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Show "6G0D" wen Mopping in 1 , aiaB-MaaaB-sjea ' Some Noted Pugilists, of tilt Country How In " Salt 'Lake . A (lg crowd hung around The' Teiet gram .offlet thli morning watching a crowd of men who lad Just entered. The men represented some of the biggest men in the sporUngarena, and the crowd1 was anxious to look them over. First was Mike Bhreck, the conqueror of0jt)rge Gardiner, who ls.txwked to flgwT-rtobert' ntsslmmona here on. the afternoon of July 4. . Then there wa "Toung Corbett," One of the greatest little .fighters at his weight the world .every saw when he was "Youngdorbett." . '"'. "Young v Corbetf is on his" way to Butte,, where he fights Maurice Thompson Thomp-son next Tuesday night. " "I feel I shall win," said "Young Corbett": Cor-bett": "I am in good condition. In my fight Jh Hanlon in San Francisco the other night p fought aT good a battle as I ever did in rpy. life, although I was robbed' out of it by the'referee. I am the 'Young Corbett' of old and feet that way. J am strictly on th Ice cart and intend to- stay there. . I can-ght at 12$ and be strong, and have the backing that I can lick the best of thorn' at that weight". ' - .-. - -'-' - 'Youhg- TJorbett will ref urn' here after af-ter his ilght, and wantf to. show here. "I'll meet any man . they match me against'' he said. "I want a chance to - show the people of Salt Lake I am as good as ever." Mike Shreck says there is nothing, to It. "I'll lick Pltx, and you can bank on that." T v - . V. Then, in-the party were George O. Weeden, who Is . now looking after "Young Corbett's" Interests, and Budd Hauser.'the racing man of Chicago. Hauser baa a string of six horses with him, and is out for the Northwestern circuit - - . Then there was .Billy Hohan, Phreck's manager, .and Jimmy -Hogan, . who will help train Shreck, and with Jack Root . and "Philadelphia"' Jack O'Brien and . Hugo .Kelly arriving tonight and Bob FiUslmmons. Jack O'Keefe, Big Hart - George Gardinar', Billy Stlft. Jimmy Gardiner, Billy Gibson fcnd Jack Roberts. Rob-erts. The Telegram office has certainly been a sporting rendezvous of some of the biggest; men in the country for the past week. ' "-. . ' It all leads to one thlngr'.The sporting sport-ing men themselve recognise The Telegram Tele-gram as a-sporting authority fcnd give their first-attention to this-rwspaper. Therefore be a "live one," and get your sporting news first and accurate and j caff The Telegram.for-sporti. |