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Show I M4RKHAM DUE I HERETOMOBROW I Will Sign to fee! Burt H Contest's for Lightweight Championship of Men Equally Matched and Should H Put Up Lively and Scientific ' Battle. I j Tommy Markham will bo In town to- morrow or Wednesday for his match with Hurt Dnnford. The two men will sign urtlclea within a day or two. Tho contest I will bo nulled off close to April 1 In all llUollhood. And anionic the men who love the manly art the match la looked on as ' a good one. , , ... i The. lightweight championship of the i Stnto Is at issue, and the meeting prom ises to produro plenty of good hard llght-1 llght-1 Inc. In tho light of a match this contest Is probably much better thun as though I an outsido man hnd been picked as Dan- ford's opponent. Markham is a good two-handed two-handed shifty boxer. Danford has showed himself an aggressive, hard-working man in tho ring, with lots of ability to take and glvo punishment. Markham Is looked on by many as possessing the greater 1 nir.ount of skill. At the same time overy one ndmlts that Danford Is a better ring general today than ho was a few months ago. and that he will Improve a lot before ho meets Markham. Now, Markham has admirers who claim ho can put up a championship battle In his weight that he has tho steam, rudimentary rudi-mentary science and gcnulno aggressiveness, aggressive-ness, all of which If properly developed I will lnnd him among top-notchers. Then, too, there are plenty or old light fans in Salt Lako City who have seen Danford light and are willing, to put up good, hard money. If tho man gets a little more ring ' education, that ho can go against the best i in his weight-class. All of this is not ' heated ozone it la based on tho good Judgement of old sport followers. Taking these things Into consideration it looks as though tho coming battle, which will be pulled oft probably during the coming ten days or two weeks, will bo very lino to watch. Both men are anxious to meet, and each is mighty anxious to ,wln. for winning means a go against somo ' good outsider nnd good prospects toward , climbing Inlo the fastest kind of company. As to curtain, raisers nnd preliminary i cards, a new feature Is to be Introduced I by. tho management of this go. Tho old 1 thing -of meal-ticket fighters Is cut out. 'I lie young man who loafs about saloons I and steals his money from his mother's I pocketbook Isn't going to get a look-In. ( A number of mighty promising youngsters have been showing up lately In locnl gym-nnslums gym-nnslums young men "who work for a llv-. llv-. Iiv'g and box as a means of recreation, bc- cause boxing i3 a manly sport They don't "go on" In tho hopo of making eat ing money for a week or two. but because J every orio of them likes to faco an oppon- nt who also likes to light It out with padded glove3. With such talent, and somo of It Is good1 talent, too, the management Is looking forward to several good pre-'ims pre-'ims which will In themselves materially ' raise the standard of the snort. Any ono who. has Eat and watched the boxing of a couple of youngsters such as havo been described knows that the sport Is worth paying to sec' While one or two at least of tho preliminaries will bo between men who box because they like It. thcro will at the same llmo be bouts between boxers who can put up a better article than that usually offered In such numbers. |