Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 10 | Barrieau to Meet Kid Irish at Ely

Bill 10 MEET KID IRISH ST EL! Match Will Be Held Saturday Satur-day Night; Much Interest in Bout. Special to The Tribune. ELY, New. Aug. 1. Frank Barrieau and Kid Irish are now putting on the finishing touches for their ten-round bout which takes place in Bijo hall next Saturday Sat-urday night. Under the rigid articles of agreement which Promoter Tom Chambers had drawn up and signed by the two boxers, the men will weigh in at 1 48 pounds ringside or forfeit a considerable portion por-tion of their returns from tho contest. Irish claims to have been within the weight for the past year, while Barrieau Bar-rieau gays he will have no difficulty making (he limit. Both men have been seen in action in different parts of the district here and have many admirers. The betting is at even money. The followers of Irii figure fig-ure that he has the punch and will be able to reach lianicau in such ;l way as to put him down for the count before the end of the tenth round is reached. On the other hand", Barrieau's friends say that he has the edge in cleverness and Is by no means lacking in steam. They rely on, his skill as a boxer principally, prin-cipally, and take the view that Irish cannot can-not put him out in ten rounds and the Canadian will be awarded the decision. The boxers will receive 50 per cent of the gross receipts, which will lie split on ; the basis of 75 per rent to the winner 1 and 25 per cent to the loser. j The match is attracting more atten- 1 tfon than any previous contest that lias 1 been staged here. The winner of this bout will be given an opportunity to meet Eddie Johnson on Tabor day, and as such a match will draw an exceptionally exception-ally large house, both Barrieau and Irish are particularly anxious to win the battle next Saturday night. As a curtain raiser, Joe Pistone and Elmer Teeter, two clever local boys, will go six rounds. There is considerable rivalry between the two, and each is anxious not to have his career marred at an early stage, so an interesting bout is looked for. Reserve seats are in groat demand, and Promoter Chambers states that he fears it will be difficult to handle the large crowd that will be eager to see the match.