Show si fA GORDON GORDON VICTOR R IN N BATTLE BATiLE T WITH A WAS WA WASHAKIE A HAIIE f airy lairry ty Johnson Shows Class Cias in inv v W TV 1 1 1 Thrilling farming 1 Victory Over Soldier 11 Plen Plentiful in 1 Manhattan Clubs Club's Offering V r B By STEVE i a tr ster l 1 the r I afro Slipping in warrior from rA I A longer a candidate for the c l the Rocky y mountain lIght lIght- r j f lit championship This was f I irm y yand and none too gently Imi Im- Im i r sassed upon him last night when 1 1 dropped a six six round round decision to toI I kie Gordon o ot of Murray in the l ot of the Manhattan clUb I outs bouts outs at the Hippodrome theatre H f Kickapoo ic w was s the walloping warrior war war- jor or of ot old but his walloping was I ineffective when it failed to find i J. J stopping place upon the carcass of Gordon At the same time Gordon punched Kickapoo so frequently and with such gusto that he has had c r. r little HUle trouble in capturing the ae- ae l 7 Gordon Gordon was fighting his first battle in Salt Lake for a year He lIe I If f I has been doing his fighting on the thes s r J Pacific coast The fans noted considerable con con- improvement In the boy since sl ce his departure He Ile doesn't hop and skip about the ring as much as previously gets set for p punches riches now hits harder but still seems a bit unsteady on his feet He lIe falls down as frequently as of ot old he could overcome tangling up k feet Gordon might go 0 far f r l liThe The Gordon KIckapoo-Gordon affair Opened ned up fast Gordon surprised r the rth the fans immediately by getting set o Kickapoo's plunges Instead 1 or J i slopping skipping or hopping away from V cc t u t eni m m As the Indian charged he bounced him back with a along ai along i long straight left or clicked him in inthe the toe midsection or on the chin with terrific right The he constant plunging of ot the Ind In In- d dlan an however began to weaken Gordon a as a the fight progressed and he Ke decided t to dance out of the wayA way ASS 4 A a result he had the Indian look look- looking ing bad missing by inches in every exchange Although the headliner went out outS S ir 11 regulation order there were sur sur- poises galore in the preliminaries Win n the a round four-round bout Young Larry Johnson col- col Sol Sol- ofed giant of ot San Diego D go lived up t advance notices and still surprised sur sur- ed the fans tans b by outclassing outs out- out v s boxing and Frank Cedarholm Ce Ce- the slugging soldier from 3 Ft t. t Douglas and knocking him out in ip less than a a. round j Ceda Cedarholm holm whose career here was meteoric ha having won every start by a knockout opened up with s. s Crushing rushing attack upon the colored Doy boy Johnson proved d that he was boxer Doxer as well welt as battler wh when nr he easily the soldier and anda a aJ the same time socked Cedarholm repeatedly w with th a great right and fair left lett The end came towards wards the end of ot the first round r f then ihen when a terrific right caught Cedar- Cedar k 11 olm Im flush on the chin Johnson ryas was easily the star and sensation of ot the evening I Another shocking surprise came i f when wed S Sandy OConnor O'Connor after hav hay 1 ting already won two decisions over overTake q rr Jake Take Garfinkle fell victim to a knockout from the sturdy fist of 4 1 the the same lad Garfinkle showed surprising 1 Improvement in style and andt t form in the bout Confidently O OConnor Connor started the attack In the Bout and was beaten to the punch time lime and again by Garfinkle In furious milling at the h halfway point in the first round Garfinkle let go a right that sent OConnor out for a long rest An awkward but willing battle came in another preliminary when Bud Milan of blew up after trying to carry the fight to General Custer and fell tell victim before the hard hitting rushing rush rush- rushIng Ing type of ot battle that the fat little Indian put up Curley Maguire of ot Ogden had little trouble In winning vinning from Billy Lane of Ft Douglas in another pre pre- Maguire a good puncher hit Lane with everything he had for tor two rounds when Lane finally gave up the ghost Art Storms Storm won a decision from Jimmy Kemp in the round four-round curtain raiser |