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Show wmm cuss Eddie Palmer Decisively Trims Kid Irish; Jack Downey Winner. The kuisjhts of Tistiaim eamn into their own lust uight in the Giiiml theater, thea-ter, where uiiiler the auspices of the Manhattan eluli, guided by tho master miiul of one Hardy K. Downing, there was furnished an evening replete with thriils and which clearly established the, right of Salt Lake City to a place in the pugilistic, sun. The main bout brought to public attention at-tention the fact that thoro is a colored individual with the sobriquet of Edward Palmer who knows his business. He (battered a local idol, Kid Irish, and performed the task in a businesslike manner. Irish, greatly handicapped bv an almost closed eye, battled agains't tremendous odds, and lost nothing by his showing. He was. trying all the time and that's about the best lie could do. He met a man who will make any welterweight wel-terweight in this neck of the woods go some to beat, him : . Sailor Carrol and Kid Harris, amateurs, furnished the opener, Harris was an easy victor, the bout being stopped in the third round. Willie Jackson essayed to stay four rounds with Swede Johnson. He lasted nearly a minute and will no doubt eon-! eon-! suit a nose specialist today. It looked i as if that organ was sadly in need of I repairs. Billy Maxwell and Willie Gee were put on next. Willie was crowded with suetrestions from admiring friends as how to finish the combat in short order, j but Maxwell would not have it that n way. The latter gentleman paid as e much attention to his rambling locks as he did to his opponent, -with the re- suit that the best he could got was a ; draw. With a hair cut he ought to im-v. im-v. prove. f Jack Downey, well known as a past master of the game, took upon himself to give Dan Ketchel. a New Yorker, a lesson in the manly art. He did it, . and did it well. At no stage did Ketchel s have a chance. must have felt that a shower of boxing gloves came his wav throughout the session, and the bell 5 was undoubtedly music to his ears when ; it tolled the closing of the encounter. J Kid Slater, devoid of science, but s with a terrible wallop, started to "clean S up" with Kid Davis of Ogden. He partly carried out his programme for , two rounds, but after that a' bothersome 0 left jab of the boy from Ogden upset cal-5 cal-5 rotations, and at the end the honors K were even. S A crowded house gave a rousing cheer to Tleferee Downing as he rendered his decisions, which were impartial and wholly in favor. |