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Show 7(118' HEM IS BESIEDJ10ieOI Unknown Is Shaded by Butte Boy in Headliner; Brown-Midkiff Brown-Midkiff Draw. Six four-round bouts and a battle j royal furnished (he fans another high-id;iss high-id;iss boxi rig show at the Garrick last night. The card -vvas the most complete and one of the best ever staged under the direction of Mauager Hardy K. Downing. AM manner of boxiug was displayed and in almost every instance the bouts were very evenly contested. Danny O'Brien, who was scheduled to appear with Eddie Madison of Butte, was unable to take- part owing to a weak hand, which he injured in Logan i last week. His place was taken by I ' ' Young ' ' ITprrera, unknown to Salt ! Lake fans, although he has been in the 1 vieinitv for some time. A substitution I was also necessary in the ;Midkiff-iOans ;Midkiff-iOans bout. Evans was unable to appear. ap-pear. "Mysterious"' Jimmin Browu was put on instead, and he fought Mid'kirl to a draw. Armstrong: Is Referee. Manager Downing was slightly iudis-posed iudis-posed and did not reteree last' night, lie was at the ring side, however, and saw to it that the bouts wore pulled off in a precise manner. Ralph Armstrong Arm-strong reiereed, and although his decisions de-cisions did not mert with the favor of everyone, his work was entirely satis-faetury. satis-faetury. In the headliner bout "Young'' Herrera gave Madison a good battle, and he had a good punch, but he did not laud his blows with the same frequency fre-quency aa Madison. Madison's jabs were telling and he scored heavily on his opponent. Herrera was stronger in tho ofurth than iu the preceding rounds, although he could not do enough to possibly earn a decision, or ; eveu a draw. Brown Held OIT. Midkifl:' earned a draw with Brown, although the battler from Salt Lake still has an old score to pay off with Brown. lie might have settled the score last, night had he kept himself eovered up, but the majority of the biov.s MidUill' took from Brown were taken because of Midkiff's inability to keep out of the. way of Brown's swing rather than from any superiority ot Brown. Midkiff did run into one or two of Brown's terrific swings, but be held up better last night under the force of the impact than on the previous meeting of the two. "Battliug'' Travis won a close decision de-cision from Chris Borneo in a fast four rounds. Travis, at times, was bewildered be-wildered by some of Romeo's swift ones, but each time be regained the form he is capable of and at the end of the bout the decision was his by a slight margin, liomeo is one of "the toughest opponents Trayis has yet run up against, and it is probable the two will be matched aga.in in the future. A bout which especially pleased the (Continued On Page Thirteen.) 'YOUNG 111 IS BESTED BY MADISON (Continued from Pan ight.) I'huh whs t lie third, in wh'eli Tom Milium-v, the J ;t run mi f a voi i fi, won a decision de-cision over " Ha 1 1 linjj ' ' .Spivcr of Sun PnniciM-o. Spiwr lii-d up to h i - reputation repu-tation iiH a J'asL and ciwer boxer, but ho was r-'huded lit every Mage last niijht by Malonev. MhIimicv'm blown wen-landed wen-landed wit h frequency. A surprise came in the c-ond bout., when Muck M r A 1 lister tool; a lacing from " 1'ug ' 1 I vvle. Hv u ncries ot punches I'vlo won the bout in l he firnt round, fix in McAllister so that lie was unable to return to thn fiht. Opener Is Draw. 'I' lie cu rtaiu i h isor bet ween ' ' M ush ' ' Met a be n nd "Kid'' .lite kson wan a buttle from Mart to finish. The bout ended in a draw aflcr each boy bad civon and taken considerable punish-rue punish-rue nt. Me' 'a be lias shuwn merited iin provement. ninco h tirst t'ongliL at, the Manhattan club last winter and he gives in mi1' o of becum ing a real bat - tier t hi veight. j A battle royal ended the programme., Five husky ''.smokes'' were put ou by George Hums and t hey pu t up a real buttle for several minutes. A battle royal a hvay s pro v ides t lie mi ex per ted, anil tin way the battlers went h, it hint uiglit, furnished the crowd many thrills. Another card will be arranged for next Monday night. j |