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Show JOElllERIODSTO" PUGILISTIC LAURELS Knocks Out Frankie Gage of New Orleans in the Ninth Round. OGDEN, May 1. Joe Miller, who put Pat Gilbert away two weeks ago, added to his successes tonight when he knocked , out Frankie Gage of New Orleans in the ninth round of their scheduled twenty-round twenty-round bout at the Armory. The end came unexpectedly after eight rounds of almost al-most even fighting. Miller hooked a short ; left to a point below Gage's heart shortly after the ninth opened. The southern boy took the count of six or seven, only to stagger up and be completely knocked out with a right to the jaw. As far as it went the fight was perhaps the best bout seen here in months. Lee Morrissey lost some of his popularity popu-larity with the Ogden fans for his rather doubtful affair with Heine Schumann of Denver, the bout serving as an eight-round eight-round semiwindup. Referee Hardy Downing could scarcely do other than give Morrissey the decision, but the Idaho boy deserved less considerate treatment. treat-ment. Schumann was no match for Morrissey. Mor-rissey. Tonight's fight cfird whs beset with mishaps. More than 100 fight fans were plunged Into a maelstrom of broken planks when a large section of the bleachers collapsed col-lapsed at the conclusion of the semiwindup. semi-windup. None was seriously injured. Fred Brophy, cigarmaker, injured in the canyon can-yon wreck five years ago, suffered a badly bruished shoulder; Louis Hall, sprained back; Harold Staker, barber, injury in-jury to knee, and Fred H. Chambers, sprained ankle. In the eighth round of the main event the ropes fell, precipitating precipitat-ing Miller and Gage into the ringside seats. |