| Show Frankie Frantic Callahan Is Boy Chosen to Meet Gruman Here I Painter P arid add Downing Sign Up Expensive but Classy Card for for Wool Convention January 1 14 Both Boxers Will Wil Be Here by Monday I Frankie Callahan of New York has been chosen as the light lightweight lightweight lightweight weight to meet Ralph Gruman Groman in a twenty-round twenty boxing bout at the Salt Lake theatre Friday January 14 during the wool wool growers' growers convention Tom Torn Painter who is furnishing the bank roll need needed d to bring two such classy boys to this ci city y and Hardy Downing who is attending attending attending at at- tending to the details for Painter have kept the wires hot for a week or more in a desperate effort to land a formidable opponent for the tough Gruman Groman but it was not until yeste yesterday day afternoon that they were really able to tie up one of the men wante wanted After fter Ritchie Mitchell refused to consider a Salt Lake offer to meet Gruman Groman Painter and Downing Downing Downing Down Down- ing settled upon Freddie Welsh Charley Chancy White Frankie C Callahan and Frankie Whitney All had important dates whether just before before be be- fore January 14 or right after and did not relish the idea of meeting Billy Roches Roche's promising youngster r. r Dan McKettrick Callahans Callahan's Callahan's Callahans Callahans Callahan's Cal- Cal lahan's manager accepted yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- however and was wired transportation immediately He expects to start west with his boy today and should get here Mon day Needless to say Painter and D Downing Down DOwn- wn- wn ing are elated therefore They are bringing t td Salt Lake the best and alid most expensive light weight card ever staged In hi this section of the tile West Painter Paint r has gone down into his jeans j for s several veral thousand dollars ars but feels that the game is worth t the e candle and that he and the local fans will be well I I repaid w with th the best light weight bout ever seen here I Like Gruman Callahan is a youngster youngster young young- young young-I ster ster with so BO much promise that he is is s st being picked as one one- of possibly four t boys In New York who has a chance for the title Callahan is not yet 21 i 3 ears i-ears ears of age but he has fought draws with Dundee and White knocked out Jo Joe Rivers and beaten Gilbert GUbert Gallant r- r enough of a record in itself to recommend recommend recommend mend him as a card anywhere Both boys relish the idea of taking a whirl at a regular twenty-round twenty mill New York and Boston have seen them both in ten-round ten mills of Al variety and the lon longer er match in inthis this city is already receiving n no end f of of attention with the Eastern sport writers and fans Cans In other words the bout will take on a national importance Billy Roche and Ralph Gruman will arrive e in the city tomorrow Roche met his boxer at Kansas City yester Yester- da day Gruman is coming direct from New ew York while Roche has been down n the South He lie refereed the Welsh Welsh- Witney mill at Atlanta Saturday night As soon as the boys reach here Downing will provide downtown trainIng training train train- ing quarters for them Gruman will have the advantage of ot three days of ot work in this altitude while Callahan I If It he gets here Monday as expected will have to become acclimated In four days das Both boxers will be In shape when they I get Jet h here re Neither has really been out of training fo foe a a. year ear or more in fact o 0 the they should enter the ring at their I best es |
