Show LA BARBA TO DEFEND TITLE Georgia Rivers R Ready ady to fo Fight right Champ In Coast Fe Feature ture tur n fly DAN ThOMAS US NEA iEA Writer OS ANGELES JuI July For 5 B For the the the-J Los L first time since Ince winning I the world flyweight August Aue Fid FIdei La L will w enter the ring a as a def champion when ho meets meet George GeorgIe Rivers Rivera at tho the Olympic Olympia auditorium auditorium here lere ere July 7 There Thero I 1 Id an interesting sidelight to this fight It Is the third championship battle to be staged In Lo Los Angeles round 10 10 boxing bec became me legalized Jan 1 1924 1911 In both previous contests contesti the champs were dethroned La LaBarba LaBarba Barba won his hIl title from Frankie Genaro Genare and Tod rod Morgan beat ilko for tor the junior lightweight crown But Rivers Is Ii Isa Iia Isa a Mexican and no Mexican hila ever yet et become a champion It there l Is any superstition In the boxing racket It will work both wayS In this fight tight Rivers i la Is claimed to be the onlY Mexican boxer ha having a real fighting heart His countryman and namesake Joe oe Rivers Riven con con con- one of the greatest light light- lightweights lightweights weights ot of o alt all time had two hote at the title and lost once both both to Ad Wolgast and on ono o to WIt lie Wll-lie lie Ritchie Joe had everything a fighter lighter needs with one lion Uon his heart wasn't In it It This fight will wilt give La Barba his first real test In more than 10 months montha reign a as champion He has fought on numerous o t b ha has never ner met but one equal The late lato Clever Sencio Sendo was U that man The midget champ ha has hag been do- do doIng dolog do doing ing log all of his bis boxing at 11 and pounds which i Is not hi his best fighting weight He Is In better condition now at pounds than he be has been been been-at it at any time since the he Genaro bout j n BANNOCKS LOSE YOUNG TWIRLER Sid Hansen Jumps Club fOJ foi Pacific Coast POCATELLO Ida IdL July t By L-By ByThe The Associated Press Preas Press Sid Itan- Itan Han Hansen sen pitcher pilcher on the club club of the Idaho Utah league Is la be- be believed be be to have ha lumped Jumped the te team DI Hansen la Is said salol to have pur purchased chased a a railroad ticket for Oakland Oak Oakland land and Cal eart early this morning II e nv cr er Cr having ha checked Out of a local hotel shortly after midnight Al AI Bonner manager of the Poca- Poca Pocatello Pocatello tello Poca-tello tello club professed Ignorance of such action on the part port of Han Hansen sen but mated It If jf Han Hansen n has jumped the club he be will draw ft 1 fine fino and an Indefinite Early In tho time season seaon hansen pitched games but of oC late ho he was very Cry Ineffective and hu hay ha been the victim of oC much razzing from from the fans fan Yesterday In the tho final game against Logan LoKan Hansen Hansn was as touched for H U hits and 1 12 runs run It I Is thought that bl his failure to turn In a Win In lately Is more or less ieee responsible for tor his disappear disappear- disappearAnce disappear disappear-ance Ance |