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Show EAST BOXERS WILL MAKE SPORT TONIGHT Five Bouts ScheduleH for the Manhattan Club's Regular Monday Entertainment. The second of tho weekly bouts of the Manhattan Athletic club will bo held in tho clubrooms, Arion hall. 259 South Main street, this evening. Judging from tho bunch of boys that Manager Hardy IC Downing lias matched up for the five bouts, tho boxing fans should be treated to tho best evening's entertainment in tho boxing lino that has been dished up to them in many a day. Thoro will be five bouts, each of four rounds' duration, and as tho men who are to participate In tho contests have been training dally for tho past weok, somo fast work may be expected. Three pairs of tho boys havo been tried out before and can bo depended upon to put up some Interesting boxing. The other two bouts will be betweon somo now boys who have shown moro than tho ordinary amount of abllitv and an eagerness to mix mattors. which always al-ways moots with tho approval of tho fans. Tho hcadllnors will bo Al Schrader, tho crack local man, and Perry Lewis of Denver, Den-ver, who ls undoubtedly one of tho best boxers that has boxod here In some time. These men weigh about 110 pounds and are tho heaviest pair on the bill. Schrader Schra-der Is meeting tho best man of his career tonight, but the local boy Is working work-ing bettor than ho has at any time In his life and his frlonds are confident that ho will bo ablo to hold his own. Sing Hosan. "tho Fighting Chinaman." and "Kid" Sales will furnish tho seml-wlndup, seml-wlndup, and If past performances can bo taken ns a criterion, this bout should bo a whirlwind affair. Hosan Bhowcd his class In a ton-round bout last Monday night, and Sales showed at tho opening show of the olub that he had cvorvthlng that was necessary to a successful' boxer when ho mado "K3d" Mex "quit" In a round. They are feathers. "Bud" Tucker and Chris Romeo, a Greek from Provo, who stylos himself tho 'Fighting Bootblack" and lias lived up to tho name In his past bouts, will furnish fur-nish the third go of the evening and may bo depended upon to put up a good scrap. These boys aro also featherweights. Dan Stewart of Ogden and "Kid" Mat, a pair of bantamweights, will be given their first tryout before tho local fans, and If their work in tho gymnasium the laat few days can be taken as a sample of their ability, they will no doubt please everyone. Andy Anderson and Rov Jackson, a pair of 130-pound boys, will furnish tho curtain cur-tain raiser, and while thov have not engaged en-gaged In a real contest boforo tho local followoru of tho game, they havo shown enough to entitle them to chanco and will no doubt whot the appotltes of thoso present for tho bouts that follow. Manager Downing says the first bout will atart at 8.30 o'clock sharp, regardless regard-less of whether there is anyone In the clubrooms or not, and ho advises those who wish to see the entire show to be , u,f. --"o opening snow or tho club started precisely on time and was run off in rapid succession, and It ls the intention of Downing to handle overv woekly 3how in precisely tho somo manner. |