Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-18 | Page 4 | O'Brien is Matched with Young Gilbert

OBRIEN O'BRIEN IS MA MATCHED TCHE WITH YOUNG Ew t. t GILBERT GILBERTS GILBERTi j S I II I Also I Dempsey and Downey I i I Card for forI ori n Ii Manhattan n I Next Mond Monday y There should be two enough battles on Hardy Downings Downing's next boxing box box- that the fans have been ing n card two card two looking forward to for some time The headliner will wilt bring together Mickey OBrien O'Brien and Young Gilbert GUbert the local light lightweight weight champion and the semi semi- windup will trot out Jack Dempsey and Jack Downey in a return match Gilbert and OBrien O'Brien should furnish a great little battle as the local boy has more than held his own against all comers corners so far while OBrien O'Brien is one o othe of ot the classiest boys wh who ever dropped In Inhere inhere inhere here for the short round game and has made a a. world of friends in his recent bouts at the club The Thet return match between Dempsey and Downey has been hanging fire for some time as the last time they Uey were matched Dempsey was unable to go through with the match on account of ofa ofa a ft severe attack of grippe and they agreed at that time to have it out the following week but in the meantime Dempsey was offered a match in Ely N Nay Nev v. with Johnny which he accepted Dempsey stopped who was wa considered one of the best light heavy weights on the coast a short time ago in a couple rounds and now he says sars' sars he wants to demonstrate that heis better than the local white hope annihilator Je Jess Jes S Oreti the ocal welter weight we Who lo pleased the fans tan last Monday night when he did a real come back baek and beat Jimmie Brown will be seen In action again and will meet another tough customer customer cus eus- tomer from the Junction city in Kid Davis A Manhattan card without Frenchy I Boyd wo would ld hardly seem complete and notwithstanding the fact that Frenchy resigned last Monday he will wll be back In the thick of the he fray again this week I I when he meets Em Ern Wright of Murray Battling BattUng Hanson Haneon and Young Ritchie are a pair pall of willing youngsters who should make the fur fly while it lasts and the regulation amateur curtain raiser will start the fur fun as usual