The New York herald., 1867-03-15
TIE PRIZE RING m CALIFORNIA.
QUA SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE.

Two Flights Coming OF mt the Same Place
Match Between Dooney Harris and
Tommy Chandler. and Mill Between
Devine, the Chicken, and Johnson, sf New
York, A Fight In YoIo County, &c. hkoa LEI
st aM s SAs FRASusoo, Feb Is, 1891 ea
rooSxY HARRIS AsE TOMMY cHAnLRR. eeesi
The coming mli between Dooney Harris and Tommy
Chandler Is absorbing tho attention Of the fancy
her ,abouts and also tho The AFFAIR will take
place tho Of six weeks learn; but tho exact
time and place s kept close secret The gone
into regular training, and already large have ssn
staked the result tho odds being in favor Of Harra
although the knowing say that Chandcrs chances
excellent and that whom the tme comes he will Be
found very dcult nut to crack. Harris is too we'll
known East 10 render worth while speaking Of him
particularly. Chandler has had three fights one draw
with Billy Dyer; another with Bersard Farley II which
he victorious twcntyscven minutes and another
with Peter Maguire which he again the victor,
after and five minutes Of hard nshting Chaud
Ter Is ayoung active fellow and Ia said 10 be remark
ably quick and hard hitter Upon those points his
friends have placed great reliance His lighting weight
IL about one hundred aud thirty eight pounds Harris ID
training at place called MAY Wood about ior,y miles
traa Chandler taxing the necessary exercise on the
CHI House road and the prospect: are that both men
tn nrd deposit OF Ave hundred sido put up last Eat
urday evening and but two more OF I'VE hundred each
are 70 pc deposited 10 complete tho stakes. e@ f%
The match was brought about by Con Mooney, Of this
city the well known sporting man, and he is satisfied
that the result OF his abors will Rvo satisfaction TO all
who take interest IN the prize ring Mooney IN deter
mined that It shall be the fair thing in every respect
and have doubt he will carry the matter through
with credit N himself and the who 10 face each
other In the comoai. As have said, no place s yet
designated for the affair 10 OF, and viii be until
after the last deposit has been made good point will
be selected, however whore there will DO chance Of
molesaton. Ground plenty here for such purposes,
and n the not bothered getting away from the
city there need be no fear afterwards Of Interference
DEvIvR, rHK CHICKEN, AND JOHNSON, op
On the Same day that the fight takes place between
Harris and Chandler, and Ia the ring there WIN be
another match between Devino alias the Chicken ana
Johnson, OF New York, for $500 aside. This promsss
W bc an excellent Ini - both men arc saio 70 "
very handy with their maucys
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drcd strong, left Gan Francisco 10 the morn.s on
steamer San joaquin. The match was TO-. W X. e.Ss
$780, made up on the ground; and Just Osoe ~ W. s,rs
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