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Show GOOD BOUTS TONIGHT AT THE NEW ATHLETIC HALL f ) Bert Danfbrd and Billy Hamp are ) booked to- rive an exhibition of the real ; '.thing tonight In the flstlo line. Both boys ) will weigh close around the 138-pound I mark. They, have trained faithfully and. have been properly looked after. They j are to a condition to- go the entire dls-1 dls-1 tance of twenty rounds. Both, Jiowever. look to wnd It up quickly by the knock- out route.- ' - ; Each has everything at stake on the re-.sult re-.sult A victory for either means his ad- I vancemenf in the pugilistic game. As a result the two pugs will pug tonight as never before. There will be action every bit of the- Journey and the fight will un-questionably-be full of ginger. The ref-j ref-j eree will permit no long distance or lawn I tennis play in the ring and from the tap of the gong the men must "get action' for their part. Athletic- haH, at No. 87 Market street, j i where the bout will be pulled off. has been fitted up for the- accommodation of the great crowd expected. Every seat has been raised and all command a good view of tbe squared olrcle. The preliminary -card will also be of warm order. Terry Davis nd Oeorge Hackett will put up a contest which will whet the appetite of the fans for tbe big entree between Danford and Hamp. There has been an absence of the sport .In Salt Xake for some time and the one who attend the light tonight win have no cause to complain that the game has gone back. It will be full of blows with the "current behind-' and the one who mills down the decision will know he has been in a scrap. There will also be many celebrities present. pres-ent. Oeorge Gardher will te present and will be Introduced Jroro the ring. George Gardner is anxious for a return fight for FlUslmmons and claims to have the necessary nec-essary backing to guarantee the Cornish-man Cornish-man $5000 for his own share, win orJose, for a ten-round bout. Joe Cawthorn of the "Mother Goose" company will also make a dash from the Salt Lake Theater after the last act and hopes to get in at the "killing." as he did in the Young Corbett-Nelson bout In San Francisco recently. Prof. Eddie Robinson, champion wrestler wrest-ler of Utah, will also publicly announce that he is willing to go against any roan of his weight now before the public, no Jsps of jlu-Jltsu fame barred, either. Altogether the "fight fest" tonight ought to be the goods and those who stay away will have only themselves to blame. The mills will be snappy from the Jump and decisions will only be handed out when the men are hors de combat. There will be no California hair-line decisions allowed. |