Show j SPORTS MIRROR By John Mooney IT Telegram Sports Editor Observation Ward With due du apologies to Eddie Ker Kor thaw shaw and hit his Panther mat mates mat s we cant can help but bu observe on the th Big light Eight baseball race for East I is last and woe Is West We Soccer fans will be bc interested In Jn the visit Isit of Dick McBride for or 10 years president of the Kansas City Soccer Dick dropped in the other afternoon to pay his respects and get the lowdown on the soccer situation in Utah Ve We referred him to Wednesdays Wednesday's meeting meetIng meet meet- meet meet- ing at Fairmont and hope and trust he met all the gang Dick by the way is hard of hearing But he philosophizes Maybe Ive I've heard eyer everything thing I want to hear in this wl ld anyway Like the Irishman who was warned by his doctor that his continued drinking would cause his blindness blindness blind blind- ness Doc Pat theres not nota a lot in the world I haven't seen anyway and perhaps Im I'm not for seeing any more of the world orld pour me a drink McBride expects to move to Provo in the near future so soccer will have another booster Now 60 years ears old or young McBride played a full soccer match less than two weeks ago Mary fan Jenson the he bl big fur and mink man who handles bandIes the Vest West Jordan A. A C C. as a hobby hobb has a system for lor handling his fighters which ma may explain the tho remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able training and physical fitness fitness fitness fit fit- ness of oC Ernie Hunick the wind wind- ml lightweight eight As soon as the kids show up at the gym Jm Mary Man admits I It t put on the gloves with nith them and and really reaD give gho them a beating I want them to see that its it's no pink tea part party this boxing business busi busl- ness they've chosen I I keep 1 whaling them around for a couI cou- cou I 1 pie of years and the they know ho's hos boss Then when the they start getting good I wont won't work with th them an any more so the they cant can't find out they the can lick me Im I'm still their boss as far as they're concerned That reminded Hardy K DownIng Downing Down Down- Down I Ing the old fight promoter-bike promoter rider etc of his experiences along that line Seems like several years ago Hardys Hardy's son used to spar with the old man At first Hardy toyed with the youngster and rapped him sharply on the nose just to let him know who was boss After each lesson the kid would lay off pestering his dad for maybe six months Then one day the younger Downing challenged his pop again Hardy recalls I was taking a pret pretty y good workout but I was tiring But I knew I couldn't let the kid lick me or there'd be two bosses in my house I was getting worried when 1 spotted Potted the openIng opening open- open ing and let him have it As soon as I dropped the boy I took off the gloves Im I'm the boss of ot my house but Ill I'll never get trapped like that again That reminded Hardy K of a similar incident lIard Hardy had Young Yoong Peter Jackson Jaclson one of the best boys in the business In his da day as general hand handy man around the club years ears ago Downing came down with a cold and thought a few workouts would repair the damage So Soho he ho had Young Peter line Une up a bunch of the youngsters as spar mates Alter After a few fow days Hardys Hardy's experience and age was too much for the kids and they shied away from sparring with him One day Hardy was left without opponents and he in invited invited invited in- in Young Peter then an old man Into the ring Now this Jackson was as really reaD a great bo boy and the they sparred around for awhile until Downing lowered the boom and dumped Jackson on his trunks With that Hardy took off oU his glo gloves gIove and called it quits Some time later Jackson Downing and Walter Bratz then sports editor of The Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram were chewing the fat and Downing said Okeh Pete but hut remember I dropped you Yes sun sub smiled Jackson Jalson but Mr Downing sub suh yo Jo smiled yo O d. d Theres There's a po possibility s sib ill t that Ogden's Jackie Burke who is training for a comeback may be matched against Kid Mathews who waxed Remo at the coliseum recently The show would be an outdoor card at Derks Berks in June |