Show SOLOMON AND A Am FI GUT EXCITING DRAW AW EAST AND WEST PREPARE FOR ANNUAL GRID CLASSIC i I I DEMUN I II AlMU ALMOST T BEATS BEAT VETERAN Midget Smith Gains Verdict Over Cyclone Eddie Kelly THE RESULTS Gutke Duke Day first Hicks-Buckley Hicks draw Burns Chino draw Munson second Smith decisions Kelly six rounds round Solomon Blair draw six rounds By Steve With a a. card that on paper looked like only an ordinary knuckle bee Hardy I Downing promoter o of the Manhattan I club bouts at the Hippodrome theatre last night nigh t surprised even the regulars at the club and showed them the greatest great- great greatest est mi little e slugfest f for r a couple o of months There ume wasn wasn't t a great deal o of class on the if bill v but nob nobOdy dy cares about the class when there Is ls a whole lot o of mixing mixing- and the fans ans got pot their fill Ill of that before the evening was over FANS ARE APE PLEASED With a double headline bill the fans tans to took It like a flapper to gasoline and they went away ta talking t to themselves The Theof six round Ua bu bout between Kid Blair o of Richmond 02 and Jay Sol Solomon m n of ot Salt Lake w was as the feature Datura o of the card An An- Another other 8 six rounder between Cyclone Eddie Kelly ot of Ogden an and l Midget Smith of ot ofas ofT Midvale was as rather slow Blow owing T probably ably to Kellys Kelly's s lack o of condition but it KI developed enough action to keep from being booed 0 off th the boards SOLOMON CRAFTY Craftiness and ring knowledge Jay saved from Solomon the tough little west sider alder serious damage In the final bout of ot tion the evening Even Kid Bairs Bair's amft- amft and terrific swinging couldn't turn the trick although he put Solomon down for the count of ot eight in the fourth round Bair Ball was willing and carried the fight to o Solomon J every time he got a chance Whenever he hit Jay was hurt However however How How- ever the superior generalship of ot the local boy kept him from getting hit often and that together with his continual Jabbing of ot Bair the visitor earned him a good draw I I of ot took the fourth round In which one his wild swings connected and sent Solomon down and Solomon took the sixth round by a big margin All of the rest were practically even Bair Ball to continue continuo climbing must do a great deal of ot work Judging distance and placing his blows He has the makings I of a pretty good fighter but m to punch punch- ing hes he's wild KELLY ELLY OFF FORM Cyclone Eddie I Kelly Ily of ot Ogden was off oft form torm In n his bout with Midget 1 Smith of ot Midvale l and made a poor showing Only his grit kept him In the fight tight at all He was wap ble to hit the Midvale 1 boy and sec see table able even to get his hands up to himself Kelly has been seen hei he I and as he fought his won worb years rears last night there Is s no doubt but that It can be laid only to lack of condition Smith put up a pretty fight tight and would have been hard to beat no matter what condition Kell Kelly was in In the first round which was very slow I Kelly held his own but he lost all I I of ot the following five rounds Smith Just danced In in planted one and danced out I again Kelly was helpless The Midvale boy took the second third fourth and fifth by a wide margin and nearly the j I fight Ight by a knockout In the sixth when I Kelly was too weak to stand up straight Kelly was knocked down twice in the round once for the count of ot nine I MUNSON RETALIATE RETALIATED I Jimmy Munson of ot Salt Lake returned I the compliment to Jack of ot Ogden OgI Ogden Og- Og I den In the main preliminary once knocked out Munson in the second round of or a round four-round bout and bout and Munson did that last night After having the fight already won once Jimmy had to knock the Ogden lad out twice through his own lack of ot control With the going goIng go- go go go- ing even until the second round Munson Munson Mun Mun- son pon got through one that caused Sned- Sned den to drop his guard and then peppered peppered peppered pep pep- him until he went down His Ills failure failure fail tall ure uro to retire to the ropes until almost carried Parried there by Referee Downing lost him at least five valuable seconds and I was able to came back again aln Munson then sent in the finishing blows Eddie Burns of Ogden and Jack Chido I I I I I I of ot Salt Lake fought to a a. thrilling four four- round draw Chida had everything on Burns in the first two rounds and It was almost certain that the Ogden boy would lose by the kayo route He lie had gameness however and that won him the draw He stuck along until he tired Chido and then went in and won his way back to even terms CHIDO BACKS UP Chido didn't make malie any great hit with the fans although he has the makings of ot a pretty good fighter if It he would use them In his last two times out Jack has failed tailed to take the offensive He Is never ready to do his share of ot the bat bat- lie He backs away throughout the en entire entire entire en- en tire tl fight ht and scores this his points practically only when h he is cornered The aggressiveness aggressive aggressive- ness of ot his last two opponents Burns and Jimmy Martin of ot San Francisco has lIas saved his bouts from falling tailing flat Jimmy Hicks Flicks of ot Lehl Lehi and Bert Buckley of ot West Vest Jordan also staged a a. th thriller 11 although that thing known as science wasn't even in the theatre when the they bat bat- They rhey are husky lads and swing their fists like sledge hammers The They both took considerable rable belting but were able to stand It HICKS COMING Hicks looks better every time out He HeIs Heis Heis is a big likeable fellow and with his physique and a a. little science he could go a 11 long wa ways s In his bout la last night he had a stunt of ot holding and punching which Referee Downing ruled out and he had considerable trouble trying hyi to overcome the habit However he acquitted acquit acquit- ted himself in great style and found favor with the fans tans Jimmy Gutke of ot Salt Lake had an easy time with Duke Day of ot Ogden He lie knocked him out in the first round Day was outclassed |