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Show Thtas it is Unit La Blanche becomes a back Dumber. Tim Fencer's club is closed out of respect to the death of Hon. Frank H. Dyer. Captain Lange's gymnasium is gathering together a large liiiinher of aspirants for athletic honors. He has equipped it with nil apparatus necessary for the dev. lopBifut of mind and muscle and is giving it bj per-oral per-oral atteutiou. He extends ft cordial invi. Utton to the gentlemen of Salt Lake, to Visit him. Jim Corliett who is matched to fight Sulli. van, writes to a friend in this city that ho will be in Zion the latter part of April on his way to California. He is now with a eoni-binatlon. eoni-binatlon. Horse men aro looking forward with con-sidcrable con-sidcrable interest to the spring meeting of the Jocky club which promises some excellent ex-cellent tsport. THE MARINE FALLS. Oourge l.tt Blanch Drop! Into tlie Hack N umbers t'orbelt to be iu halt Luke. Georgo La Blanche's defeat at the hands of an obscure colored tighter, Charles F. Childs, iu Los Angeles has left him a pugilistic ruin and dependent on some other pursuit in life He la reported having entered the ring in splendid fettle but the colored boy not only outfought him but outgeneraled him. A spec ial correspondent of the San Francisco Chnmirie thus follows up the light: In tho'lirst round the men advanced cautiously cau-tiously to the comer of the ring, and Child's awkward style, as he sparred for an opening, created a good deal of merriment, as he appeared ap-peared to be grabbing at imaginary hies ,'ouiu tnree leer iu iroui oi uitn. ouuucniy, however, he went iu with a rush, aud jab. blng his opponent with his left in the jaw, clinched. After the break away. Child again ru'hed and lauded a half arm swing on the Marine's ear with his right, but missing a heavy left swiug, clinched again. A few aecouiU later Childs agaiu rushed iu and lauded heavily witli botli hands, recelvlug only one blow in the stoiua 'h in return, and the Marine went to his knees, remaining there for si Second, when the round closed. Childs was enthusiastically cheered as he Weut to his corner. In tho second round Chl'da ros lined ho-tiiitles ho-tiiitles at the start, rushing in aud lauding his right. Duilng the clinch which followed the Maries showed a disposition to be mean, but the crowd hissed him Childs landed a crushing right on the Marine's jaw. but the latter retaliated with a terrible hot drive As be came again and as Cliilds missed a left swing, La Blanche do" tied bin with a right swing on the jaw. Ihc colored man was up agaiu like a cal, aud rushing iu, rammed blow after blow on his opponent's face and neck, staggering him. The round closed . with the men at close quarter uud lightiug desperately. In the third round La Blanche's face began be-gan Id show signs of punishment, but Childs was as fresh as ever. The latter rushed and k clinched After allot interchange of swings I Childs smashed the Marine with both hands repeatedly, then gettlag away. Cn the fourth B round both men appeared somewhat die- tressed. Child was, however, quick in get ting away, anil hit the Marine several times with his right and left. The latter was groggy wheu time was called. Little was done iu the filth round, both men lacking steam. In the sixth Childs was tlio fresher Of the two. He landed his left on the Marine's nose and his right on his w ind, getting away. The Marino renewed his mean tactics in the clinch which followed, and was hisoed. His Opponent tried to get iu again, hut was stopped with a terrific drive on the chin. Ho rallied, however, aud as before rushed the Marine to the ropes and hammered him with both hands. In the Seventh round La Blanche, who was evidently waiting an opportunity to gut in a knock-out blow, failed to tako advantage of the only really good opening offered him as Childs missed a vicious right-hand swing and turned round like a top. Shortly after the colored man rushed in, and, beating down the Marine's guard, smashed In with bolh hands until lie tired. In Hie eighth aud last round Childs came up strong and fresh, and started in with the evident intention of putting his man out, but La Blanche clinched and adopted his mean tit ties again. This business was kept up for over a minute and it was merely a question of time for the Marine, as he ceased to ward off his opponent's blows entirely, en-tirely, merely clinching to avoid punishment. punish-ment. Finally La Blanche, seeing that he was beaten, claimed that Cliilds bit him on the shoulder, and, grabbing him around the waist, threw lilin down aud kicked him. Childs, thOUgtl severely hurt, jumped up quickly, and, grasping tho Marine with his huge arm.- in a hull-Nelson lock, suddenly jerked his opponent into the a; and Snug LitrT several feet away. By tU tune the nnu' was full of n Hirers, and. U.Ug!l the uXcdjteOlWlt was ijiU'u.e, the referee announced that he had decided to award the llitht lo Childs on a foul, a de cisitu Hh.cL met with geucial satisfaction |