Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-03 | Page 11 | 20-Round Bout Features Fight Show at Reno

Round 20 Bout Features Fight Show at Reno Salt Lake Boy Meets Dederman Adams Adams- Willes Headliners RENO Nev July 3 Twenty 3 round boxing is a memory lemOry in most states but here in Reno Heno a twenty- twenty round battle of ot near-championship near proportions is arranged for the J Fourth of July on the biggest card to be held in Nevada since the Jef Jet Johnson inca fight The west's old battle between the cattlemen and nd the settler comes to the arena Inthis in inthis this his epic too for the contestants contestants contestants con con- are Cowboy Jack Willis terrific Texas Texas' slugger and Farmer Farmer Farm Farm er en Tod Adams whose mighty fists to date have won him thirty-one thirty out of at his thirty-six thirty fights and eleven of ot these by knockouts The I. I fight tight is attracting wide interest It Is a card of at four forty rounds of ot boxing Even the e preliminaries preliminaries' feature men i rated fated ted as headliners in San Francisco Los Angeles and theother theother the theother other big arenas renas of ot of the Pacific coast V Sailor Billy Vincent nt middle west champion of the navy and one of the boys who is lever clever as well as asa asa asa a game gama hitter meets Billy Atkinson Atkinson Atkin Atkin- son son of Los Angeles in the eight eight- round Georgia Lee In inthe the the special event eventis is a boy who has fought the best bestIn bestIn bestIn In the country including Sidney White Billy LeFlore Dynamite Murphy and Pancho V Villa lla when the latter later was worlds world's champion He lost to Murphy and Villa after sensational sen sen- battles Jess of ot Salt Lake whose only appearance here was wasa wasa a round one-round knockout of ot Ray Mc- Mc Peck is matched with Harry Dederman De De- De- De derman The former Is rated Intermountain intermountain intermountain in- in light heavyweight champion Phil Guerrera who came here from Sparks Spark to tackle the fight game will wll tangle with Battling Bulahan one one- of ot the toughest of ot Filipinos in the first scrap The fight will be part of ot Renos Reno's Fourth of ot July observance which In turn is one of ot th the high spots of the Transcontinental Highway exposition The battles will be held heldon heldon on the fairgrounds and the curtain curtain- raiser will start at 10 15 10 15 a a. a m m. to complete the card rd in time for tb th I fans to attend the horse races