Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-08 | Page 12 | Poluso Must Battle Meets Tough Visitor

MUST PA BATTLE TTE to MEETS TOUGH H VISITOR I I II r- r ri i WO VO bouts of headline headline caliber with T one of the classiest and most Interesting interesting In- In preliminary programs ro ams s of the year ear car is Hardy I. I Iv R. Downings Downing's dish for the fight fans fang at the Manhattan club show at the Hippodrome theatre tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow night Lou for the last year kingpin of the Intermountain section will male make his debut as a featherweight when he meets Johnny Corona a star of the coast In a six-round six headline event eveni CORONA CLASSY Corona who halls hails from Stockton has has hasa I Ia a long Ions list of great fights on the coast I and in Texas He lIe has fought such boys I as as' as Jimmy Fox Frankie Vierra Johnny Cline Danny Nones and others all of whom are in the feather dl- dl vision Islon has established a great reputation reputation reputation tion for himself as a bantam showing all kinds of class and beating every bantam who could bee be brought here to give ghe him battle However ho he has ou outgrown grown the bantam division and now must tackle the best men in the feather class To live up to his reputation as a he must meet such men as George Sollis Souls Kid Davis and others Lou LOII however preferred to take on an outsider for a starter as the local lads know too much about his st style le of fighting He will be ready for them he sa says sas s after he takes take the outsider into camp ANOTHER HEADLINE Billed as a the four round bane between Pat Gilbert of Salt r Lake ale and Benny Garcia of Denver is in reality a headline event and a rea real attraction Both men have fought in the headliners at the local club within the last two months In meeting Garcia the local champ will wm fight as tough a man as he has met Ina in ina ina a long time Benny Denny last week decisively whipped Al Young the Ogden pride He lie thinks that he can continue his cleanup on the prides by taking pat into camp Garcia also Frankio Frankie Cameron in a six-round six bout at the Western Vestern Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- letic club Thursday night SPARKS COMING Downing will also present present a new face in the lineup when Kid Sparks of Pocatello Pocatello Poca Poca- tello meets Cyclone Eddie Kelly of Ogden Ogden Og Og- den in a a. round four-round bout Kelly has been developing a lot of speed and punch in the last few months and has shown well in his scraps with some of the best lo local local lo- lo cal boys Kid Sparks has fought only in Pocatello and in n Idaho towns but ha hamet has hasmet hasmet met such men as Jimmie and West Vest Ketchell He knocked the latter latter- out in five rounds The bout should prove a humdinger all of the way Downing has arranged a special event which should prove to be a scream It is a round four-round bout between Bill nIU of Salt SaIt Lake and Red fled Andrews of Og Og- den Andrews is said to have Frenchy no Boyd d beaten by a Salt Lake block and ever everyone one knows what a drawing card Waster Cister j is for Downing He lie is always good for a a. riot PETERSON AGAIN I I Pete Peterson a classy young of Ed Shepard who was one of the hits of last weeks week's bill will be back in n the lineup next Monday when he meets Bert Ollie the Magna pride in a round four-round preliminary Bill Bm Cline and Don Price two youngsters young young- will get a tryout when they meet In the round four-round curtain raiser miser young young-I to the big program l' l L I f I r A t S r h 8 i r y Wr h r w. 1 l w fl t r ti ff a set 11 1 t. t t 4 i t. t A I. I I l f. f JP Ii f f Ir I- r s j 1 i r JOHNNY CORONA