Show D 1 FI Ei S TIC GOES ON CARD WEDNESDAY Pat Gilbert and Willie St. St Claire as Headline Event i l I T OCAL boxing fans who were all set setI I L LOCAL I to attend the opening show of j Hardy Irardy I K Downings Downing's winter season in the armory Monday I night ht Will have to curb their desires a few more days as Manager Downing announces that owing to the fact that the armory is ie used by the national guard for tor drilling purposes it was found necessary to take Wednesday night for his weekly boxing contests this winter and will therefore hold his opener next Wednesday night Pat Gilbert and Willie St. St Claire the fast Cast colored boy from Crom Sacramento have I been matched to meet in the six-round six headliner of or the opening show and have I been putting in some hard work in prepa- prepa pa- pa I. I Continued on following olo P page sc DOWNINGS DOWNING'S FIS I. I g Continued ed from pf preceding ceding page ration S for the match for Or the past ten days r This should furnish one of ot the best bast st opening g- g cards that Downing I has baa ever ga r booked a and with such boys as l Kid iCid l Mack 1 and Swede rJ J Johnson d 1111 in the Art Brugger r and Willie Wise e In the tho main prelim and arid such other othet boys as Sollis Lew Greenig and two pair of ot new boys borl who vho have drifted in since the closIng clos clos- Ing of ot last season it looks as though the fans are due for lor a rattling good nights night's Sport Downing is g going to considerable S ex expense ex- ex pense to make everything comfortable and and convenient for the fans and says he willae will have e a one of the niftiest little boxing boxing- arenas renas in in- inthis this part of the country by Wednesday night The ring will b be- be erected on a platform in the center of ot the building around which wilt will be three or four loin rows of t ring ding side seats scats and from there to lo either elther end of the building an inclined flooring will be built on which will be placed rows of real teal chairs lettered and numbered with Aisles down the center and either side every very seat in the house houe being reserved In order to make this possible Manager Downing o says he e has found u it necessary e n tr to eliminate his cent 50 e general n admission c sion slon seats scats and will just have the two prices for parquet and ringside which will he the same as they have been at the Manhattan club for the past eight or ten years |