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Show OFFICIALS DO HOT FAVOR BBXIKG BOOTS "Wood's Application Tor Contest at 'Lagoon May Be Turned .-: );. ;.S'.'- ' . ' a : ' " .Tho" .city oflicials tit" .Farmington and Davitf .'county' -propostJ not to ajlovy any more boxing contests to be held at the Lagoon, the. popular summer resort. According Ac-cording to reports, tho action was taken because .Salt Lake City and Ogdcn has put a slop to the gamo at the present time. Many of thc people iu Farming, ton foci that boxing contests bring money into "that city which it could not secure otherwise, aud which would go to other citiotj, aud manj' of thc people peo-ple feel that Fred Wood's application to promote anothor contest; should receive re-ceive recognition. This leaves Park Oity and Bingham thc only two cities whero the sport may be, promoted, but tho ac commodations aro such at, the latter-named latter-named places that it is hard to secure a paying crowd to a boxing match. Peto Sullivan says that Frank jNLut tell will be here from tho East next Tuesday, and the two propose to go to California to clean up the Held of light and middlowcicrhts. . o |