Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 14 | Lagoon Match Resulted in Big Mixup

EAi II G D DO o O OM oA MATCH M M 1 AT T H THRE I CR RE RESULTED RESU U S LI L. L ItE E D D 4 IN I I N BIG B 1 10 MIX M I XO 0 r t 1 INSIE INSIDE TAL aDF BOUT m TOLD Fin Financial cial M Manipulation ii Cause Trouble Wi J PI Principals a a j jf K I f 1 By Dy STEVE SEVE Stories are ar still going Kolne the rounds moi arnon the b boxing fans rans as to just how the I LJ L g goon on boxing fiasco asco happened They si Ati ri many and diverse But here Is the real reat rea story for of the affair Just as I it happ happened ne and verified by witnesses witnesses' l ei or known to be bo facts by the writer Before tho the arrival of Ortega Jim Jhn Downing tho the promoter claimed to S 'S Sal Lake newspaper men that he w was Ortega Oreg 1250 to appear In k tile the contest while Gordon McKay wits wu to receive 25 s per C cent t o of the gross grose receipts Instead this being the tho case each of tho men wait waif waitto to receive 25 per cent conti according tp t U W lf contracts n ac DEMANDS MONEY When Ortega arrived seeing a crowd In tho the arena ho he Immediately tely d de' de J de-J m his money oney before appe appearing H was refused Ie He ite then declined to go Int Into the ring B Because the promoters promoter at ot of tha the affair had neglected to make him post er an appearance forfeit Downing offered Or i t g m 00 If It ho he would sign sIg a n receipt a ap ni paid In fulL tul Ho He did that un under er a a pro protest test that he wasn't going to fight tigh t AN AGREEMENT T. T With Wih both of ot the tho boxers dissatisfied Downing proposed that both McKay Mcay and Ortega go In and put on nn an exhibition doing a t lot Jot of stepping a little tap tapping and some fast moving to make It look a a bout This was done although th the fans rans paid to see a n real bout boul Downing according to those who heard him proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed that affair the affair bo be made a a no Ion lon bout boutS Instead of ot a decision no bout bout as advertised Ho He mado made that tha announcement from froni the ring ANDY STEPS IN When the tile fans rans stopped tho the bout jand d. d the tho boxers retired to the dresing rooms roms th they y refused to go back Into the ring ringI I It was then that A. A C. C Christensen manager of tho the Lagoon resort brought the tho sheriff herlt to tho the scene and demanded that the men mon give the fans tans a run for their money or that ho would have them arrested for tor obtaining mone money under false ale pret pretenses Gordon Gordo McKay IcKa was n reassured red th that h ha hG would receive his mone money With Wills Ith outside Influences brought to bear the contest went on as 15 scheduled except that tha Downing persisted In continuing th the affair as a decision no-decision contest Ortega won a popular decision for tor the remainder of the contest BAT LOSES OUT Ort Ortega's 1 anxiety i. i or r rather ther his his man mas managers agers ager's resulted In a loss of or 1250 to Bat B Despite the JI light hl house thero was slightly over ovel 1300 besides war tax tX McKays McKay's por ton of this amounted to while Ortega a who had hind signed a a. n receipt In full for was ns given no more Jim JIlT Im Downing was evidently at fault faul for tor mismanagement of or the affair and for pro proposing posing or agreeing to the tho proposal that It U be an nn exhibition contest Yet no fault faul or 01 omission of his can excuse both boxers from breaking faith with wih the fans and nd staging such a contest despite their difficulties concerning the financial end of ot I the affair 1