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Show DOWNING fe " FIGHT DOPE ML By Hardy K Downing, 7EK few bouts of any prut lin- portance have been staged the I past month as I he promoters have 'learned that the holiday season is not : a good time to stage high priced attractions at-tractions and th- champions are none too keen for encounters during that time, a they realize they will draw 1 more money In tho gate at any other ! time and as n consequence prefer to ! rest up a little at this time of tho ' year nd let the little fellows get some pickings. I... only championship bout staged i in the east the past month was the I Joe Lynch -Mtdxct Smith encounter for 1 tho bantamweight title, which Lynch .maintained although the Midget guv i him a pretty good run for the money. Probably another reason why no I championship bouts have been sign"-. I I up for New York Is the uncertainly ' about the New York boxing commiv I slon after the first of the year. Rumor I still has it that Chairman William j Muldoon la slated for the ax and If ' he Is removed the man who takes his I place will be expected to remove the ban on saveral of the champions who have been barred by Muldoon for failure fail-ure to defend their titles when called upon to do so by the commission or other infractions and as a consequence Klckard and other hip promoters :ir. waiting to see Just what Is going to happen. MYERS TO INVADE EAST. The continued success of Lou Paluso in the east has probably eil Spug Myers to believe that he Is losing time and money by remaining In this nbek of the woods and a report from Pocatello th'- other day stated that he was going east Immediately after his bout with Al Piddle. whh h is slated for Pocatello on January second, sec-ond, but he will probably take part Jn at bust one more bout in his home town before departing for th" Hre.i, White way and Eddie Handley of San Francisco will more than likely be nis opponent. Handley was brought to Pocatello a little morn than a year ago to meet Myers, and although ho was Just a youngster in mo game n Have inu Pocatello boy tho toughest twclve-roun twclve-roun battle ho ever had there and many of tho fans have been Insisting upon Promoter Stoneclpher bringing him back lor a return match and 1-tirts 1-tirts are now being made to OCUrs Handley's services. If Handley bas Improved during tbe past year, whlc 1 he more than likily has, for ho hal only had about one year's ring experience ex-perience when he met Myers the othor tlfne. he should give Myers a mighty tough battle. Of course all these plans hinge on the outcome of the bout between Myers and Uiddle next TUSS-; TUSS-; day night and although Myers i expected ex-pected to win. Uiddle Is reputed to be a mighty tough boy with a terrific wallop and might upset the beans. M.-STK CARD, Probably the longest and greatest "All Star" boxing cards to be presented pre-sented in this part of the country In many years will be hefd in the Al-hambra Al-hambra theatre In Ogden January 5, during the Stock Growers' convention and which Is being sponsored by the Ogden Chamber of Commerce. The entertainment will consist of 40 rounds of boxing. In which three state championships will be at stake In bOUtS of ten rounds each. rranklfl Darren, of Logan, and w elterweight champion of I 'tab. will bo called upon to defend his till -against Joe Black of Denver In one of the 1Q. round feature bouts, while Ed Shopard will make a dotormln 1 effort to regain his middleweight crown In a 10-round battle with Mickey Bockaon ol Eolse, Idaho, who bas recently jumped to tht lop rung of the middleweights. I Midget Smith, of Mldvale, feather- weight kingpin of the lntermounta n country, will also have a battle on his hands to maintain his place at tho top of tho heap when ho meets Kid Duvlo. former featherweight champion, cham-pion, and one of the classiest an 1 crafltlest little fellows that ever stepped Into a L'tah ring. In the oth r feature even! With a good six-round preliminary and a four-round ccrtalu-ralscr ccrtalu-ralscr to round out the card It looks as thouglF the Ogden Chamber of Commerce will give the visiting exhibitors ex-hibitors and their friends something to talk about when they go back 1 home. KEEN iKD HERE. The fans of Salt Lake arc taking 1 a mighty keen Interest In tho outcome of the six-round bout tomorrow nlgnt j at the Hippodrome theatre between Herman Auerbach and Frankle Buf- flngton. While neither of these bovs are champions as yet they are two of the most promising youngsters developed de-veloped here the past year and It will be a case of one climbing tnrther up the ladder and the other one shove J down u little. In their first meeting a couple of 1 months ago the verdict was awarded to Auerbach by the writer, who was the referee, and while I still maintain I the decision was earned there la DO denying tho fact that It did not mo;t with the approval of many of the ' funs and they did not hesitate to voire I their disapproval and they have been I re-matched In hopes of one or the other winning decisively enough so that there will be no question which , is the best boy. |