Show the contests over at american fork abil WEKE FOK the were taic its walson of i enquirer correspondence FORK april 4 1897 A fair sized audience assembled in the opera last night to witness the much talked of sparring match the firby bout was between a of culloh from salt lake and dave jones of lehi jonea displayed some skill but was no match for tho darkey ibber from a muscular cr scientific standpoint they sparred four rounds and it was declared a draw by referee billy of provo the next was a four round contest between george condie of salt lake end joa ingersol Ins ersol of american fork this was tho best match of tle evening condie showed by far the greater skill as he is familiarly known was equal to the occasion aud met the bruie erd attacks in a cool and deliberate manner and gave lit for tat all the way through both men were loudly cheered the result of tire contest was not ghen by the referee bat had a vote of the audience been taken ingersol would have bean the victor between this contest and the nasr our colored came dancing on to the and to the aisic of i we 1 played banjo entertained the audi ecca with some very fine fancy step dansin he was encores and out a second and third time he seemed t more appreciated as a dancer than a pugilist although in the latter he wab no novice after a wait the so much falkel 0 fifteen round contest was announced by mr allson who stated that this was a contest for points only and not a knock out as had been rumored around town and that he as a would endeavor to decide birly between man and man according to his best badt men tand may tho best man win sam clark was tho first to come into take big seat and the darney 1 I dont know his name commenced to fan him and rub him down alternating his fanning between the b xer and the time keeper al ingersol stepped into the ring soon after clark and was received by a round of applause from the audience they doaner the gloves shook hands and commenced to give the people that had paid thair money to eee a scientific sparr ins match tho greatest fake of the cy ening it could hardly be expected that ingersol would show much science A boy raised on the farm all his life and naver bad any opportunity for scientific training must have had good nerve to put himself against a professional boxer dark on the other hand dodged around over the stage continually twirling his hands and bobbing around for all the world like a jumping i ack in a box he would occasionally get a lick in on ingerto Ing ereo but he was met every time with a left bander from al whose taps were always light but he got them in just the same this kind of dodding and spar ring was kept up until the close of the thirteenth round when the audience began to show signs of disgust at such and the two last rounds gave much better satisfaction and showed dark to be much the beat man scientifically but inferior to ingersol cally had the latter had the same aps ops port unities and the same chalcea for scientific physical training that dark has had he would norba considered in the same class the are two boys born in this place but have lived in wallsburg Walls burg for several years working on the farm joseph the elder has acquired a fair education by energy and perseverance per and the last two winters has been teacher in the american fork business college and on account of thib his friends haye looked upon him with a degree of pride this winter ho has taken quite on interest in home the atres and so far acquitted acquited ed himself creditably but it is a question now amongst his friends whether he will adopt the farm the school the stage or the pugilistic ring a his profession let us sincerely hope it will not ba the latter the homo dramatic have in active preparation tha lancashire lass in saturdays issue of the world I 1 eee that journal advertises for good printing call at the world office and in looking over the 0 the pape ona is led to wonder whether they will it to bovo povo or salt lake to have it done I 1 C |