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Show Siler's Opinions oi the Riogsters Gocd Matches Made for Zion Says Gardner and O'Keefe Are Clcvci-est Clcvci-est In Their Class Salt Lako City Is occupying quite a bit of space on the pugilistic map at the present writing, ns the Mormon promoters have managed to secure two Important battles for the months of June and July. Their June fistic extravaganza will consist of a twenty-round seance between thOSfl clever light-weight exponents of tho fistic art. Jimmy Gardner and Jack O'Keefe, and next month they will stage the grand old man of tho prize ring. Bob FltasJm-mons. FltasJm-mons. and the aspiring young champion Mike Schreck. Tho last-named pair will battle for the light heavy-weight championship, cham-pionship, a title now In the possession of EH .Simmons by virtue of his del. at of George Gardner. The O'Keefe-Gardner nf-falr nf-falr should be ono continuous performance perform-ance (,f scientific wallops, ns th :v. Without doubt, the cleverest In tin 11 CIS I Gf the two Jimmy looms Up the bettt 1. M ht baltl- ..K-.lnst M'.k'1 W :rd and Ln. - ay" unn aemonstrate. his work i)Kint Rvnn was the best ever witnessed In ( hl-. hl-. ago. as ho beat the local lad to a stat.d-mi stat.d-mi ill while Jack Invariably failed to do anvthlng with "Buddy." Jimmy got hlm-Self hlm-Self In disrepute by matching with 1 . K( t?fe as he, through bis manager. Teddy Ted-dy Murphy, had signed to fight "Buddy Rvan at Butte on June 13. and Inter repudiated re-pudiated the match and his manager The Rutte promoters were much put out over ! :!nl,i'r welching, as they had ordered the printing and had p.-rfe.-t.-l all at-rnngemeivts at-rnngemeivts to pull off ths fight. Admirers of "Buddy" Ryan received a shock last week when the story came out of nd anapolls that "Buddy" r- I ,r e. t Jick o'K ' fe unless the latter ffieed 16 a no fleslort verdlfet if hS and l", k were on their feet and in cou-llti,. , 7m continue at the end of the tenth round. he limit set for the cohteSl Bvan dfe- les ' he st-.ry. stating that the . club ( nntre.l a purse ranging from llfiOO bu when the .e. elpts showed only Mi ht refused to fight for an even split of the monev He ,M. he states, makes a propo- It on to light Jack for the HA M p I of the gross, winner take all. but thnt the dab would not stand fOf the ann-n,, . -ment It waa then. Ryan says he made he proposition to bd ten rounds with no dedsoln for an equal division of the purse. Jeffries Overlooks a Bet. When James J. JefTrles renounced the .1 ml supposedly, everything pertain- fiFtfft h"''v. fced the facl that be LhV, , be called upon to sit In judgment 5n a battle, and that he might be InJuced To accent At least that Is the SUppOSl- ; as reports from Nevada state tha , tlr.d I-AVI -weight champion will ' err e the Marvjn llart-Ja. k lb",, light, "h?cll i 1 scheduled to take Place a Rino, Nev either July 2 or July 4. MKW" Bmn. cnill' recentlv Jeffi los's secretary, has bo'n negotTatlng for the match for sever;. S Snd tho latest from the Root end I. that all dlfflSUlUes hae been overcome. i n 1 the ticlit 1- a tlMure. aR, nil d Hart ongnged in tt six-round .oi 1?, "hlesio more than two years ago. 1 sVst named being awarded th 1- ln fter six of the fn. I-st and hardest 1 u 1 we. 1. m. n of .In I. vs. lHht ever r" ;,.! in Chicago Boll, m. n un.l..,,...-edlv un.l..,,...-edlv have improved since then, and the . ut T,,nld It take plnce, will be a hum-I hum-I , ;. in be handl. d b least thlrtv pounds in weight, which. In a long contest, will have some bearing on the result. |