Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-04 | Page 55 | Gordon McKay Lands Match with Mike O'Dowd

lordon ordon McKay M Kay Lands Match With Mike O r i POCA POCATELLO TEllO TO Tn TO STAGE BATTLE MY JULY FOURTH Big Se Seat t. t Sale Already ead As Assured Assured Expect Special Cars I From Salt S lt Lake Large Purse Is Hung Up Timid s sp p POCATELLO OCATE LO DLO id Ida April 3 s.- s. i ilko ko A ODowd present holder of the mid middleweight ht championship of the world vori 1 has hag definitely agreed to meet Gordon McKay middleweight ht cham pion Ploll of the Pacific coast vast and northwest northwest northwest north north- west in Pocatello on July 4 according according accord accord- in ing to word ward given out today b by Bert Hayes McKay's McKays s manager mana er McKay IcKa challenged ODowd at tho ringside of the ODowd ODowd Madden fight In Denver and It has just been accepted Mullins manager manag-er held out for or and percentage of or tho t gato receipts together with traveling ex ex- which have ha been guaranteed by Gate Gat City fans ODowd reserves tho right ht to select tho referee for tho the fight and states that ho will choose Otto Floto or some other referee of ot national reputation Seats Scat Sold AJ Already Alread Already more than ringside seats seat at It 25 5 each have been verbally assured b by parties In Idaho Fall Falls Butte Boise and Portland A special train from Salt Lake Is expected while the thc smalltown small town o of Rexburg Rexburg- wired the tho Gate city that that- four hundred scats seats would be bo t the tho e requirement for the Rexburg delegation a tion The The guarantee list is at present being circulated and the thc spirit in which the thc fans fan respond will determine in a a a. measure whether the fight ng-ht will m be held This bout will bring to Pocatello the tho largest crowd In its Ita history r In a a. lw twelve round bout hero here last evening Jack Collins of Portland wora wona won wor I a decision on points over over Romeo Ha- Ha gan ban The first six rounds were exI ex- ex I ly 81 slow w. w because of ot poor re refereeing refereeing ref ref- on Ute tile part of ot J J. J F. F Bucking Bucking- ham him who was replaced by Gordon McKay Me Mc- c. c Kay after which the fight became b In in- Popular sentiment was vis in ir favor or a of a draw Hagen stated slated prior pi-lor I to the fight tight that If It he lost this fight ht ho would never enter the ring ring- again Sinco Since Hagen lost the Pacific coast belt bell to McKay on March 2 2 ho he has lias not won wor ono one fight is-ht and at present is in poor pooi form