Show GILBERT IT WILL tILL HAVE TO JO STEP Coast Champion Makes Many Friends in His Local Workouts O IY Il OBRIEN O'BRIEN I lightweight chamI cham cham- T TOMMY I pion of the Pacific coast who meets 1 Pat lat Gilbert in the six-round six feature I event ent of Hardy J K Ie Downings Downing's all aU allstar allstar star star- boxing show how In ln the armory arena Wednesday night Is making a decided hit In his workouts and will 11 probably be bea bea a a. top heavy favorite over the local bo boy when they step through the ropes to bat tie for tor the championship of the West Although OBrien O'Brien Is just lust a a. youngster In years he has been a a. busy battler since he adopted the tile roped arena as his pro pro- and has taken part In more than bouts In the majority of which he has been returned the winner and Incidentally Inci mci- dentally he has established a a. record of ab about forty or K O Os s Many f champions ha pj nS and near champions have I been baen en brought here to meet Gilbert but this U lit the first time that a real dyed In the tho wool champ of the Pacific coast the tIle real home of the short round battlers has ever been brought here to tangle tancle with the local stat tar It will therefore give ve the locals fans a chance to see lee for theme themI themselves themselves them them- selves Just hO how hOh the h local boys stack k up J g kt against I the e best s four o In t the country In addition to thu this big headline attraction attraction tion Manager Downing has booked a a. special special special cial event between Jack Gunboat Smith a Los Angeles heavyweight and Jack Rose formerly of Denver but more I recently of the Northwest where he has been beating all aU the big fellows This will be the first time since the tile days of Jack Dempsey that the local fans tans have had an opportunity of ot seeing two real big fellows In action and they will no doubt appreciate this pair pall of huskies The will wili bring together a popular and promising pair of local youngsters In whom the fans are keenly Interested Jay Interested Jay Solomon and Fighting George Sollia Frankie Frankle Smithers the popular west side will also be back In the lineup lineup lineup line line- up this week and will 1111 meet a good boy In Jack Vince of Los Angeles who If is lion on his way East with Tommy OBrien O'Brien and who acts as sparring partner for the latter The rest of the card will bring out a couple of willing youngsters In Red fled Briggs vs Pat Haley and Jack Jacl Bers of Ma Magna Magno a. a vs Bert Wilson |