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Show FIGHT CARD SIOLEIHE STOLE STOLETHE STOLETIDE THE TIDE SHM SHOWAT SOJAT SHOW SHOWJ OFAIR OFAIRThe ( J AT FAIR FAIRThe The boxing boxmg and , wrestling vrestHng t.ard tard card t.ardstaged cardstaged . cardstaged staged the concluding concludmg evening of the thecounty thecounty thecounty county fair , was probably the most en- en enjoyed enjoyed en enjoyed - joyed featuie featwe feature of the entire celebratIon celebratIonSIX celebrationSix celebrationSix SIX fights and one wrestling match matchwere matchwere [ were ere given , andere and \ were \\ere ere \ pronounced thebest the thebest thebest best , even seen at MoaThe Moab The crowdwhich cro\\d cro d crowd crodwhich crowdwhich ' \ which packed the W WOW 0 W hall tocapacity to tocapacIty tocapacity capacIty , yelled itself i it < Seif e1f hoarse duringthe during duringthe duringthe the progiess progress prOgl ess of the card which fur furnished fur- fur furnished furnished - nished enough excitement to last thespectators the thespectators thespectators spectators for many a day dayThe dayThe dayThe The main boxing bo'Cing boCing ' event was between betweenSergeant betweenSergeant betweenSergeant Sergeant John Young of the Warner WamerG WarnerC C C C camp and Jack West of Den- Den Dener Denser Den Denser - \ ser er , both weighing weighmg around 160 POUI"esThe pourdsThe pourds POUI"e\s POUI"e POUIe s pourdsThe " \ The fight went four rounds of the thescheduled thescheduled thescheduled scheduled eight rounds , and wa was ' ) con- con conceded conceded con conceded - ceded to West at the end of the thefourth thefourth thefourth fourth In the first two rounds roundsthe , the sergeant was the aggressciand a g g res r e s s SOl SOland o r rand and dro\e dro e droe drote dro\ dro \ e his opponent through theropes the theropes theropes ropes two times West , dazed by aslashing a aslashIng aslashing slashIng clout to the head , had diffi dlffi- dlffi diffi- difficulty dlfficult difficulty - culty cult- cult cultm ) - in m staying on his feet In III thethird the thethird thethird third round , however , he improved , .md md and andIn . andin .mdIn In the fourth his superior supenor cordltion condition conditioncommenced cordltioncommenced corditioncommenced commenced to show up He cut loosewith loose loosewIth loosewith wIth a severe attack 10 to o the fac facs face and andbodY andbody andbody bodY , and the sergeant went down for fora fora fora a count of nine just lust before the bell bellended bellended bellended ended the round Both men were wereclean wereclean wereclean clean fighters and displayed much muchfIstiC muchfistic muchfistic fIstiC ability abIl1ty West , however , was infar in infar infar far better physical condition conditionIn conditionIn In a finish flmsh wrestling wresthng bout . , JackOHara Jack Jacko o 0 Harn Hara of Salt Lake took tool . Otto Larsenof Larsen Larsenof Larsenof of Rifle RUle Colo . , for two falls out ofthree of ofthree ofthree three The first fall was gained byOHara by byOHara OHara 0 Hara in four fOlIr minutes witn a short shortscissors shortscissors shortscissors scissors hold Larsen then took 0 Hara Harato Harato Harato to the mat in a spirited come-back come back comebackaftel comebackafter come-backaftei come backaftei - aftel after five minutes mmutes of tusseling tussellng tusselfng , , buL but butmet buLmet butmet met his Waterloohen Waterloo \ ' when \\hen hen 'alien alien \ 0 OHara Ham Hara suc- suc succeeded succeeded suc succeeded buLI - I ceeded in ' 'an an ' Ulplaming 'auplamiilg auplamiilg : : plaining ' ' liirn him three threetImes threetimes threetimes tImes in rapid successionAsa successionAsa succession successionAsa Asa Turner Tumer successionJ of Moab won a four-round four round four- four fourround fourround - J round fight from Jeff Lass of River-ton River ton River- River Riverton Riverton - ton , Wyoming Wyommg This bout , a semi-final semi final semi- semi semifinal semifinal - final attraction between 136-pounderswas 136 pounderswas 136-poUl1ders 136 poUl1ders 136-pounders pounders - , was good from start to finish Turnerdeserved Turner Turnerdeserved Turnerdeserved deserved the decision declSlon , but Lass stageda staged a comeback in the fourth round that thatwade thatmade thatmade wade made the fight interesting intcrestmg intcrestmgGlen intcrestmgGlen interestingGlen Glen Holyoak , Moab , and Dean DeanThompcon DeanThompson DeanThompson Thompcon Thompson ; , Blanding , stole the show showwith showwith showwith with a three-round three round - ) slugfest that had hadthe hadthe hadthe the crowd on its feet from start to tofinish tofinish tofinish finish Holyoak , who rushed his op- op opponent opwithna op opponent - withna ponent boombardment boombardmenteof throughout the eof eofhgloves three hgloves rounds roundswith roundswith was wasawarded with a bombardment of gloves , wasawarded was wasawarded awarded the . decision Both boys aregame are aregame aregame game to the core and were \ ere given agreat a agreat agreat great hand by the crowd crowdCollin crowdCoUIn crowdCollin Collin CoUIn Loveridge Loverkdge and Earl Shaferboth Shafer , both of Moab , opened the card with a athreeround athreeround athree-round athree round three-round three round - tight fight , which showed some someclever someclever someclever clever bo boxing booing 1n ' < and foot work 'aork aork \ ' ork They Theywere Theywere Theywere were followe followed by Jack Dix and Ernest ErnestDemhe ErnestDemke ErnestDemke Demhe Demke , both of Salt Lake , who 'a a \ ' wereout ere ore ereout oreout out for blood and who fought toe to totoe totoe totoe toe , , ' with vIth 'aith aith honois honOts honors fairly even Dix was wasgiven wasgiven wasgiven g-iven g iven given - the decision by a slim sUm margin marginOne marginOne marginOne One of the very best bouts of the eve evening eve- eve evening evening - ning was between E Lyman Blandingboy Blanding Blandingboy Blandingboy boy , and md Rex Eiton Elton , Salt Lake , both125-pounders both125 pounders both both125pounders both125pounders 125-pounders 125 pounders - Lyman pioved ploved proved that heis he heis heis is one of the fastest ! ast st and ! cleverest boysin boys boysin boysin in this section The fight was evenlymatched evenly evenlymatched evenlymatched matched until untll the final fmal canto , when whenElton whenElton whenEiton Elton came in contact with a light- light lightninglike lightninglike llght-ning-IIke llght ning IIke - ning-like ning like - jab delivered by the Blanding Blandingboy Blandingboy Blandingboy boy He lIe , went \ ent down for the count |