York in 20 rounds. Herman's victory was decisive, Eggers admitting defeat as Referee Burke awarded the mill to his opponent.

Herman outclassed Eggers and was rarely ever in trouble. Except for a brief period which extended from the ninth to the fourteenth round, when Pete rested or loafed, the result hardly ever in doubt. Herman piled up a big lead on Eggers, but missed a number of opportunities to put the "kayo" wallop over.

From the outset it was evident Eggers lacked not only speed and science, but class to cope with the local Italian. Pete repeatedly bounced blows off Eggers' head and face during the early part of the mill and ringsiders predicted a knockout by the tenth round. Eggers' stamina, however, or it may be that Herman lacked the punch, allowed the scrap to go the limit.

Eggers Strictly One-Hand Fighter.

Except for a slashing left-hand punch to the body--almost the same type of wallop that Frankie Burns employed on Pete in a scrap at the West Side A. C., the New Yorker had nothing to offer in the Queensberry line but his ability to take a lacing. He got it. Of that there wasn't the slightest doubt.

Herman's showing was ragged in spots. At times he fought as though he requires more ring work. His idea of resting or loafing was freely commented on. Pete seldom slows down during a scrap, and for a little while Eggers not only carried the fight to him, but really disposed of his man in A-1 shape.

If Eggers could use his right hand to the same advantage as his left, chances are Kid Williams' crowd would be regarded in danger. He is strictly a one-hand fighter, however. But, even so, his body punches were sufficiently heavy enough to force Herman to turn color at times and continually draw his body away from every clinch.

Herman outgenerals Eggers In Early Rounds.

Herman outgeneraled Eggers. Pete repeatedly put the Easterner on the ropes where he shot heavy right crosses, hooks and swings to the jaw. The starboard blows bothered Eggers more than any other wallop Herman showed.

The fourth and sixth rounds were perhaps the best of the fight. Herman showed to better advantage in these periods than in the others. A series of rights and lefts to the jaw in the fourth ripened Eggers for a ten-second count, the New Yorker having no defense whatever. In the sixth Eggers' nose was badly swollen and his eye nearly closed. Herman fought his opponent all over the ring, retreating at times to draw Eggers into a trap, where probably the hardest blows of the scrap were struck.

Herman apparently tried to finish the scrap in the seventh, but Pete lacked the punching power. His arms seemed to become unusually heavy, and by the time the ninth was reached he started slowing down. For a little while Eggers took the offensive and Herman began sprinting. Pete covered a lot of ground. His fighting surprised the spectators. Herman had seldom shown an inclination to duck the issue, but there was no denying that he tore off considerable of the Don Scott stuff.

Pete started fighting again towards the end of the twelfth round. He ceased sprinting and abandoned the shell-like defense, also the Frankie Russell gag, fighting the last 30 seconds of each round. From the fourteenth to the twentieth Herman finished with a rush, and clinched the decision.

The contest was tame in a number of respects. Had Herman been at his best, or cut loose the speed he has shown against Kid Williams, Frankie Burns and other boys, chances are the bout would not have gone the limit.

The semi-final was rather tame, Kid Kelly beating Kid Cattano with ease. Cattano had height and reach on Kelly, but simply didn't know how to fight. The preliminary was won by Benny Loup from Young Jack Britton.


1916-11-07 The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) (page 11)

HERMAN GREATEST LITTLE MARKSMAN IN BOXING RING
(By Will Hamilton)

Pete Herman must have trained for "Knockout" Eggers in a shooting gallery.

His marksmanship Monday night was marvelous. His average shaved the 1000 mark.

It was so good that Eggers quit trying to cover up. When he covered his face, Pete found his target in the mid-section; when Eggers tried to protect his body, Pete kept his head bobbing up and down and back and forth from well-timed punches. If the tip end of Eggers' nose protruded from the barricade, Pete hit it, or if an inch of the forehead was exposed Pete scored with the same remarkable accuracy.

There was nowhere above the belt that Pete didn't hit "Knockout" Eggers, and in the twenty rounds he barely missed once.

But He Can't Stop Eggers

This is not to say that Eggers wasn't there with a fight. He was. He kept right along with Herman most of the way, but from gong to gong in about 13 rounds out of the 20 he was running a bad second.

From the second round to the ninth Eggers made Herman fight his best to keep a good lead. For that space it was a rattling good go--just the kind of a bout everybody looked for. But no pair of battlers, not even well-conditioned bantams, often keep up such a pace for 20 rounds. So the bout slowed up. Herman let Eggers carry it from the ninth to the fifteenth and then he came again. Having a big lead he didn't take any unnecessary chances toward the last, was wary at all times of the K. O. boy's chloroform left, and kept himself just busy enough to see that Eggers, who is a strong finisher, didn't get so gay toward the last as to get a draw with him. He had seen early in the fight that there was no chance to stop the New Yorker. He hit him until he got arm-weary with little effect. Eggers sometimes dropped his guard and let Pete shoot as he pleased, which was shooting some, for the time has passed when this Petro boy had no wallop.

Petro, the Invincible

We would like to see the bantam who could have beaten Petro last night. It simply could not have been done, we think, even though a Frankie Burns or a Kid Williams had been his opponent.

Pete seemed stronger and a better fighter in the first eight rounds than he ever was in his life. His timing and measuring of blows was a revelation and his blocking as pretty a piece of defensive work as you would want to see. He hit with both hands and used an uppercut so effectively that twice in the third round he made Eggers grab for support. In the fourth Pete stalled a little while, evidently to see what Eggers had in stock. And Eggers showed something, too--a left hand that cut the air with a swish, and landed with the force of a mule-kick. But it's a semi-swing, and many times Pete was prepared for it. This was in contrast to his own hitting, which was always straight and quick.

Eggers' Smile Comes Off

For the first four rounds Eggers wore a broad smile, confident-like. Pete looked mean, and he didn't like that smile. So in the fifth and sixth he set in to knock it off. And he did.

His hitting in the sixth round was something to look at. As the saying goes, he hit his opponent with everything but the water-bucket. A round or two he kept this up, and then contented himself with a shade lead until the ninth, when Eggers began to show more stuff. Pete didn't seem to mind it, though, and let Eggers whale away until the twelfth round, when he caught a couple of those lefts in the side and that woke him up. The mixing in the thirteenth and fourteenth was good again, and it was hard to tell who had the better of it. Then Pete came again, and set the pace all the way to the finish.

"Champion in 1917"

There being little or no chance to get Johnny Ertle down here, Herman will now be matched with Frankie Burns or Champion Williams. Pete prefers to take on Williams without having to go up against Burns, but he is determined that he will not dodge Frankie, who will be on the scene in a little while.

"Champion in 1917" is Herman's slogan now, and if he watches his step and doesn't stump his toe any more the ambition should be realized. It should be realized just as soon as he can get Kid Williams into a ring. Pete gave this young champion the fight of his life last February and finished with a leg on the title. He should be even better the next time they meet.

O, Yes, Dick Is There

The Monday mills at the Auditorium were all pretty good and witnessed by a couple of thousand fans.

The Kelly-Catano bout was not a bad one by any means. "Old Man" Kelly, as his seconds called him, was there with a big T. and won because Catano didn't know how to employ his natural advantages and keep him off with his long range. It was a lively ten-rounder. Denny Loup beat Young Jack Britton in the curtain-raiser of four rounds.

Buddy Griffin refereed the prelims, and of course Dick Burke held forth in the main go, just as Herman said he would. Nor could Eggers possibly register a complaint against Dick's work. The big arbiter kept hands off and let the boys fight it out as they pleased--which is usually the best way when two such willing and energetic workers as Herman and Eggers are in the ring.


1916-11-07 The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page 9)

PETE HERMAN PROVES TOO FAST FOR EGGERS
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Pete Herman's speed and cleverness mastered "Knockout" Eggers' smashing left hand in most of the rounds of their twenty-round fight at the Louisiana Auditorium Monday night and Referee Dick Burke justly awarded Herman the decision.

Eggers, depending solely on his "sleep-producing" wallop, at no time attempted to keep on even terms with Herman in the matter of points. With bulldog tenacity he stuck to his self-appointed task of knocking Herman out, and kept his wicked left smashing at Herman during every minute of that long, hard, twenty-round battle. But his efforts were in vain.

Herman earned clear advantages in fourteen of the twenty rounds. Four were even and two--the second and fourteenth--were credited to Eggers.

After giving Eggers an even break in the first, and taking things so easy in the second that Eggers won the round, Herman opened up in the third, and from then on until the finish the result never was in doubt--throwing out the possibility of a knockout.

Packing a wallop many lightweights would like to own, Eggers was dangerous during every second of the fight, and Herman knew it. The clever local bantamweight fought carefully until he had solved Eggers' head-feinting offense, and until he had learned to block the terrific left. He then had the situation well in hand and was never headed.

At times Eggers, realizing Herman outclassed him in boxing, allowed his opponent to rain blows to his head and body. On many occasions Herman backed his stronger antagonist on the ropes and showered a fusillade of punches which bewildered Eggers. Eggers stood up well enough under a straight left jab, but when Herman changed the pace and came in with a varied attack, the visiting bantamweight could do nothing but grin and take them.

HERMAN TOOK PUNISHMENT

Though a winner, Herman was compelled to assimilate some of the hardest punches he has run into since meeting Kid Williams. At least a dozen times during the fight Eggers rocked him with a terrific left hook to the jaw, and every time Eggers got his left hook through Herman's elbows, the local battler was shaken from head to foot.

But none of the punches dazed Herman, and though the body blows undoubtedly stung, he weathered the gale, and the nineteenth and twentieth rounds found him fighting faster and harder than Eggers, despite the fact that Eggers appeared the fresher of the two.

Eggers' right eye was cut in the seventh round, but his handlers drew it up neatly, and it gave him no trouble. Herman's mouth and nose began bleeding after the tenth round, and at the finish his face showed considerable wear and tear, while his body bore evidence of the heavy blows which Eggers kept driving in.

While Eggers' punches were much harder than Herman's, a tab on the blows which landed cleanly showed the New Orleans boxer landed about four to one during the whole fight. This gave him unquestioned right to the decision.

Herman took his second wind in the fourteenth round, and his loafing in this session allowed Eggers to win the honors. But in the fifteenth Herman opened up harder than ever, and showed that he had not weakened by giving Eggers the worst lacing of any preceding round.

Ability to take Herman's punches without suffering much damage kept Eggers in the running throughout, and his ever-threatening left hand made the fight an interesting one in every round.

HERMAN TOO CLEVER

In the last two rounds it was "do or die" with Eggers, but he found it hard to penetrate Herman's clever defense of arms and gloves, and was made the target of Herman's lightning-like left hooks, jabs and right uppercuts and swings.

The semi-final was a corking good bout from start to finish. Kid Kelly, though completely outclassed in the first half, came so strong in the last five rounds of the ten-round tilt that he was awarded the decision over Nich Catana. Nicholas operated a nice left jab, but he was on the short end of matters when the going got rough, and it was Kelly's toe-to-toe work which decided the fight.

Bennie Loup boxed rings around Young Jack Britton in the four-round opener. In private life Britton is a messenger boy, and he fights like one. Most of his blows are telegraphed. He sent several hundred messages of this sort to his opponent, but Ben was not on hand when they arrived. Young Jack is of no relation to the original Jack Britton. Young Jack's real name sounds something like "spaghetti."

Joe Thomas and Joe Rivers were introduced from the ringside. They meet in a twenty-round bout next Tuesday night.

Buddy Griffin was the referee of the preliminaries.

1919-03-04 Pete Herman ND10 Jack Wolfe [Grays Armory, Cleveland, OH, USA]

1919-03-05 Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) (page 16)

Record Crowd Packs Grays Armory When Star Bantamweights Meet in Ring
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KID WOLFE OUTPOINTS PETE HERMAN IN GREAT BATTLE OF TEN ROUNDS
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Young Ertle Shades Jap Sheridan in Curtain Raiser of Carnival; Patsy Wallace Has Edge in Ten-Round Encounter With Chalky Wimbler; Johnny Downs Gained the Popular Decision Over Harry Pierce in Semi-Final.
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BULLETIN.
RINGSIDE, Grays Armory, March 4.--Jack Wolfe outpointed Pete Herman, bantam champion, tonight in ten fast rounds.
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BY HENRY P. EDWARDS.

GRAYS ARMORY, March 4.--As predicted, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of fistic fans who wished to witness the ten-round bout between Pete Herman of New Orleans, the bantamweight champion, and Jack Wolfe of Cleveland, one of the leading runners-up for the title, were turned away tonight when they sought to buy tickets to the big boxing show.

When the doors opened at 7, hundreds were in line. Except a few at the head of the line, all were disappointed, as the only tickets then on sale were a few that had been reserved and unclaimed. From that time until 8:30 the management was compelled to keep announcing the seating capacity of the armory was entirely sold as the fire wardens early ordered the sale of the standing room to cease.

It is estimated that the gross receipts will run close to $8,000, the largest sale in the history of boxing matches at the Grays armory. If it reaches that amount Pete Herman will receive $2,400 for his thirty minutes in the ring, or $80 a minute. Jack Wolfe's share of the gross receipts will be close to $2,000, which Jack says is better than selling papers even at 2 cents a copy. When Jack was a newsie the papers sold for a cent.

A crowd of 100 assembled at the Central A. C., 724 Hamilton avenue, yesterday to witness the weighing in, and for the first time this year every boy scheduled to box was able to make the weight and then some.

Herman signed to make 121 at 3, treated the spectators to a surprise when the scales balanced at 118 1-2 pounds. Wolfe, scheduled to weigh in at the ringside, was not present.

Chalky Wimler, of Pittsburg, who is to meet Patsy Wallace of Philadelphia, in the semi-final, had six or seven pounds on his adversary. He weighed 120 pounds in his union suit, while Wallace stepped on the scales with all his clothes except his coat and weighed 119 pounds. Johnny Downs and Harry Pierce each made the 136 pounds without trouble. Each was a pound underweight.

Jap Sheridan and Young Ertle, the two curtain raisers, displayed some disparity in weight, Ertle showing up at 126 3-4 while Sheridan weighed but 122 1-2 pounds.

With no more tickets available at the box office the speculators made their appearance and asked and received $7 and $10 for $1 tickets soon after the doors were closed.

But the scalpers did not do a heavy business. They had control of comparatively few tickets and their supply was far less than the demand. They were cleaned out in a few minutes.

In the six round engagement that opened the show, Jap Sheridan made a gallant rally in the final round and practically won the house but the battle went to his opponent, Young Ertle, who had piled up a big margin of points in the five preceding rounds.

The second bout brought on Patsy Wallace of Philadelphia, and Chalky Wimler, of Pittsburg. It was a whirlwind clash of ten rounds, seven of which went to Wallace. In fact, there was no question as to Wallace being the victor. His work was rather spectacular and he made one of the biggest hits ever made here on a boxer's first appearance in Cleveland.

Johnny Downs was a trifle too clever for Harry Pierce, the New Yorker, who was his opponent in the ten-round semi-final. Downs practically outboxed Pierce from start to finish and was a comparatively easy winner.

In the tenth round, Pierce displayed a flash of form that probably gave him a slight edge in that round but the edge was not nearly enough to offset the consistent work of Downs throughout.

1920-09-04 Pete Herman ND10 George Lee (New Orleans, LA, USA)

1920-09-05 New Orleans States (New Orleans, LA) (page S4)

HERMAN GIVES LEE BOXING LESSON
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Sammy Good Beats Sailor Blanque In 10-Round Semi-Windup
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BY HARRY MARTINEZ.

Pete Herman, world's bantamweight champion gave George Lee, the Chinese bantam from San Francisco a boxing lesson for ten rounds at the Tulane Club Saturday night. The bout went the limit because Herman let it go. The champion showed that he has lost none of his cleverness in the ring by his flashes at intervals that nearly took the Chink off his feet.

The exhibition was far better than Herman's last appearance here against Ritchie. Lee did not seem to suffer from stage fright and tried the best he knew how against the little title holder. In fact, the crowd of 4000 or more who saw the show, applauded the Chink for managing to duck and sidestep Herman at times when he appeared in danger.

Herman put on an attack for Lee in the sixth round that made him realize he was boxing a champion. He got Lee into a clinch, started his tattoo-like tactics and then threw so many gloves at his face that he didn't seem to know where they were coming from. After this round, however, Herman took things easy and boxed around Lee as the latter made an attempt to land.

The real attraction came out of the semi-windup. Sammy Good, a 142-pounder from San Francisco, making his first appearance, gained the decision over Sailor Blanque. Good is also in Sammy Goldman's stable. He gave Blanque the toughest fight he has had in a little while. Early in the scrap he opened a cut over Blanque's left eye and kept after it. Blanque rallied in the ninth and tenth rounds, but not enough to even matters.


1920-09-05 The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) (page S6)

CRAFTY CHINESE BOXER GOES TEN WITH PETE

George Lee, the Chinese bantam champion, went the limit of ten rounds with Champion Pete Herman at Tulane arena Saturday night, and by boxing on the defensive throughout, with an occasionally flash of fighting, Lee thwarted the efforts of the Italian to land a knockout.

Herman tried for several rounds to make Lee lead, but the Chinese boy isn't anybody's fool and played a waiting game throughout. George made occasional flashes at close quarters and scored with a left jab and hook and at least half of the fans on hand gave the Chinese several rounds of applause.

The champion is still as fast as ever and had Lee stood up and swapped punches it is doubtful if he would have gone the limit. But George was ever on the move and on the defensive and made the sort of fight that Johnny Fisse used to win with when Herman was a semi-windup boy.

In at least three rounds Herman tried as hard to score a knockout as ever he did, but Lee took many a good smack on the jab and the two handed body attack when compelled to and danced out of danger when the chance presented itself.

As one of the ringsiders said: "He's sure a smart fighter for a Chink."

The semi-windup was chuck full of fight and the fans disagreed with the decision, which was given to Sammy Good. The Pacific coast battler proved to be a better ring general than Blanque, and a better puncher, but Blanque carried the fighting to him and was in much better condition at the finish.

Blanque conceded considerable weight to the visitor. Good used this weight to advantage in the clinches and in the closing rounds hung on. He wasn't in the best of condition, having taken the bout on a few days' notice.

The fans liked this bout a whole lot better than the main event.


1920-09-05 The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page 14)

Herman Toys With Lee Throughout

All was needed last night at the Tulane arena was Mr. P. T. Barnum, few wild cats, a tiger and several elephants. Pete Herman would have made up the remainder of the show and again rung true that old and well known saying "the public likes to be fooled." Pete was scheduled to battle George Lee, the Chinese bantam weight in a ten round no decision contest, and on two occasions, Peter battled the sixth and ninth rounds.

In these two stanzas he rocked the Chinaman from pillar to post and had the ex-laundryman on the verge of a knockout. However, no doubt figuring Sammy Goldman was keeping a watchful eye and the old percentage was at stake, Herman usually started the rallies 20 seconds before the bell in each of the rounds. There was no question of his superiority in these or the other sessions. But the rally was always too late and since the bell would sound when the Chink was ripe for a final punch, the knockout was delayed.

From the first to the tenth round, the match resembled one of the usual gymnasium workouts, the Chink occasionally landing a blow through sheer accident, or when Herman grew careless and allowed the Chink to penetrate his guard. Herman hit Lee several hundred times and on several occasions we imagine the Oriental must have imagined a glove factory was hurled in his direction.

The only satisfaction the handlers and admirers of Lee got out of the bout was that Lee stayed the limit. There is hardly a fair minded fan who would not wager the family undershirt Herman could have stopped the Chink had he fought in the early rounds as he did in the latter part of the sixth.

Herman, no doubt, believed he needed a little workout for the Burman match in St. Louis Monday night and took same at the expense of the local patrons at one, two and three. The proof Herman did not exert himself throughout was demonstrated when Lee left the ring unmarked. Watson, a preliminary boy, inflicted more real damage to the Chink than the champion.

You tell 'em limburger, you're strong.

The semi-windup between Sailor Blanque and an alleged Sammy Good was won by the latter. It is said that Good is a ringer and is really Jack Goodman, an old time Pacific coast battler. Sammy or Jack was in no condition, but had enough wallop to win over Blanque. Two preliminaries preceded this bout.