| Show Provo Ring Show Gets Hand HandBy By Geqrge Sorensen PROVO PROVO Although Although there thereas was as I Ionly only one knockout scored in 12 bouts Provo boxing fans saw what wa wt perhaps the best card ever presented I in tl the Garden City and approximately taM fans paid nearly 1000 to aid In the drive to secure sporting equipment for tor the soldiers In the near-by near camps Friday night The card was well filled withA with A AAU U champions champton and there was plenty of leather swinging much to the delight of or the fans tans The program was scheduled by the Provo Junior chamber of commerce In coopt cooperation ration with the Victory Service league and Brigham Young university Sergeant Millard MacMurray Wendover field and former A AAU A U I champion gave the enthusiasts a areal areal real display of boxing talent in a two-round two exhibition with Sergeant Ed also of or the Wendover club Victor A AAU A U pound champ knocked out Dick Eddington Edding Edding- ton L Lehl hl in 57 7 1 seconds of the first round What That didn't do the floor noor did did as Eddington hit his head hard when he went down What was to be the main event of the evening turned out to be bethe bethe bethe the Jay Lambert A AAU A U pound champion was far un- un with Rex Lossee Lessee and refused to mix mb it up However Howe the referee was as forced to call the fight light in lri the second round because Lossee was 11 bleeding freely from the nose and mouth Norman Bridgewater Granite A A. AAU A U light heavyweight champ lost a close decision to John Rock- Rock Jck C Cyprus rus in the best bout of the evenin evening Both boys were very ery willing wil- wil wil 11 ling to mix mx it up and several everal times were slugging it out toe to toe d dUrIng during dur dUr- r- r ing their three-round three encounter Ken Cook West Jordan and Robert Philpot Cyprus staged an another an other ether good tight light in the pound cl class ss Philpot the decision after being forced all the way by Cook Clyde Edmonds West Vest Jordan won on a very popular decision over Private Privat Harry Barry Wendover Wend Vend over ever In the best of the lighter lighter- weight fights Both boys weighed pounds and at first th the referee ral raised s 's hand by mistake and had nad ad to wait about five lve minutes for the crowd to stop booing before before before be be- fore he could correct his error G Gorge George orge pounds Hill HIlI field defeated Ronald Madsen West Jordan to raise the curtain with a lively scrap and capture the crowds crowd's interest This was followed by the Floyd Christensen- Christensen Daniel bout Chaviz won wn thu this Wi bout by Christen- Christen sen Ben Chaviz was very good with his dose close fighting At pounds Norman Bridgewater Bridgewater's Bridgewater's Bridge- Bridge waters water's brother Joe kept the fans cheering with his aggressive fightIng fighting fighting fight fight- ing but was wa not quite good enough to stop atop Gene Hunick West Vest Jordan from front scoring Both boys started with ith the bell and kept fighting all the way The bout that won the applause of cf the crowd and had as much action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion as any was Wa the special exhibition exhibition tion by Keith and Agus- Agus at 85 pounds About the only thing these thes two youngsters lacked was size They tore into each other and showed remarkable boxing skill The bouts were arranged by the Provo junior chamber of ot commerce and all proceeds proceed are to go toward the buying of sporting equipment for the army camps in Utah Matchmaker was Wa Ken of the Gemmell club Referees were Bob Roper and Al Ablett Harold McNeill McNeil president of the Intermountain intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain A AAU A U and Dr Hyde Cowley and Jim were judges |
