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Show ISalt Lake City lovers of boxing arc " promised boxing shows in the very near future in which the contestants in the main bouts will be men of national na-tional reputation. The first one of these contests will take place on New .YearA . afternoon,. .beUyc.cn Rube .Smithy 5MD.'en.vjer Cjajora'dp." and ,' Cjh'aJr'lV Williams "of. RP,clSpting8, W:,6minc T.hcse boys bnye agreed to box twenty rounds straight Marquis Mar-quis of Queensberry, and they will weigh in at 150 pounds at 12 o'clock, noon, the day of the bout. Mr. Painter, Paint-er, of Evanston, Wyoming, will referee ref-eree the contest. They have decided to cut the money, mon-ey, seventy-five percent to the winner win-ner and twenty-five percent to the loser. Williams has been training at the fire department in Ogdcn; Smith has been working out at the gymnasium gymnas-ium at Fort Douglas. Manager Fred L. Wood says that he can scat fourthousand people in the arena at Lagoon, which is built inside of the large dancing pavilion. The building will be well heated and lighted, light-ed, and everything done for the comfort com-fort of the fans. For the past two years the lid has been on in Salt Lake, and boxing fans of this city were forced to go to Ogdcn for their sport. The winner of this contest will be matched with Frank Mantel at an early date. |