| Show MCKAY AND IN D ORTEGA CHASED CISE BY ANGERED NG FANS FAN Alleged Pugilists Hit flit for f J Lo Lockers kers When Fans Fan Howl At At Th Their ir a Boxing a i I t St Stormy Session Selion Marks Attempt of Men to St Stag Framed Exhibition at Lagoon F Fans 18 and Sheriff Compel Them to Battle 1 j I B By Steve M ol ey IT iT TOOK roo more lore than seven seyen yeas years to build the boxing gl gamo glo gamt o to thi I high level it haa las reached in Utah T. T This is was accomplished through thu carnes earnest efforts of good goad friends of tio sport s1 night Gordon McKay of Ogden and Battling Ortega Orega of Oakland i did enough to break down the Hie results of five years vears of that wO work It Is 8 a n sad t story mates this tills y yarn rn out about the tho twe round twee round e-round boxing ex exhibition tell held at t Lagoon It is said in n a thousand ways It Ills Is a 11 story of ot duplicity of ot ingratitude of a near rot of or disgust in 2000 men But with wih one 8 eye on the libel laws w ana and the f other oilier r on our Und Ul Underwood we e g get t tp Op th the tho sob Job E ETRA TRA MATCH 1 i Several weeks ago ngo go Ort Ortega I. g was wall matched to McKay in the Lagoon arena In In- eluded Ij iq tho agreement acc according to I 1 Jim Down Downing I n the tl O Ogden promoter who I handled tho ho bout wa way an understanding that the tho Oakland boy was to lJ be lit In Utah a week o or ao so in advance of tho the battle for tor publicity and exhibition on purposes In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead ho signet signed for a bout boutS in Portland Ore with Murphy anti and ho lie fought that bout Wednesday night I With scarcely a a. moment to spare Or Or- OrI Ortega I tega tebra hop hopped cd upon the tho train at Portland I and did not arrive arre for tor tho the local bout un un- un- un tit til not ot aJl allowing enough h time for him to work out or got ready for tor tho the I event ayent STAGE HOLDUP Upon arriving at nt the arena Ortega and his manager put on the holdup stunt an n anold anold old ono one in the tho boxing game Ho He del nd- nd ed ad his money before ho lie would don his fighting togs With no other courso course to pursue Downey gave him his money and tho the men got Into tho the ring That much J h happened pen d behind tho scenes Gordon McKay y did not liot appear In the deal As disgraceful as were the the tactics In tho the dres dressing room they wore nothing compared corn com m- m pared to th the stunts In the ring The men appeared with a 0 determination U merely to show themselves forgetting forgetting- disregarding is tho the better word word the the fact that the fans paid to see a boxing match Thc They mado no attempt to deliver They didn't try to win They Tiley didn't t even make an nn effort to play ilay fair tall with t the e t fans and give them a good exhibition TERRIBLE E SHOWING G. G Tho first round passed with a n few rew of the more rabid o of the tho fans panning tho the performers Th The rest gave th the boys toys a chanco chance to w warm rm up Tho second round passed with McKay Ic ny and Ortega 8 still 11 puling pullIng pull pull- Ing their punch punches os Tho The third was a repetition repetition repe rape titian of or tho the other othor two and two and then the ire Jre of tho the fans tans was was r roused used and they de demanded demanded de- de of or tho pair that they go gOto to work In the fourth the storm broke Despite the tho fact tact that they both wore earning carting an 11 easy and bounteous living from the patronage pa- pa 11 of the tans fans the alleged fighters continued to stall In iii ono of orthe the moat dis disgracefully gracefully apparent frames that tha It has ever been our fate tato to see sec The fans rose roso up tip In iii their seats Bents and howled their displeasure They demanded demand demand- I ed In no uncertain tones that the disgraceful disgraceful dis dis- graceful fiasco be stopped That the Ike them themen m men bo be run out of tho the resort BOUT STOPPED Promoter Jim Situ Downing came to tho the rescue roscue at this this' point conferred with both fighters told them that there thoro would bo be trouble unless they thoy quit stalling st an antI and then announced to the fans tans that the men would give them nil all the battle they wanted to seo see But tho the next round was worse than tho previous rounds and Referee Bert Danforth of ot Lo Logan stopped an stopped the bout Downing chased thorn from the ring With the fans in a near riot Downing attempted as a last minute affair to find another bout He lie failed and then promised the tho fans that the same two t men would battle or battle or ho would know the rca rea- 1 son why tho the assistance of or a sher sher- lit iff who was protecting th the tho so 80 called boxers from the irate fans tans Downing backed the pair Into a corner and gave them a a. little advice Just what l the ad advice advice nd- nd vice was wasn't released for publication Probably we publish It It anyway But it had its effect on Ortega at least When hen the tho pair were returned to tho ring neither had enough friends to get a n. quorum In Ina a a J game mc of solitaire With the sixth rOU round ll coming up and after arter having hn been stopped twice the themen themen themen men tried again Let it be said here to tho the credit of or Ortega and he ho deserves vet very little of that that with threats hanging over him arid with the fans tans threatening him he die did I fight At least he ho did tl tho bet best he could The Mexican chased the tho Ogden failure around tho the ring at nt a Charley Chancy Paddock pace Ho lIo had the Junction City favorite r grog groggy y In fn two of tho the remaining rounds and landed solidly a score scora of ot times He Me easU easily woo won what little battle attle there thero was to tho the affair Ortega showed that ho could battle Ithe If It he wished and It i Is to hi his everlasting disgrace that he didn't wish The only time the Ogden Osden disgrace fought back w was s when the Mexican ran him Into a n corner and nna It was either a 1 case of or go down or fight out GOOD WHIPPING Tho The Oakland lad had received a n good deal of punishment In itt the second half hair of ot the fiasco for tor McKay cut him hint with straight lefts and almost entirely closed cosed ono one eye tye But tho the cutting never noer feared the Mexican can and amI ho kept coming right in At times he had to trot to keep up with the tho retreating Had lEad he stopped and he didn't dare in that third chapter the battle would have again fallen flat fiat for tor McKay I never ever assumed tho the sive So much for tor that SPARKS The preliminaries were interesting The They promised the fans an evening of ot great bouts Kid Sparks of ot toc and Cyclone Eddie Ke Kelly I of Ogden mot met ina in If ina a a. round 4 preliminary It was a thriller Sparks opened up U earl early In the tho first fir round nn and was successful with a a. series of one twos until he lie hitch had Kell Kelly groggy In tho the third he hc nearly put the Ogden bo boy out Ho lie was isas awarded a n well earned de do- do cl lon Bill Bm of Salt Lake Inko and nd Young Youns Joe Cans of or Ogden staged Maged another thriller thriller ler In the earl early rounds flu Bill was compelled com corn to uso use hl his entire repertoire of classy tricks to get over the colored lad lod He used t the e shift tho the pivot ot the swivel swing tho the rabbit t. punch the kidnay kid kid- nay ncy buster buiter the tho rope swing awing und and Weird array of class classy footwork His on only I misfortune misfortune misfortune mis mis- fortune was In a pivot blow when he forgot forgot for tor- got ot to litO stop and knocked himself to tho floor for the count of three Tho Tue bout J was called a draw draw- Many lany friends of or Bill Bill who were in the tho arena believe bellove he was I robbed ANOTHER FLIVVER The Kd Ed d Shepard Eddlo Dal Daly bout tell fell through at nt the last moment when hen Dal Daly refused to go OIK on Al a lad lai as asI I fat rat almost almos n as Mr Schuler than whom there thero is no fatter tatter was substituted It was a big mistake The Tha bout should never have havo gone on The fans tans urged that It be le kept otto oft The Tho exhibition lasted two and one half rounds tired of working and quit Shepard never hit him He had too much humanity to do It Like the Jack Dempsey Jim Flynn fight at Murray years ears ago last nights night's fiasco did irreparable Injury to the good name of boxing in Utah It is a n tragedy that tho the affair ever went on Not only is It a tragedy but it Is a H disgrace The rhe fans tans can stand a a aDOor poor DOor bout when t N the principals are ae trying Th s stomach a po poor r program wh when n there there- some ome s excuse for tor it It But what the tho the faa fu fai cannot ot stand and what they tl n stand cheated is Is' being duped de defrauder defrauded ed e tI 3 s That Is I. exactly what happened li J n night ight Tho The supporters ors o of t the e ga game e pa p pj I t their heir money to see zoe a Do boxing match IiI I af f what they saw W was nothing more mora or or 1 I than a deliberate They Ther have o 11 l legitimate kick coming i Two Tio pugilists pugilist men who ha hi received more front from tho game gamo than th the ever v r put into It fl tI went into loto th the Tl and d deliberately cheMed cheated the tho tans fans Th Thi have hae been treated well by those sag eat an tans fans in tact fact too welL rhe They repaid reval l th thi bounty by fraud It Il Is hard to place co the blame for tor t tJ it tia fiasco co Ortega and his manager claim tt tb thi Although they wore promised 25 per per per-c cei of ot h the gross receipts Promoter J Ji J Downing when they thoy asked for timoney ti the tl money before the bout o only ly offered th the scarcely enough to pay their With n a light ho house e they they planned to to put on in nn Tho They also claim that the date wired i them called for tor tho the bout on August A 6 D not to tp bo be confused wl wit Hardy Downing Salt Lake Prompts claims that no compact was ever el i er Into with tho the fights nor that a at attempt was made to cut out their mo moni or altor alter their contract In any way i 1 1 also claims that he was never nover a part pai to any agreement for tor a tapping ex or love ye feast CLAIM SUPPORTED 1 His claim that the men paid vald t Ui money moncy they were entitle to by by- contra conty ad and more than they were entitled to b 11 their worth worth worth-is Is backed up b by th the tho m ma who handled tho the mOnC money Who is to to blame matters little In Iril I lii 1 affair They Thoy are re all to blame bamo mad made his mistakes In the promotion l the affair In the tho first place he shot shon never have havo allowed 11 himself to bo be induce indue by the boxers to change the event froc a a. round 12 decision affair to a a. 12 rout no decision no-decision deCIsion bout boat Th The fans tans paid to g gl a n decision and that is what the they have received recel lIe He should never ha v ht allowed d Al to enter tho the ring a an replace the with such a faco fa las lasCo co co a aft as t the Shepard Shepard affair Any mismanagement however do does s r n no 1 excuse the tho fighters Two wo men men who frame to stall through twelve rounds a at ar deliberately cheating the public It If t Ui th financial arrangements arrangement weren't eat tory and that should hould have kayo been arrange before beCore tho the night of ot tho the bout they shot have o refused to go on They have a del d doto to pa pay to to the public when they RC RO go li In the rin ring and they should pay It H. 1 W never want to see ECO either of the tho two i A Al l ged pugilists in tho the KIng again eit singly or mat matched hed together Not Nor e ewe ca we countenance any match In either otther r of or them the take part V Likewise wo we never want to see E boxing contest which in an wa any way ble bles t the e putrid affair lr of or last evening |
