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Show MUCH INTEREST IN " msmm bill Fans Think Gilbert and Reagan Will Put Up Great Battle. The patrons of tho Manhattan club T-bo attend tomorrow night's show wUl, in all probability, bn treated to , one of the greatest slum-bang battles ever seen at the Garrick when "Young" Gilbert of Salt Laho and Ummio Reagan of San FVancisco got together in the beadlinor 'bout. Gilbert has never lost a decision since he began be-gan boxing. The only boxers who ever got a draw with him were the b o v s who staved away from him and tried to outbox liim. Those -who met him halt' way have always come to grief, as Gilbert has a punch that hag always al-ways 'brought home the long end of the monev when he could eonneet squarclv with'it. In ''Monday night 's bout Gilbert will be meeting a boy who has never backed away from a man in his life, and one wno is always ready to stand toe to toe with an opponent and exchange punches, so both boys will be in their ; glory, and it will probably be a oaso of which one can talso tho hardest wallop wal-lop and still keep coming. Reagan will have the advantage of rears of experience in the ring." H knows every trick of 1he game, "but he has never shown that he has a sleep-producing sleep-producing punch, while Gilbert has the advantage of youth and strength, and undoubtedly is much 1 he hardest hitter. hit-ter. Give and Take. Just how tough GiPbert is remains to be seen, as he has never taken a real lacing in his life. Ray Jackson gave him a tough argument" one night, and had him battered up considerably, but be finally put over the winning poke and showed at that time lhat he could lake punishment and still retain his hit'i:ig ability. Reagan has proved time and time again that ho is as tough as a nine knot, and .never loses his ability to punish a man as long as he is on hiB feet. Reagan realises that he made a fatal mistake in taking ''Battling'' Johnson fQO lightly. Ke says it will never happen hap-pen again, and hereafter it will be a ae of battle from goner to gong. Gilberts Gil-berts friends figure that Reagan is made to order for their favorite." They say he is stronger than Reagan and that Reagan will not be able to rough him around the ring as he generally does, and that if it comes to a case -of exchanging punnches the i( Boilermaker" Boiler-maker" is sure to win. There are a couple of good reasons why both boys will be doing their best to "win. They are splitting the purse 50 per fpnt to the winner and 40 per aent to the lopr. The winner will, in v'l probability, b matched with Danny ("tim miners of Butte for the following pek. Gfimmings and his manager are in tho city and will be at, the ringside to challenge the winer. Oimmings has met some of the r-er-t boys in Montana and Idaho, and will make a good match with the winner. Other Fast Bouts. The semi-windnp between Tom Crawford Craw-ford and Harlan Peyton, the recognized recog-nized 1 i sri j t we i gh t c h a in pi o n of Og d en , rJfo promises plenty or' action. Crawford Craw-ford is determined to win decisively in order to get a chance at some of the boys who have been heading the Manhattan Man-hattan club cards, and if he does he will be given a chance at ooe of them in the near future. He is ospeeially eager to meet "Battling" Johnson at 1 round s. ' ''Kid ' " Kelsey. t b c newcomer from an Fra neiseo, who meets ' ' Kid ' ' Bo-bo. Bo-bo. is showing al! kinds of class in his workouts with Reagan, and will no doubt, make a hit with the lo-'-al fans. Bono is al;o going good and should giv thf eoait boy a busy evening. 'pptah' Jackson eays he has at last found a man to beat ''Frenchy" Boyd in ' Slugger ' ' Keeley, and the fans are no doubt due for some real action in this bout. Tho reajypea ranee of Tommy Gethan in the ring is also erpating considerable interpt. as Gethan has a great, many friends in This city who think he in a? good a boxer ac hi? brother, "Kid" Tjavis. Ho mppt" "Kid-" Beck, a boy who has ;-:t up several good bouts at th club this winter. The amateur curtain raider will doubtless cause the usual number of good laughs. |