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Show Gold Nine for Boxers; I Headed for Nevada I Promoters Trying to Get Jimmj Gardnor and Mellody Together at Goldfield or Tonopah. IH Thero Is nothing in prospect in a pugillH-tic pugillH-tic way Just now that Is as alluring as th match between Jimmy Gardner and Hon-ey Hon-ey Mellody for a twe'nty-rflvo round battlo which Harlan Zca of Milwaukee proposes r?r.ttiT 'ithln t.nc "ext 'o months In Goldflcld, Nov., not so much from a fistic as a promoters' point of vlow. IH iilthiUg.ho.lheie 18 evcr' reason to b- Hevo that Gardnor and Mellody will put up an lionest. earnest battle, tho foci that IH they have met before and that Gardner IH won In tho fifth round makes the match less attractive than tho ono between Wll- IH Ho Fitzgerald and Jimmy Gardner first ll proposed, but which was found to be out pf tho question becauso of the difference In.tho weight of the two men. Nevertheless thero are few matches pos- IH Blblo that are more promising than Mel- IH lody and Gardner despite their prwvloun encounter which ended so unexpectedly. nnd it Is by no means certain that a sec-end sec-end battlo between them would not go tho limit and prove to be a fight of tho whirl- wind order that would whet tho apne- -"tea of the miners in tho new gold fields, which arc far removed from tho main ronds of travel and such a distance from the centers of population that tho fight-loving fight-loving public would b5 content to. receive meager reports of the contest rather than hazard a Journey to see It Gold Mine for Promoters. But the plans of the Milwaukee pro-motor pro-motor Invite speculation along other lines -than those that bear dlrectlv upon the men fM engaged to do battle, and a llttlo lnvcstl-gallon lnvcstl-gallon reveals traces of mineral wealth In the fighting game that nro quite a premising ns the quartz now being taken out In the new Eldorado. AVlthout permitting one's self to bo over enthusiastic It looks as though tho pro-moting pro-moting of pugilism In Goldfield might bo a most remunerative occupation at tho present time. Tho town Is the center of what is accepted to bo the richest gold mining camp in the world At present thero are in tho neighborhood of S0CO men there and fortune hunters are arriving at the rate of 300 a day according to report! irom tnoso wno arc interested in mo tm camp. In, addition there are upward of fl 20,000 moro men at Tonopah, Bullfrog, and other mining camps within twenty-five miles-of Goldfield. 4 In other words, there are In the neigh-borhood neigh-borhood of 30.000 men Jn a new country where there is plenty of money, and who havo nothing to do except cat, sleep, work and gamble. The major part of such a community would enjoy a prize fight moro than perhaps any other form of tM sport, and, In the absence of other amuse-n amuse-n euts, the men would bo delighted to pay and $10 for the privilege of seeing a good glove battle. Another Important con-oil con-oil Ion Is that the State of Nevada Is the only one In the Union which legally per-mlts per-mlts finish fights, and the promoters will not be troubled with the moro or loss delicate and frequently expensive Job of obtaining "protection. Flans of Promoters.. Associated with Harlan Zea in this ven-ture ven-ture Is Alex Schllan, a Milwaukee man who owns "mining properties In Goldfield, and who has been identified with the ml-nlr.g ml-nlr.g camps' development from the first. He knows the condition obtaining there and ho believes the opportunities for ma-king ma-king money In promoting prize fighting there to bo most inviting for a man who understands the game and can protect tho HBV patrons Of the sport. In his opinion the IBV promoter who gains the confidence of tho miners will, If, the conditions remain a they are now, make a fortune in a short time. The plans so far as mado contemplato the renting of lumber to build an open air arena that will seat upward of 1500 per-sons per-sons for the first fight, and. should It rrove the attraction that Is expected, a permanent one will be established and tights pulled off at regular Intervals. As tho men ure mostly Avesterners Promoter Zea believes that a San Francisco refereo would be most desirable, and he will go to San Francisco and fee what arrange-ments arrange-ments he can mnke with Eddie Graney. Considering .the character of the men who will patronize their shows the pro- motors realize thnt It would be a most un-fortunate un-fortunate thing as regards their personal safetv and that of the fighters If a fake was "attempted, and every safeguard known to managers of pugilistic exhlbl-Hons exhlbl-Hons will be observed A friend of tho local matchmaker remarked to him the other dav lhat if lie matched two men whoso efforts did not suit the spectators there would likely be a dead "Zea" In Nevada, as well as one In Utah. Zen and Schllan will leave for the west earlv this week, and. if tho Mellody-Gard-ner match falls through, another one will be arranged ns soon as they have looked jH over the ground ll |