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Show Local Boy Gets Draw WithHager Swinging leather throughout 10 action-packed rounds. Peta G la-coma, la-coma, chunky southpaw from Salt Lake's west side, and Al Hager, husky belter from Los Angeles, battled to a draw Monday night In tha boxing headllner at McCul-laugh's McCul-laugh's arena. Ciaooma weighed 146, Hager 131 Fata Seta Pee Despite tha disadvantage of being be-ing smaller and shorter, Pete carried car-ried tha fight during the first five rounds by swarming all over his larger opponent. In the last heats, though, Hager rallied . and Gin-coma Gin-coma was taking mora than he was dishing out. Tha rugged Hager connected with a right cross flush on Pate's face la tha sixth, followed up his advantage and cut Giacoma's nose. Again In tha aeventh Glacoma waa ataggered by a right to tha Jaw, but tha young Italian came back in tha eighth to win the round as ha showered the California with left and rights. Fine Tenth Brand Tha tenth Vat was tha hardest fought Tha rwo baiters stood In tha middle of tha ring and slugged each other with everything they had. Hager took a left hook to the face and countered with a right to the Jaw and vice verts, while the crowd of nearly 2000 cheered wildly. Little Johnny Rogers and Roy Hart put up a great battle In tha six-round semlwlndup. The bout waa a draw. Both put everything into their punches and both took as much as they dealt out. Rogers staggered Hart with a right to the body In the fifth and hammered Hart against tha ropes in the sixth. Hart won the second and third rounds to even things up. Davlnl Wins Andy Davlnl gained a five-round technical knockout over Bobby Galtln In a scheduled six-round encounter. Davlnl was outweighed 12 pounds, but his speed was too much for his lanky foe. Sonny Boy Hobbs and Red Ha-germaa Ha-germaa drew over four rounds and Willie Jackson decisioned Bob Tyler In the four-round opener. |