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Show Fistic News and Gossip OCirtKM, June It. Ending a fight controversy con-troversy that, since last Friday, has been the talk of sportdom In the West, J. O. Joe, manager of the Orpheum theatre, the place where the bout waa held, yee-trrday yee-trrday paid Joe Rivers and his manager. Bob l-aga, the money due them for -Rivera' part In the scheduled f.f teen-round so. in the fifth round of which the Mexican was fouled by AI Young, his oprponent. The blackballing of Ogdn generally as a fight town, the avowed Intention on the part of sportsmen to fores Ud lsl1as, the promoter, to at age better bouts In this section, or quit, & threatened laweuit on the part of III vers sgalnst Manager Ooss, who. when there waa an exception to Referee Jack Mower's dseiston proclaiming proclaim-ing Ulvsrs winner, confiscated the money with the declaration tlutt he would turn it over to the Red Cross and ths an noum ement by Ooee yeaterday that ths Orpheum theatre would be cloned to similar sim-ilar events In ths future, are some of the results of the controversy. Rivers snd his managsr left Immediately Immediate-ly sftsr receiving their money for Poca-tello, Poca-tello, where the Los Angeles boy Is to box Lee Morrleev twelve rounds June 11. e e e Kid "Flush Rarend of the Twentieth Infantry, st a t toned a t Fort Pougla. f ea t her wm t g h t tha m p Ion of ths V n i ted Htates army. Is out after bouts with any boxer of hie weight In this region. Rarend Ra-rend is slso willing to make 110 pounds for any bantamweight. e e s Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis boxer, has enlisted In the navy. He submitted to ths final examination and will await orders to report at g naval training station. see Fart Caddock. heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, will answer Pren-Idem Pren-Idem Wilson's sail to ths colors not later than ptember of ths present year, hel haa announced. j |