Show AND WHAT F 47 t w A Sensation Even If Hardy Downing local fight promoter had written Dame Danie Fortune a nice sweet little letter asking her to smile on him him she couldn't have haye thrown him a much nicer bunch of posies than a 1 certain Jack Ray welterweight mitt slinger from froni Magna Just at the lie time when Downing needs a sensation most Ray steps into the limelight with possibilities of becoming the money-maker money for a sport which has been struggling along over rocky roads Ray gets sets his biggest test Ion l Monday n against Charley Chancy FeracI and 1 if he lie gets get over Charley Chatley hot dawg Watch tho the coin cola come come- In But this little stor story isn't about tomorrow nights night's show Instead Its It's a R. yarn about Jack Rays flays past per- per If Ie you ou listen to Down- Down mr who ho has las had bad eighteen years years' experience o in the fight game Ra Ray is the biggest sensation since lack Jack Dempsey was tas developed dc here Tue Ray nay hasn't made his Ids u record In the 3 ocal ring but has Ilas added plenty of or luster to It here Starting a as u a curtain raiser at atthe atthe atthe the Hippodrome theatre a little more than a year ago Ray turned in a couple of K K 0 O. victories to bog begin basin in his hi career Ho didn't look like a world beater but showed promise c for ho had a punch While still rated as a rank nov novice ce lie fie was matched with Peg Joh Johnson aon a local youngster who was at the height of his career The wiseAcres wiseacres wise- wise Acres thought it was an overmatch and just too bad for young youn Jack But flut much to the tho surprise of everyone everyone everyone every every- one including Peg Johnson Ray put him on tho the canvas for a count of ofton ofton ofton ton before the end of the first round Then with only a few more bouts Under his belt Ray was called upon At the tho last minute to substitute in ina x a ten round bout at t Ogden ag against Young Mero Mere of the Junction city Mero was goin great guns at th that time and nd it again looked too bad for fop Ray despite his win over Johnson Johnson John John- son for fop Peg wasn't w rated in a II class with Mero But Ray was not only there at the end of ten rounds but buthe buthe buthe he was smacking the tho allover allover all nil over the ring when the bell rang Ray lost the fight because of an early lead run up by Mero but only after the closest of edges Critics at nt the ring agreed it could h have ve been given to Ray Rny or called a draw That doe doesn't nt exactly matter The important thing was that he a acain lain Pooled fooled the tho dope showing class he was not expected to During DurinS' tho the pr present season while the Iho bouts were vero being held b by Al 1 J at tim Iho Hippodrome theater thea thea- ter Ita Ray flay fou fought ht a a. number o of battles and won practically all of or them b by bythe bytho the tho K 0 O. route A A. little lUlo over a ago ho me met inet Joe Cortez Cortes u o of c. c Idaho in a ten round bout In Idaho more tho regulars thou thought ht ho was being l led kd d to slaughter h- h ter as Cortez had previously beaten such bo boys 1 a as Budd Buddy Washington ton the flashy colored bo boy from froni Poca- Poca tello and all aB the best boys bas Idaho produced produce Again the youngster young young- oun- oun it ster r cr created a sensation by fighting the ile hitting hard and tough Mexican can un every overy cr inch of or the way wa- until the tho thoI eighth I round when ono one of or the corTier corner corner cor cor- ner Tier posts posh o of the ring broke and Ray hay fell headlong to tho the floor sonic some five n feet below cutting a deep gash over OVel his Is and his eye ye spraining ankle so fio sol l adly hadly he was vax barely able to stand Tack crawled back through h the ropes and begged to go co on The referee taw saw he wa was not In condition to do himself Justice and rightfully the bout I IThe The next and latest sensation o othis of this youngster who has hns created more moro upsets than anyone anono who has vcr ever laced on a Clovo In the I local loca al was against Fr Frankio Darren Darron ast last Monday ronda nl night hL when Allen LewIs LowIs Low Lew Is Jg the colored bo boy down Iown that he ho was waR Injured Injure and would bo ho unable to app appear ar the thenn nn only lob man nan In that weight av available iJa lc wax wan substituted A 4 Darren was wai rated a two to on one to pick JIlek Jack Jacl to pieces piece But Butto to th the surprise of or nan Darren n and und everyone every every- ODO one present Frankie rot not only failed fallet in to pick him to pieces but was war fought of off of or his hla feet b by thIs J. J J Jr r boy from front tho the smelter town it was only onh ring generalship and masterful boxing that him bun to get set a A. t draw Ra Ray flay left the tho ring practically un un- un hurt Darren Is IR still nursing a u. couple couple cou you pie of or cracked rib |