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Show st. lii Clever Boxers to Appl Headline Bout of CI;' 5 mas Eve. jj Jimmy Johns of Ogrteu su,; .Si. Claire, tho fast colored b' Sacramento, Uil., were mak'lie day to meet iu the headline Hardy K. downing 's wv.eKiy i show in the Arnmrv arena C eve. St. Claire lias tilwsiva been, ored iu a class by himself comes to cleverness, and he orally Leon ahl.j to hold his o' the best of local hoys. Tho f anti have been hankerii .him matched with a hid who i favorably Willi him in eleven; from what Johns showed lat day night h.; is not only a clover boy, but is also onu of littlo two-handed figlitera sccu many a day. it had been more t.hau tt-since tt-since Johns had been seen iu: rinj; 'until last week, and lie proved so niticli that he look; different boy. Two years iu I has evidently done him a fc'ood. Ho is bigjjc.r stionucr i er than ever before. Manager .Downing litid a lilt pottiiiK the boys together on th question, as Johns wanted St. . make 133 pounds, but owhi short time in which to mako wi suggestion of Manager Down they weir;h in at 135 pounds ceptable. This really means th is forcing- .St. Claire to, get . his best, iightiug weight and ah'1 a tougher fight for himself. The semi-wiudup this wei briug together a pair of boys :-tho :-tho fans are keenly intcrestcc two Jack Kyans of Memphis an Theso -boys wore matched alio weeks ago, but the Ogdenito up on the sick list at tho lasi and the match was cancelled, of Memphis was booked Wednesday 's show with Abio i but he developed a ease of gr: was unable to appear. Howtn aro both back in training now ; undoubtedly be on the job Wo Another four-rounder that . to be a great little battle is t! between Willie Sollis and Will Young Sollis seems to be coniiii front fast and looms as a thnr side of the local featlierweic is a fast and clever boxer and ries a good wallop. Along wi assets ho has a cool fighting his shoulders. Slim Kern, the elongatcil y who created quite a sensation time ago when he stopped his less than a minute, will havo i. to try out his wonderful kick py Fred Felsch, who is not oif but can also hit sonic. There will also be a couple newcomers on the card this ' round out the evening's cntcrt |