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Show BOXING PROGRAMME AT LAKEJCALLED OFF Few Are Kept Waiting for Crowd Tbat Did Not Come. The second attempt of the local lodge of the Modem Woodmen of America Amer-ica to stac a programme of boxiDg coii tests was another failure. A handful hand-ful of the faithful gathered in the hippodrome hip-podrome at Saltair yesterday afternoon and "waited from one to four hours 'according 'ac-cording to the strength of their faith for the programme to start. It started, went for one round, and stopped with a knockout punch in the ribs, delivered by a boy hopeful. The Woodmen could not be blamed for the lack of atteudauVe, though it seems as if a better day could have been selected. There we're fifty-seven varieties of counter-attractions yesterday, yester-day, most of them of a newer sort than boxing, which has been supplied the sportsmen of the city in gooa measure during the past few mouths. Somebody had an idea that despite the scheduled hour of -I :.'!0 o 'clock, there would lie plent v of fans out on the later trains. ttenee au attempt at-tempt was made to hold the few who were present until the imaginary rush came. About 5 o 'clock the box office was stormed, but the check holders were asked to wa it until after the 7 o 'clock t rain. Some did and othrs went away. At 7 o'clock the management manage-ment bega n refunding money. Shortly after 1 o'clock, "when the overworked Woodmen brass band was ''winded," a perfoct.lv capable looking referee named fiallagher of San Francisco Fran-cisco was introduced. Two slender lads were brought into the ring. They were introduced to about 0fi spectatoys and about o!)0U empty seats as Roy Uongias of Salt, Lake and .Wison Miles of Chicago. Chi-cago. When ji was just about time for the L'on? to ring off a sorry first round, Roy landed on little Nelson's upper left ribs and Nelson went down. That was the extent of the boxing programme. The hick of the Woodmen in arranging arrang-ing boxing contents is unfortunate, as the proceeds were to go to a worthy CH iwe -to swell a f und with which the Uv-h! lodtie hnpe to bind a national mi ca m pine Tit nf t he order. |