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Show DOWNINGS FIGHT DOPE k By Hardy K. Downing, WITH inc calling off of thn lVihiBo-narrett bout. Bln'du1d to take I pl.K-t In th I'hilaili-iptn.i Ice I'nlaca laat. Thuraday night. Imm I'a lu so, the cluaay local feiithcrwclght, who haa been making good in the KrM, haa Just about completed a mlRhiy aurceaaful campaign. I I.ou la will b headed for horn in fevrral weeka if he ailcka to hia original j.lana. Pnluo'a battles in tho Kant hav tamtcd him aa a comer, and a hoxar of more than ord.nury ability. He hum met many of Ihe beat llttla fellowa 1n t he Kast. and with one exejtion he haa been returned a winner. Hla only In was in Johnny William in the Madlaon Kq nitre (iarden. when he fought the day following hia recovery from a had attack of Influenza. Since that time he ha In en redeeming himself for hia one little loaa. If he return to New York again next yenr the chancea are that he will Te sent again! aome of the beat little fellowa in the Kaat. Uurlng the paat ear he haa been given plenty of chance to develop, and hla manager. Leo I Klynn, haa been exceedingly astute in the matchmaking. Lou haa been more fori una te i nun moat fight era who seek fame and fortune in the Kant. In the firtt place he gt matchea, which in more than most of ( lie hoya can tlo; he got the beat of treatment, and he got excellent managerial a I lent ion. With all of ihcae next year he should prove lo ba even a greater . H nsation. 4) a a a r A BIE MISHKIND. th hard hitting Salt Laka lightwaeght. and 8pug Meyara, tha prid of Pocatllo, ara going to clash again. Thay maat i Wadnebday avaning. May 31. bafora tha Pocatallo Athlatio club, in thair aacond match. It appaara that Mamgir C. E. Stonaeiphar haa again bookad a winnar. Th match between tha pair should ba ona of tha elaaaiatt and hardaat fought in thia taction during tha yaar. A glanca at tha paa racorda of tha boy would attura that. Meyara and Miahkind fought onca bafora. Meyara won th decision aftar ona of th toughest battles aver sn in Pocatallo. Howtvtr, Miahkind had , his axcusa -and it waa a good ona. Whan ha signed for tha match ha waa compelled to maka a weight that cut him down considrably. Then in hia j ignorance of making th weight, and fearful of losing, hia forfait, ha eut himself to 125 pounds, taking away considerable of hia strength. It waa hia condition that beat him. tS Meyera haa grown and Abie wilt not hava to maka weight for him. Ha can fight at his natural weight, and will not ba under any handicap. Ha will go into (he ring in tha best of shap. In addition he haa shown marked improvement in hia battling. He haa already gone to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho to train for tha match and will ba in tha best of shape when ha journeya to Pocatallo. Ha ia aat on beating Meyers, and belie vea that ha can turn tha trick. Anyway, it ought to b a groat fight. |