Show FOX ix TO MEET CHRISTNER IN LOCAL BATTLE I Veteran Rubber Man Signed for Fight at Arena Monday Monday Mon Mon- day Prelims Slated After a vacation of several weeks brought about by lack of talent Promoter Pro Pro- moter Hardy HardyK K Downing will get back on the job next with another an an- other program of boxing at the Arena He has signed K O. O Christner of Akron Ak Ak- ron n Jo to meet Tiger Jack Fox ox th the Terre Haute Terror in the ten round headliner headliner headliner head- head liner of the new program Christner a nationally known veteran vet vet- eran of of the rIng was wa Previously matched with Fox by Promoter Downing but through a of ot managers Christner canceled the bout and Downing was forced to drop the whole program This time barring barring bar bar- ring illness or accident there will be bl no S slipup for D Downing has contact ed all of Christner's various managers and bookers Big Biff lK Time BoutIn Bout In arranging this meeting DownIng DownIng Down Down- Ing has obtained for the fans the best boxing battle of years Christner is highly rated as a heavyweight battler He has never fought a championship battle but in his five or six years in the ring has met many of the best men In the game including such first first- raters as Max Baer Primo Camera Carnera Johnny George Manley Ernie Jim Maloney Jack Sharkey Young Stribling Mickey Walker and King Levinsky He beat Sharkey shortly before the Boston gob ob won the worlds world's championship The only first rater mater in the ring today whom he hasn't met is is Max Hard liard Puncher In Fox Christner will not meet a setup The colored puncher from Terre Haute though much younger than Christner has met much the same class of at men Since coming to I Salt bait Lake he has met and defeated every heavyweight Downing could import to meet him always giving away plenty of weight He knocked out in the present season in Salt Lake such men as Ed Prante marine cham chain plon pIon Bill Johnson Del Baxter and Bill Longson and won an easy decision de do- over Cecil Myatt of San Fran Fran- cisco A good six round and four tour preliminaries of four rounds each support the headline attraction |