Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-04 | Page 6 | Heavy Weight Class Lacking in Monstrous Fighters of Yester-Year

HEAVYWEIGHT i lEA CLASS LACKING IN IN- IN MONSTROUS FIGHTERS OF YES YESTER YEAR TER YEA I JONES TO MEET AUERBACH IN fEATURE j Three Six Bounders r Feature Program at Hippodrome MONDAYS MONDAY'S BOUTS Herman Auerbach vs Tom Jones six rounds Len Boskovitch vs F F. F Buffington Buffing Buffing- ton six rounds An Johnny OBrien O'Brien vs I. I Garfinkle Garfunkle i six rounds t r Frankie Fran Frani ie vs Jack Wallace r four rounds U J i Jim Shaw vs Billy Burke four rounds Pewee Hickman vs Willie Paddy y four rounds i t i Leonard BO Boskovitch l the the Portland Port Fort S. S land and lightweight who Is to m meet et I Frankie Frankie Buffington of Salt Lake In Jn a a. six-round six headline bout at the the Manhattan club b battles at the Hippodrome theatre on Monday night arrived In Salt Lake yesterday yester- yester 1 da day joining his manager Jack Kanner who has been here hero with r Cracker Warren and Brick Stevens Boskovitch has been the lightweight lightweight light light- weight sensation of the northwest for the last few months His 1115 rapid development under Kanners Kanner's tutelage tutelage tutelage tu- tu has given him prestige in the ranks of the lightweights and although he hasn't reached the top topi i of ot the list 1st of westerners In his class he Is ls ranked as a great comer Like all of Kanners Kanner's charges Boskovitch Is' Is Isan an aggressive youngster youngster youngster young young- ster willing to fight willing to mix It U and anxious not only to win hutto butto but hut butto to give the fans a II run for their mone money He lIe Is a rangy lad lad with a good sock Bock In either fist and well schooled in the art of handing out punishment as well as being physically physically physically cally able to take it and keep righton right on fighting He meets a tough opponent In Inthe Inthe inthe the classy Frankie Buffington well l known to Salt Lake fight fans Buff has been fighting here for two years and has always been among the In the business He Is speedy clever has defensive ability and Is willing If he had a punch of greater force he would be one of the most popular battlers In the west He usually his opponents but rarely knocks them out While the Boskovitch Buffington match will draw considerable interest interest In in- in terest fr from m the fans the feature of the evenings evening's entertainment will wilI bethe be bethe bethe the six round battle between Herman Herman Herman Her Her- man Auerbach and Tom Jones a a pair of Salt Lake welters The bout boutIs Is 18 made doubly interesting by the showing of Auerbach last Monda Monday night In which he nearly knocked out Johnny OBrien O'Brien of Boston In a a. f round four bout I Auerbach Auebach has bas depended heretofore heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore mainly upon his aggressiveness aggressive aggressive- ness cleverness speed rushing tactics and his ability to take punishment punishment punishment pun pun- to carry him through and he has been uniformly successful In the last year however he has developed some Bome real socking socking- ability as his last match showed With this additional hitting ability Auerbach should be a mighty hardman hardman hard hardman man to beat Herman Is always In the best of shape He keeps In perfect trim I at all times and when he meets his equal In aggressiveness aggressiveness' he usually out conditions them Jones will be particularly hard bard for Auer Auerbach ach to beat He is tall talland talland talland and has exceptionally long arms As a result he Is hard to reach and lard hard to figl fight He Isn't as s ag ag- ag- ag I as Auerbach but hut he hits hard bard and Is fast and clever The third ro six six round nd headliner will bring out Johnny OBrien O'Brien of Boston and Imey Garfinkle of Salt Lake OBrien O'Brien made a hit herewith here hero herewith with the fan fanS fang by his splendid showing in two bouts bouts' in which i he demonstrated that he is a willing battler a hard luard hitter and anda a a boy who is always ys trying He fought a thrilling round four draw with Wild Bill Farrell hex here her Garfinkle Is 18 a youngster and a a. comer He like Jones has long lone arms Is speedy clever and experienced He should make a D. good good fight with the willing hard hitting OBrien The preliminaries should bring out some action If not some class Frankie of Salt Lake meets Jackie Wallace Vallace of Bingham In in a a. round bout Jimmy Shaw of Salt Lake and Billy Burke of Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den meet In another four rounder while Pewee Hickman of Jt t. t Doue- Doue las and Willie Paddy of Salt Lake m meet et In the curtain raiser