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Show GILBERT TO CLASH WITH 1IE' IE Local Boilermaker and Ida ho Champion in Monday's Manhattan Headlmer Now that Young Gilbert has proved h s class by box ng a d aw with Sally Salvador the recogn zed k ngpin of the Pacific coast four ounders bat tied Jimm e Reagan to a draw and stopped Danny Cummings champion of Montana Manager Downing of the Manhattan club is go ug to g ve him a chance to demonstrate his super or ty over any of the champs of the adjoin ing states and has matched h m w th Yankee Rue champ on of Idaho for the headlmer of next Monday n ght s show Rue has cleaned up all tho light we ghts iti sect on and has been try ing for some t me to get a match with G lbert or some of the other local boys and readily accepted the terms offered h m to meet G lbert Transportat on was wired and he will probably arrive today Rue will not ha e to do a great deal of tra n ng as he has been box ng pretty regularly and says he s ready to step into the r ng at a m nute s not ce but Manager Down ng ins sted upon h m com ng here at once to put on the fin sh ng touches to h s training so that the local fans could ba-ve a chance to see him at work and get a 1 ne on him Frank e Olmstead the fast two hand ed battler from San Franc sco will meet Kid Bobo in the semi windup This pa r went four wh rlw nd rounds to a draw some t me ago The dec s on d d not sat sfy e ther one of them and they have asked for a chance to settle the argument on a w nner take all ba s s In order to give a ha r 1 ne deci s on on the bout Manager Downing says that he w 11 have the crowd select two ludges to act and w 11 also let them select someone as referee f they choose to do so Frenchy Boyd is go ng to have a real battle on h s hands when he meets Jack Meyers of the Harraan club Th s will be the first t me that Frenchy has met an experienced man of his own we ght He has generally had a few pounds the best of it in that respect, as he did last Monday with 'Kid Bobo Tommy Gethan brother of K d Dav s who made a decided hit w th the fans a couple of weeks ago when he battled Kid Beck to a draw has been matched w th Greek George, the comedy boxer who always gives the fans a great laugh for the r money Al though George is a comedian in the r ng he s some battler as well and has fought such boys as Kid Em mett and J mmie Johns of Ogden and n fact is the only boy who ever beat Jimm e Johns Bob Moore and Jack Peters a couple of new ones will also be on the card and as tbey both appear to be willing mixers w th conB derable ability they should furn sh a 1 vely set to The regulation amateur enrtain ra ser will open the show and w 11 no doubt furnish the usual amount of fnn In addition to the regulat on six bouts Manager Downing has booked a b g battle royal to close the show There are a great many who like these fun makers and have asked for another one |