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Show A . SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE. l'rospcct for a Kent tier-Wujglit Contest In Tills City. J nines Foley, representing Zick Abraham, manager man-ager for llillie Murphy and Austin liibbins, two feather-weight celebrities, is ill the city endeavoring endeav-oring to arrauge for a glove contest nnd public exhibition betwit'ii these two renowned clmm-pi'ins. clmm-pi'ins. Mr. Foley was on of the seconds for Ike Veir, the ''Helfast Spider," in his contest with llillie INlurphy. the Australian, last Janunrv, under the nuspices of the yen Francisco Athletlo club, in which the Spider was defeated in fourteen four-teen rounds. He also seconded Austin (tibbins. who defeated Mike fuelling for the 1'ja.ponnd chsmpiorship of the world in New Jersey lest summer; and in thecoii'est between Frank Murphy Mur-phy and the Spider, at Kooti Indiana, last summer, sum-mer, Foley acted as one of the former s seconds. TldBwasoneof the most stubbornly contested battles on nonl, the tight lasting from 1 o'clock a.m. until B:S0 a.m. F.ighty rounds were fought, which rosullisl ia a draw. Frank also fought llillie Murphy to a draw on another occasion, during tbe progress of which tight the hitter's left v.rist was broken, llillie Murphy and Austin (iibl.ins nrf now on their way to Knglnud, when' the former is matched to tight the feather-weight champion of that Cviuntry. They will give sparring exhibitions along the route as far as New York. Suit Lake sporting men may have an opiMirlunity of judging of their prowess. They spar iu Ogden tonight. |