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Show sjpi JSfWEK WILL STEP HIT Battle Between Heavies Attracts At-tracts Interest; Armstrong Will Referee. With Frank Armstrong named to referee ref-eree and both boxers in the beet of condition, con-dition, Promoter Fred Winsor announces that nothing remains incomplete in the arrangements for the Jim Fly nn-Jack Dempsey fifteen-round bout at Murray tonight. Billy Roche, representing Flynn, and A. J. Auerbach, Dempsey's manager, got together to-gether yesterday afternoon an-.i agreed upon Frank Armstrong to officiate' and give the decision, which both insist must be done it the bout goes to the completion comple-tion of the fifteen rounds. Winsor and the Murray firemen, who are conducting the bouts tonight, again announced last night that they want to emphasize the fact that they are In better bet-ter shape to take care of a large crowd than has ever been the case at Murray before. They say that all seats will be stationary, so that no patron will have aviifficulty in finding t lie seat which ilTtlcket calls for. and that there will be no confusion, such as has occurred there one one or two occasions. The street car company has made arrangements ar-rangements to run extra cars before and after the bout and a great many of the fans will make the short t rip in automobiles. automo-biles. Flynn and Dempsey are ready and do not hesitate to express themselves as confident. Flynn said last nisrht. " wish I could be as positive of everything else in the future as I am that I am going to win this battle." He is so sure of victory that he is ever ready to back up his belief with some spare chanere. "That's gotten to be my business of late teaching these young fellows boxing lessons," he concluded. con-cluded. Dempsey Is not inclined to boast, but considers himself faster than flynn and as having a better punch. He points to the fact that he stood up before sluggers like Wild Bert Kenney, John Lester Johnson John-son and others and that therefore he is not worrying about Flynn's at tack. "Stepping stones, that's what you call them, isn't it? Well, that's what this bout is going to be for me tonight," said 4 Dempsey. Young Peter Jackson, a good judge of boxers, who has trained with both men, predicts a great battle" am advises Flynn not to take Dempsey too lightly. Although Al-though he worked with Flynn for this go, he likes Dempsey's chances and says a ereat deal will depend on bow good Fly n n is today and huw much punishment punish-ment Dempsey can stand and combat aga inst. Flynn will leave immediately after this bout to fill dates in the south and east. Promoter Winsor states that his card will start promptly at S:?.0 o'clock and that the preliminaries will be short, so that the ca rd will be over as early as possible. He Is especially anxious to set the out-of-town fans hack to their special spe-cial trains as soon as possible, and there will not be a delay of any kind if he can prevent it. The "Rio Orande will hrin- down a special from Bingham and the Orem line will conduct a similar train from Pay son, bringing fans from Provo, :-V-ingville and Iehi. Both trains are neduled to leave within a reasonable jtime after the bouts. |