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Show BOXING WAS GOOD The entertainment given at the Utah Athletic club Friday evening was a most entertaining one. The programme consisting con-sisting of boxing, wrestling and fencing events and some very clever work on - the horizontal and parallel bars. The boxing contests were by all odds the feature of the evening and were fast and spirited. - The best bout of the programme-was .between Gleason and "Spec" Smith. Both men are In the middle-weight division divi-sion and were fairly evenly matched. Smith was much the cleverer of the two, ." but Gleason was- strong and held his own to the finish and was awarded a draw. Hackney and Green put up a fast mill, although Hackney had all the worst of the bouts on points. Terry Davis, who has been seen In several preliminary events In this city boxed four fast rounds with a boy named Lyons and issued a challenge to any amateur at 122 pounds. This was immediately taken up by Billy Arnold r Vnd the two will mix next Friday at the Pastime Athletic club. , Price won the fencing "match with Kelly by a score of 8 to 7. This was a novelty to the audience and was an interesting in-teresting contest. In the wrestling events Angell and Parry wrestled three slx-mlnute rounds without a fall and the bout was declared de-clared a draw. Gregory secured one fall from Griggs In the last event of the - evening. |