Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-13

from Terry Mustain that if he was
successful in his coming bout with
Joe Willis that he desired a fight
with any good man in Tonopah on
Labor day. Kid Heffron, who defeat
ed Menney at Goldfield, challenged
any bantam weight in the world and
also challenged the winner of the
Weeks-D Dougherty fight to match,
both men to make 100 pounds.
The preliminary between Odell,
the fighting miner, and Kid Lawrence
of Joliet, warmed UP the crowd for
the principal event. The tai
ent had picked Lawrence for
winner, but Odell was the aggressor
throughout. In the eighth he put
the wallop to the Joliet mans jaw
and he took the count Considerable
money changed hands, Lawrence be-
ing the favorite at to /, which the
miners friends greedily absorbed.
The starting of the event was post
poned for great length of time and
the crowd urged the fighters tosget at
it. Dougherty's mitts were in poor
condition and great deal of band
aging had to be attended to before
the men were ready, Weeks frequent
ly going to the Irishman's corner on
tour of inspection. In the corner
for Weeks were James Kelly, George
Peterson, Howard Troutman and c.
H. McCrimmin, while Dougherty's
sponsors were Dennis Butler, Benny
Smith, Billy Woods and Bud Mills.
H. C. Proctor acted as timekeeper.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round Men advance to center
and shake hands Dougherty leads
to face. Weeks responds with right
to jaw Both exchange punches in a
clinch. Weeks sends left and right
to head. The Irishman tries right for
the miners stomach. Freddie lands
left to face and follows 1t with right
clinch. The Kid ducks a lead for the
head. Both exchange blows to body
Weeks rushes his opponent to the
ropes and whips right and left to the
body. Dougherty puts hard right to
Freddie's jaw, staggering the miner
Weeks sends. left to head and then
jabs the Joliet boy in the mouth.
Weeks follows up his advantage by
sending blow after blow to the Kids
head, sending him staggering to the
ropes. Dougherty is bleeding at the
mouth from the terrific jabs that the
miner sent in. Weeks hooks two
hard lefts to the head as the gong
sounds.
Round 2-The miner sends short
arm rights and lefts as he rushes
Dougherty around the ring. Dough-
erty puts light left to Weeks stom-
ach. Weeks lands two lefts to face
and then kept up constant chop
ping to the head, staggering the
Irishman. Dougherty is covering in
his corner, but the miner makes a
chopping block out of him, forcing
him around the ring. Dougherty is
covering and seems unable to fight
the miner. Freddie has the Joliet
boy again in his corner and is ad-
ministering rain of blows which
Dougherty is unable to ward off.
Dougherty tries at this stage to fight
back, but Weeks has his face looking
like piece of Hamburger.
Round 3-Weeks went right after
his man, pursuing the same tactics as
in the previous round. Dougherty's
eyes are blackened and he fails to
ward on the blows. Weeks jabs
straight left to mouth and follows
with right and left to the head.
Dougherty puts left to Freddie's
head but the blow is weak. Weeks
continues his fusilade OF blows and
drives the Kid to the ropes where he
lands at will on the Joliet boy.
Dougherty is completely outclassed
and Is unable to make any sort OF
defense.
Round 4-The Kid tries for Fred