Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-03-05 | Page 9 | Happy because His Old Togs Are Saved

HAPPY BECAUSE HIS OlD TOGS ARE SAVED S SAVED S Gallants Gallant's Shoes and Trunks Escaped Last Nights Night's Gymnasium Fire Gilbert Gallant is rejoicing this morning because he found that life his boxing boxing box box- ing and training paraphernalia in ll the time gymnasium of ot the Manhattan att n club b escaped escaped es es- es time the blaze which gutted that build build- lug ins last night A boxer would rather lose a hundred dollar bill than a pair of f fighting shoes and an Ill outfit with which h he hitS has won a number of or bouts as all 1 of or th them m are moro more or less less' s superstitious i If It tb they y have havo been lucky with any ny particular par pat I ticul r pair of ot shoes or togs they will nurse thorn a along mg and have havo them repaired re me- paired until they aro are a bundle of I patches rather rathor than try out a new llew out out- 1 fit Gallant has a a. a pa pair r of faded a d. d green grcen i trunks and a pair of shoes hoes which he I has used in every crr contest sipco since he first began gan boxing and the th loss of oC thorn thom would have havo l been con oon next a calamity so o close cosO before an an important bout bont White hule tho the outfit a 1 was thoroughly drenched it was not ruined mined Gallant Galiant will ill bo be compelled to work ork in ina a pr private gymnasium this afternoon as the condition of the Manhattan gymnasium gym will make it impossible to work I there OBrien O'Brien will m work at the central fire firo station as as usual sual with ith Jack Downey With the Murray baseball benefit bout still stil almost a week away the tho fans are aro warming up and are already y securing ing their choice oice seats The Tho seats scats were placed on sale yesterday at ci cigar ar storo store in this city and over o twenty of or the tho choice ones were taken by night One section of the best seats has nas been placed on sale i in Murray so that the tho fans fana from there will also be e able 1 to get ct choice chairs T J. J C. C Smith who is handling the affair af fair for tho the club promises premises the fans that tho how chow will start promptly at as ad advertised and aid that the time bouts will m b be r run n off ff in rapid s succession succesS sion slon so that the fans from this city will be back hero her in good time tinie Hardy Hardly K Downing of the Manhattan club dub 15 s I lending his assistance to the Murray I boys and is doing all an he can to ha have e tho the show pulled off ou off in the same samo manner that tho the Manhattan club bouts are aro han dIed The Utah Light and Railway company com corn pany pan has assured assumed the tho pro promoters loters that it will run a special car car service and havo have plenty of street cars to handle bandle the crowd without any inconvenience