| Show r ME THREE K OS O'S III IN FIGHT BOUTS Throng Of or Enthusiastic tic Fight Fans Witness ss Three outs Knock In Swift Succession Seats Col Collapse I Fight fans were unanimous in I r f declaring the bouts staged last Saturday night in the Duchesne I r- r r. r Athletic stadium as the best ever f f. f in the professional or the amateur class for m many ny a day 1 f t The event attracted fans from every nook and corner of the county many coming as far as thirty five miles to witness these r. r I fights fights and and what fights The prec preliminaries pre pre- f c were good throughout many fans declaring that if the big shots were as good in proc proportion proportion pro pro- c portion that satisfaction would be paramount t The opening event was a free- free for-all for between Tom Alplanalp Ray y Moulton Melvin White and and Edward Hadden and Hadden-and and did these j these boys mix It You tell em Marlow Woodward and George Averett supplied an exciting two- two roun round exhibition which was follow followed ed by a splendid demonstration of fighting between Ivan Hadden and Jack tack Fitzwater This in turn was followed by a dandy little I battle hattle between Billy and andLen Len Peterson I r. r The events gradually became V more and more exciting as the I b fights progressed An exceptionally exception exception- I ally pleasing preliminary was that between Howard Stewart and H H Humphrey Gilb Gilbert It i rt though lacking the punch w wa very clever in keeping clear of the making hay punches of the ther r heavier opponent Both of these boys will be able to take care of I themselves in any match I j I The first major c. c cne c when hen Dick Muir of Fruitland k k Ic oed Elmer White in the V first round of a round four-round go V with a short left punch to the chin near the end of the first round White had carried the fight to toV V Muir all through the round who I V V seemed to be tl tiring ing when the surprising surprising sur sur- and unexpected end came Al Muir of Fruitland k Ic oed OCd Harold White just as the Ji c V gong rang at the end o of the second sec see I I ond round of their round four-round i contest This fight had been in favor tavor of White right up to the last pun punch h and only a few seconds before before be- be beI I I fore White was pounding Muir in I the the corner of the ring Muir being ST groggy Breaking from a clinch Muir lands a left that dazed White Whiter V r V V following it up with a clean right V to the jaw which land just a split split- a V second after the gong rang Bec Because Be Be- 1 c cause ause of this fact the three judges awarded the bout to Mr White i A bout None who witnessed the V V however will deny that Muir carries car car- V ries Ties plenty of dream medicine in inV V V his right when he manages to land it I. I 0 V Ray Lance forfeited his bout boutto V V to Sharkey Thomas because he had injured hiS hio hand while trainIng trainIng train- train V Ing that Saturday afternoon V Sharkey Thomas entered the i V ring and challenged the winner V of the main bout of the evening j between Glen Bates of Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du 1 V V V chesne and Arnold Robbins Robbing t. t V also of Duchesne v V This l last st even resulted in a clean knock out knock out for Robbins over V Bates at the beginning of the second second sec see V c V ond round when Bates attempted V to rush his opponent Bates met V V Robbins almost in his own corner V as the starting starling gong sounded after after af- af V ter a furious first round which I f. f was either cither mans man's round Robbins i V landed ID a wicked upper-cut upper to the V jaw of Bates as they came toV together together to- to V gether and Bates went down f fC the count During first round V Robbins showed considerable skill V V in avoiding two makers hay pas passed ed out by Bates and fans expected ex cx- I ex-I V V to see this bout go to a draw But no such luck K K os 1 seemed to be he the feature of the VV evening and so the bout ended at atthe the start of the second round Lonny Fitzwater the I bouts Earn was timekeeper time time- time time-I V keeper and Shorty Lee was in charge of the gong I V Soon after the entertainment V started the east tier of seats at I I the norh end of the stadium gave I Io o way and crashed to the loor I Fortunately no one was seriously I I Injured and this incident did not l mar the pleasure of the e evening I Boys to climb up to see ee the fight from the rear had pulled lose some of or the bracing and with the heavy weight the seats collapsed These will be re rebuilt rebuilt rebuilt re- re built and made doubly secure and the management assures all that thata a similar incident will not be rc- rc |
