Show SKINNERS BOOST FOR RHYOLITE Fight Promoters Say Miners Will Be on Hand for Scrap Special to The Herald Los Angeles May 2 Rhyolite made mude an another another another other bid for the cham chani championship championship battle that Is to take place Wed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday evening e next In this city under th the tho direction of Thomas J Pacific Athletic club Rhyolite made its bid in Inthis Inthis this manner F P C Skinner the well known Rhyolite citizen came to Los Loa An Angeles Angeles Angeles geles a day or two ago and began look ing around Finding the Interest in the coming battle between Burns and Phila delphia Jack surpassing ever his own ex cx expectations expectations Mr lr Skinner visited Manager McCarey and offered to buy the house on the night or of the fight and offered to pay for it But McCarey said him na nay But Rhyolite will see ses se the contest Hr Skinner says sa s that the now famous mining camp will send a big delegation to the ring side and this is also true of all the theother theother theother other camps that are now in the thet public eye Goldfield Manhattan Beatty Las Vegas and all the rest of the sections where gold is being taken from tho the ground will move in large numbers upon Los Angeles for the purpose of witnessing the meeting of or these thee giants OBrien and Burns Bums giants of the arena areno This should certainly prove a great battle said Mr Skinner I have watched both men work out have seen them at their work for hour after hour and never were two pugilists in finer form fonn It beats me to attempt to pick a winner They should each put up the fight right of at their lives 1108 and I expect to see 8 seethe 0 the greatest ring contest in the history of or this coast Everybody that can poss possibly bly get away from Rhyolite will be here for or the contest Megaphone Cook the official announcer of the Pacific Athletic club has gone gono to the Jamestown exposition and his place placa on the night of ot the fight will be taken by Lou Guernsey a sporting writer who Is gifted with stentorian tones He can speak In an ordinary tone tons and be heard an unusual distance Mr Ir Guernsey is regarded as an exceptional acquisition In the lino line of an announcer There will be but one preliminary bout next Wednesday night and that will b ba be bea a go between Dick Murray and Jimmie Ervin Enin Both these lads have Iron Jaws or Jaws of Iron and nd each Is a tre ire tremendous tremendous hitter They promise ample amusement and entertainment until th the principals In the main event are ready for business busine |