Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-24
The THEATRICAL
MUTT BUTTED IN
THAT'S WHY TONOPAH HAS NO
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT.

came to having the fight of the day
pulled OFF in our town on Labor day.
The heavyweight championship mill,
it must be admitted, would be a fight
to the finish between Tommy Burns
and Mike Schreck. This, under the
rules Of Nevada, would be something
different than II the battle were to
be pulled off anywhere else.
1t was through the m%achevillian
Vaccinations of a theatrical manager
that the great fight was lost to Tono-
pah, and that there will be nothing
doing here on Labor day. Read and
be in on the ground floor
w. S. Johnson is a lover of sport
for the sake of sport. He returned
from Frisco a week ago, and that's
how the fight came near being On.
Mr.. Johnson met Burns in San Fran
cisco, and endeavored with true Cof-
froth diplomacy to draw him out on
the subject of Schreck; but diplom-
acy failed. That night Johnson left
for Reno, and to his great surprise
when he entered his sleeper at the
Oakland mole Burns was in the sec
ton opposite him.
Where are you going?" he asked.
Reno" responded Burns.
"Ah," murmurred the nonpareil
fight promoter. Then he mentally
added that he would have the
champs views on the Schreck matter
before he got away from Reno.
The next morning they me at
breakfast at Truckee.
Burns" said Johnson, throwing
diplomacy to the Winds" you're
out for the money!"
yep" responded Burns.
There are a great many people in
Nevada who don't believe that you
can lick Schreck. You can make
more money by pulling off a fight
with him on Labor day in Tonopah
than you can in the theatrical bust
ness in several months"
HEM" said Burns.
AS you stand now, you must
know that you are only half a cham
pion. You can't possibly reach JEFF
fries, and Schreck is the block be-
tween you and the belt. You might
lick Schreck in a Frisco fight, but
in Nevada, where they fight in shifts
it would be different. They worl
eight-hour shifts in Nevada, and if 4
fight is not over in n shift, they e
right on into the next. There il
nothing like twenty rounds, and thei
rest up"
I'm pretty good at that gam,
myself" burst in Burns, warming up
well, / am free to confess that
am one of those who think in a Ne
vada fight Schreck can lick you. Tn,
long route is Schreck's long suit"
"Ill take some of that route my
self. Where can W. reach Schreck?'
I'VE can telegraph him from here
and we will have an answer when W
get to Reno"
You're on said Burns decisively
and just then his theatrical manage
doomed up, and Burns added:
Well, we can wire from Rem
just as we'll"
From that moment Johnson an
the theatrical manager were dead
enemies. Burns preached the sui
iect, and the theatrical manager &c
busy. He got out pencil and pape
and showed Burns where he coul
make $400 in this town; 5000
that, and here was another plaC
where there was a thousand dollar
waiting-a thousand, and the glad
ator would not have to do any trail
ing at all.
You can make more money /
thirty minutes than you can in a yea
on the road" Johnson argued.
"At Reno" said Burns, much b,
wildered; "at Reno"
They got together again at Rem,
Johnson and Burns were sitting O
the veIanda at the Riverside hotel.
"In tell you what I'll do" sal
johnson. "Ill pay all the expense
and all / want to do is to stay in I'll
box office until my money comes il
take what is coming to me, and yo
and Schreck can have the rest of IL
house. | don't want to make a Gel
on it myself"
How much of a house will the
be?" asked Burns. fidgeting.
Il should say between thirty-f'
and forty thousand dollars"
Just then the shadow of the tn
atrical man doomed up. There WI
a third chair on the balcony, ar
johnson put his feet on 1t, as a gent
hint to the manager that he WI
about as welcome as a deputy Bee
zebub from across the Styx.
Lets go to the telegraph Office
said Burns.
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