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Show Lutze, Dern to Meet in Arena Melee Notre Dame Star Has Good Record ajv IVelcoff-Brown Match on Program Nick Lutse. former Notra Dame ! gridiron star of five years ago, has : been definitely signed to clash with Ira Dern, local heavyweight. In the : feature bout on Promoter Rr Verne's ' McCullough's weekly boxing show at tho arena Friday night, j Lutze, ono of tho outstanding per- formers In tho game, la- being brought hero from Los Angeles. He i has been ono of Lou Daro'g star j performers for tho paot three years. Besides tho headline event. Pro- motor McCuIlougu Is offering two special events with Andy Brown. I Cincinnati " hegvywelght. pitted ! sgsinst Nick Yelcoff, tho Bulgarian i Lion, and Al Newman, fast-coming t locsl baker boy, meeting Elmer Guthrie. i ONE OF GAME'S BEST I Tn bringing Lutze to Salt Lake. tho local tmpre3rk said t-Jturdsy J that he had procured ono of the - outstanding tusslers in tho game. Nick weighs around 210 pounds snd boasts a record that la spotted b but few defeats. One of these defeats earns a short time ago against Everett Marshall I of Kent tie, who' won the bout when i Lutse fell out of the ring and was unah, to return. Another defeat waa by Ed "IStranKler" Lewis, former world's heavyweight champion, when the "Strangler" was perched secui-ly on tho exalted mat throne. The Brown-Velooff match should bo a good preliminary battle. Both tusslers have lost to Ira Dern. but, on the other hand, each has Jotted down several Important victories on their belt. Velcoff hss shown a great deal of improvement during the pnst few months and ta ready to take on tho best In the game. NEWMAN TACKLES GUTHRIE Al Newman will have his hands full when ho tackles Elmer Guthrie. Tho latter tusler scored a Tk-tory j over Leo Pa piano last Thursday night at tho arena In a rather rough battle. However, tho two men entertained en-tertained the fans and put on two bouts. Promoter McCullough said Saturday Satur-day that he believes Newman will round Into a. first rate heavyweight within a year r two. II ts learning learn-ing rapidly sine taking on heavy eights. |