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Show aware, butted him .to the mat, and pounced upon him for a body press and the deciding fall. 'Hen' Beats Hail; Pierce m& Yossng Bailie to a iraiv The bleachers in .the old battle h;ill al Tark Ro-Shc rucked and swayed last, night ilS 300 Utah county boxing fans, half partisans of Springville's Arcade Pierce, the other portion rooting for Max Young, dapper Payson fighter, saw those two well-trained middle-weights middle-weights batter each other about the ring for 8 rounds, the outcome being a draw. It was a battle uf a. rugged, hard-swinging puncher and a nimble, nim-ble, clever boxer, each pitting his particular style against Lie vastly different tactics of the other. ! At times Pierce, who is rightly termed the Windmill boxer, stood in the middle of the ring, legs braced wide apart, and slugged with the fury of a tiger. During the early rounds Young outwitted outwit-ted the Springville fighter, feinting feint-ing cleverly, and slipping in for neat follow-up shots after Pierce's blows had missed their mark. After the fourth round, however the Windmill's blaws began to . land, and when the gong spelled finish to the eighth and last round Young was out on his feet. He had no sense of direction. His fighting instinct told him to cover his face , with his gloved hands, and that he did. Referee Lou Petro had to lead him to the center of the ring to raise his arm along with that of Pierce. Pierce Goes Down The bout opened with 2 cautious rounds. The fireworks started in the third when Young had the better of a fast exchange, Pierce going to the canvas for a count of 8. Ho was down again for 3, and again for 8. Young" dominated the fourth, but Pierce came back in the fifth to score a knockdown with three successive rights, any of which looked potent enough to put a man among the daisies. Young was down for 9, then 2, then 9. He was really stunned. He came back in the sixth and seventh to hold Pierce even, but the. latter was the whole show in the eighth. He had Young on the ropes several sever-al times, on the canvas twice, and out on his feet at the final gong1. Jess Christen, one of the best llig-htweights developed in Utah county in recent years, won a 5-round 5-round decision from Ted Lewis, trim youngster from Salt Lake. It was a battle all the way. Jones Wins Legrande Carter and Young Pierce, the latter a younger brother broth-er of Arcade, fought 4 rounds to a draw. Doug Hardy and LaMar Humphrey went 3 rounds to a draw in the curtain-raiser. The finish wrestling match between Henry Jones and Clarence Call was one of the best seen at Ro-She in many weeks. Those who had branded Old Henry "through" were certainly crossed last night. He won 2 out of 3 falls from Call, thus regaining the Western welterweight welter-weight championship he held for so long in years past. Henry exhibited more holds in 5 minutes than are usually exhibited exhibit-ed in a whole evening of wrestling, and he had a defense for everything every-thing the sagacious Call tried. When Call tried to apply the Indian In-dian deathlock, the Boston crab, and the excruciating "splits" the fans were shaking their heads and getting ready to leave, but each time Old Henry came through with some sort of trick that baffled baf-fled his opponent. Jones won the first fail in 24 minutes with a shoulder slam. Call apDlied an armtwist to an-i an-i nex the se;ond in 13. After 9 minutes of fast work in the third chucker, Henry caught Call un-t |