White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-27
TOM CHAMBERS PROMOTES
ANOTHER BIG FIGHT

Tom Chambers. Ely's star boxing
nromoter. has succeeded in bringing
together Eddie Johnson, of Pueblo,
Colorado. and Eddie Duffie of Brook
lyn. New York, for a bout on March
18th.
This certainly should be a great
attraction. and the entire card as
now arranged is one that would draw
an enormous crowd wherever and
whenever it might be staged. AS to
johnson and Duffy every follower OF
the game knows that no matter what
the outcome of the battle may be 1t
will be a fight from the time the
bell starts until 1t is ended either
nv the sleep-producing punch or the
sound of the gong at the end of the
tenth round.
As a special event an excellent
match has been made. Yankee Rue
of McGill will meet Mickey O'Brien
of Salt Lake City in an eight-round
go This should be about as pretty
an exhibition of the manly art OF
self defense as one would care OF
could possibly hope to witness.
As to Eddie Johnson. nothing need
be said. He is so we'll and fayorably
known in this district that his ap-
pearance alone in the prize ring is
sure 10 draw a crowded house. John
son. in the judgment of those who
follow and support the game in thus
district. has never been defeated
here. and fon each occasion when he
has appeared in the ring the exhibi-
ton has been one we'll worth tray-
cling many miles to see. He is q
clever boy, and combined with that
he fights every minute. He never
takes his eye off his nan and his az
gressiveness is liable to stop any
fight any time. He is what might be
well termed a clever. clean, honest
willing fighter. putting up just such
exhibitions as the public wants Il
see and giving those who attend 8
run for their money. He does mo-
try to turn a match into a foot race
or an exhibition of fancy dancing
In Eddie Duffy he will meet a man
who fights along the same lines. A
good, clever, clean, willing boy, who
has met the best men of his weight
! clear across the continent. Ton
| Chambers deserves credit for bring
ing two such men together. He real
lied that IL would be hard to get
man to face Johnson and put up such
a go as the public wants, but wher
1t became necessary to look cleal
across the country for a man, h.
took to the task and completed Il
in the same fashion that has char
acterized all his actions since he tool
to the promoting of first class boxinf
shows.
The eight round go between Yam
kee Rue and Mickey O'Brien certain
ly will be a whirlwind. Yankee, lik'
Johnson. is known to every sport II
this district and in fact pnet1ll,
all over the country. He is n o
the ~cleverest little men that eve
stepped through the ropes and one o
the most willing boys that ever pull
ed on a glove. His great trouble ha
always been in getting a man WIFI
could make anywhere near hi
weight. He has always had to con
cede so much that he has Away
been at a disadvantage.
In O'Brien. however. we find tn
man perhaps nearest In the countr
to filling the bin. Clever as can b
and fast as a greyhound. O'Briel
will be remembered in the distric
as the STRIPPING of a boy who went |
against the seasoned "Nigger Slick
in a preliminary to the Curley Rht
Kid Bennett go at the East Ely ba
park about five years ago. O'Brie
at that time conceded about twent,
five pounds in weight and fought
draw, much to the establishment c
the audience. Since then he ha
gone straight up to the top of tn
ladder. The eight-round go betwee
him and Yankee Rue will alone b
worth the price of two admission
Both of these boys will make 10