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Show spiral By SteVe Moloney WORK WELL DONE THK i.thir luy whan Hardy K. linwnlnK. local flitht promoter, cloaad thf scithon In Halt l.aka, ha CMHiiyrd 11 llttla aiaarh, aort of a wn aoiK fur th ln.'l-m.'.' nrnmn Wh.tt It lacked In word It mart up in rt'ul, downrlKht common aanac. Ilnrily maraly ld: "With thl luat enrd of th araaon w wlah to Ihank you all for your lilwral utroniKa. We hav promotad a card vry weak , inc Unl Inttor dy mid oma of Ihcni war food and aunt war bad. TAnywuy alwaya gave you th bent w had and w alway did th beat , - Jia could." "S After all, that la JuM about all one ran axpact of mar man-hi beat. V'hm he Kivca that year In anil year out -he la giving aomethlng worth hivInK And If thnt man 1 half rapalile, yur bound to get eome mighty fine thlnaa fritm him. . I'mlnifoly that la the aecret of Downing' aucenna ita the promoter of th , M.inluilliin chili fight. He never doca thmg hy halve. He alway give j l't lie lit nlwuya up nnd trying to give the fana a run for their money. While not an glint a financial auccen aa litat year. Ihe 1'J I -1 9 J2 caon hn nt leant hrnught forth oine polity fine entertainment for the benefit of fana of the fltlc Krt. In nd.li".n It ha nlo brought out aom mlirhty ..iay little exponent of flitlcuff. And llkrwla It ha marked th paaalng of Niimv of the veterana of th local ring. Mont prominent among tho local development waa the rlae to fame of Midget Kmtlh. the little ."Mldvale KIah." who thrilled the fane with many n fiat nnd clever battle, rimllh atnrted Ihe aenaon aa a preliminary !oy. I. ut quickly won 111 epura. and practically throughout the entire con he v.ia a drawing card. Ho bent alien good boy na Kid liavla, Willie Holll il'vclone Kildle Kelly), George Hollia. Lou I'aluao nd other good boy In rlnaa. He finally loat to Spug Meyers of I'ocatello In the fourlh battle lunvcen the pair. It waa the flrat knockout of hla career, I'rohalilv the mot enaatlonal youngatcr developed al the club t Ihe boy Kmll I'aluso. younger brother of I.ou. He haa not reached any glorloua beiglita a yet. but he la probably the heat looking younaler ever brought on in Salt Lake alnce the day of Jck Dempaey. Hilfy Wallace, who haa done considerable fighting In Hacramento nnd coaat town, alao proved to be a ahinlng light In the local nrena. He met ail of the good locnl hoya and many othera around the atate. I'rohahly hla atunt waa hla knokout of Jimm!e John, whom Midget tfmtth waa only aljle to ileeialon. He never met Hmltli. Ian Latimer, a heavyweight, made quit at aplurre In local fiallc circle for awhile, hut became of lack of talent he waa coinptWIed to abandon hla local flatlc career. Lou I'nluao and Kid Davl were alara of the local arena In the earlier part of the year, but left In lecemlir for New York, where they both uppe.ired in Sladiaon Kquar (iarden. I'aluao la ntlll In the Kaat and 1 still making good. ' All in all. It waa a mighty Intereatlng nnd mighty fine year for th aport. Too much credit cannot he given Downing for the capable way In which the fight were conducted and In which they were run off. True to atyle. Hardy ilnln't allow the leaat auggealion of rowdylam to enter into the program. ;ind there was never an exhibition which waan't of the hlgheat caliber and entirely lacking in th brutality which ia aomellmea aeon in the ring. Nobody would kick If the aeaaon of 19i'---J waa Jual a good. |