| Show WRESTlERS MEET Thompson and Curran Match on This Evening OPENING OF ATHLETIC CLUB Salt Lako Man Has S1ight Advantage Advan-tage in Weight SixRound Bout Between Joe Cotton nnd the Unknown Un-known Californian a Preliminary List of Purses at the California Jockey Club for Coming Season IIorgan Williams May Show Herein Here-in Near Puture Other Sports Tonight marks the opening of the fall and winter season at the Salt Lake Athletic luh with Eugene Thompson oC Salt Lake the champion middleweight middle-weight wrestler of Utah and Jack Cur ran of Great Falls Montana the fastest fast-est man at that weight In that part of the country He Is perhaps better known In sporting circles than his Utah opponent an he has been in the flame a much greater length of time and has mot nearly all the crackajacks In wrestling among them being Nou ralah the original Terrible Turk but Thompson while practically Just breaking Into the game proved himself one of the moat formidable mat artists in the west by winning his match from IMcLaughlln In the preliminary on the ailght of the recent RootGardner light to the huge delight of the crowd who took readily to the line points of the sporl The contest thl9 evening ill he a fierce battle of brawn skill and clever Jieadwork Thompson will have a slight advantage In weight hul that Is apt to be offset by the quickness and agility of Curran who Is said to be faster on his feet than the Utah man The referee ref-eree of he match will be chosen at the ringside The chief preliminary will give the sports another chance to see the clever boxer from Colorado Joe Cotton work in a fast sixround bout with a husky lad frnm the coast who prefers to call Jiimself the Unknown until after his tryout tonight He come well recommended recom-mended but sought the meeting with Cotton himself saying that he wanted to show th management what he could do b > for asking any favors He Juts been given the chance The tirst event will be put on at S0 sharp Horsemen Preparing to Move All the Salt Lake horsemen who have their animals ntabled at Caldors park cxppct to tranfcr them to the Agricultural Agri-cultural pak headquarters this com jug week whore they will be whipped Into shape for the weeks race meet scheduled for the last of this month 1 during the fair The track Is being rapidly thrown Into shape and will be I in readiness for the horses to workout work-out about the middle of the week J Morgan Williams May Show Here The Salt Lake public will undoubtedly undoubt-edly have the chance of witnessing I ono of the best = middle weight fighters In this part ot the country perform here within tho next two weeks when Morgan Williams comes through on his way from the coast where he was recently re-cently given the decision over Youn Peter Jackson Who he will go on with bore IB a matter of uncertainty as none hut the best will he put on at the Salt Lake Athletic club where the bout Is scheduled Joe Cotton has boon the most consistent man with his mitts of any of the men who have shown her and will probably be given the first chlinrc Jack Christy however Is anxious to broak Into the game again and may take a rack at one of the middleweights middle-weights foi he was one of the most popular mil artists who ever stepped I in the local ring as the public knew that he would deliver < the goods every time he was advertised to go |
