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Show - I j I . . '. ,. , . . . .. , , . - - . : .: -: Wires Cc:fi::::cei:i. Aiillty cf C::r: to Y.'i:; Vill Drc:1: ..Grip S::::lay; V - ... "Ceor9 Gardner, "CTien. Vth. "Good lurk. You'll win sure. Tour yot'-r trother bets his pile n you lor not....; Is-too foA-1 fir you. Fweceas. ... .t . . ', "Ji::-IT GARDINER." The-atovej'la a tO'ram sent by -"Jim-4 " my" Garner, who Is on for the next bout nith "Battling" Kelson, to his brother, George Gardiner. It shows how "Jimmy" .thinks of George's chances. . "With today's work, George Gardiner fln-. fln-. iahea his training in preparation tor his - twenty-round bout with "Mike" fchreck at the Salt Lak'e'' theater on "Monday .' night. .. . i t Gardiner Is In grand! condition. ; Some i "knowing ones" have touted the fact that . ; Ehreck would win, and win easily, on the statement that . Gardiner was not the Gardner of old.- '-"' v ' "I was never better in my life." said V Gardiner to the writer. "If I go down to defeat It will not be because I am not the I v man I was. I was never In better physical physi-cal condition. There is do chance ef denying de-nying this." , - Gardiner began his last hard day of training in the beat of spirits. Those who "l have been near Gardiner in his fights al waya feel confident in just the ratio that ' - s the big fellow takes setters. This time he lauehs and roms and act" l.xe jenni- di-i before his fcatue with Munroe. Garcnner has endeared himself to alt or Ogden. pearly six hundred strong will be the delf-ratlon that wi.l accompany him to see trie result on the night of the l.in. Gardiner is not only a great f.fhteT; but he la popular and well liited. li.e makes and holiis friends easily. ' Gardiner hopes to. ree-ain Ma title oi light-heavy weiht champion. He will accept ac-cept p'itis.mmona' challenge if he ina from Shreck, aa he earnestly believes ne WThia'was. one of the rnuu" daya in Gardner's training. While out for his morning run he checked a, prancing pranc-ing horse in front of the Reed botel. The woman In the vehicle tried to say thank you," and said Gardiner had saved her life. He bowed and was onTon the road for his aprint. Gardiner at that took chancea in grasping at the bridle of the frightened horse, as he, was already under un-der a good headway. - . After hi ron he took . toxxr-romA "fall" out or his sparring partner, Jack. Dunn, and then went an equal nyr of faat rounds with "Brother Pat. who is there on. the-scientific part of the '"showing how he could "rough" , it. Gardiner took on Prof. F.- S. Uwl, a tough proposition in the wreatllng- same, and Gardiner' held hia own very handily. "He is in great condition." said Prof. Lewis, after 'the mat work. I loo to him to win whenever he wishes, forjie is strong enough to offset Shreck s rushes and he is there with the punch himself. 8tlll; Shreck is a mighty . man, and I do not-underrate him a bit." Manager "Billy" Gibson ; Is Js-hted with Gardiner's condition and will back his man to the . limit to win. In all of Ogden . the -, whole talk is f or Gardiner, and if by any chance he should lose, hair of the town will loae all of its loose money on him. No one in Ogden after seeing Gardiner in his training stunta and in his work-outs against "all local comers can possibly figure it out bow Gardiner can nopfttblv. lose. i After a rub-down Gardiner accompanied the sporting editor of -The Telegram to the Reed hotL There in the parlors Gardiner Gar-diner talked of himself. In dreas Gardiner Gardi-ner affects dark kppareU There is not a mark on him to. designate his calling. His hands ire well kept. His speech la low and diction good. He is modest in the extreme. ex-treme. There is nothing to designate nlm from the well-groomed bank clerk. I "This fight means much to me," he said. PTo be frank, the extra money of th.e Winner's end I am considering. I have a baby boy only four weeks old. He and his mother need and shall have every luxury lux-ury and comfort that money can surround sur-round them with. . I do not mean that I wish mock sympathy extended to me on this account. I tell you for your own benefit, so you may see Just' how strong I will fight. I have trained as never before. be-fore. I never threw a contest in my me. But there are times when a man fights for more than the glory of winning. This is one of the times. I only wish I was going againat Fltzaimmona now instead of Shreck. You can't imagine how good my condition Is. I can feel it myself. I know Bhreck is a good man, but look at thla argument: Not even Shreck will admit ad-mit that he can outpunch Fits.' I have it on Shreck. as he will admit, in science and long-range work. If Fits couldn't knock me out, how can Shreck expect to when he lacks all the wonderful cleverness clever-ness of the Cornlahman? I honestly tell you I can't figure it out how I can lose.' Gardiner neither smokes nor drinks. His clothes hide ' his massive shoulders. He carries himself . well. He is a fraction frac-tion over six feet in " height. He will weigh about 174. having decided not to try to reduce any- further, . as the ngnt is at catch-weights. He will not break ' actual camp and start for Salt Lake until Sunday night or early Monday morning. From that time on he will remain quiet until the time to start for the theater. "Sav," said Manager "Billy", Gibson, as The Telegram man boarded the train, "Gardiner is writing poetry. .Don't say I gave you thla. Here is his first spasm:" To please Manager "Bill." here it to: "When you recall your boyhood days i -And boast about the cakes and things Please don't forget that though , Your dear old mother made the bread, 'Twas the old gent that made the dough." -I That the entire Gardiner camp is confident confi-dent cannot be gainsaid. , . "Don't let anyone give you a yalxoo talk and steer you wrong." said Brother "Pat." "George wins to. a certainty, and you land the money if you take the tip." |