Show 4 sa saz z r II r JASON MERRELL of the 13 drives by the outstretched hands of Scott Adams 33 of the Dinos Also in the picture is Scott Gardner 10 of the The defeated the Dinos last Thursday 34 The are in first place in the Bantam League with a 6 0 record j. j I n VJ 1 to E ld 10 j ji i t 7 n a. a t ii g RANDY HAWS right 24 Hawks dribbles the ball down the court during the first overtime battle during the past three years of Bantam League basketball action The Hawks downed the Bugs 12 to 10 in overtime Also in the picture are Greg Thompson 30 Doug Bowen 10 Alec Clark 23 and Blake Reynolds 40 SPORTS FLASHBACKS Uintah Basin boxers capture victories in in Vernal bouts People from the Uintah Basin have enjoyed beating bealing up each other for years ears and a story about a boxing contest follows as it was printed in the VerI Vernal al Express December 31 1931 UINTAH AND FUTURE FARMERS lEnS HOLD BOXING CONTEST HERE ilEnE HEREOn On Monday night at the Woodard Hall the Future Farmers of Roosevelt and the Future Farmers of Uintah met metin metin metin in a boxing contest Fifteen bouts were scheduled but only twelve were fought due to poor matching or physicians physician's request CLIFFORD CLIFFORD Caldwell was handicapped han by being fourteen pounds lighter than his opponent Bull Behunin but showed a plucky fight throughout The bout ended in a draw Howard Noel won by a knockout in the first round over Bill Anderson Lyle Anderson won by a judges judge's decision over Ward Johnson of Roosevelt No No decision was g given ven in an exhibition bout between Lavern Hatch and W W. Lawson Hatch was handicapped handicapped handicapped han han- in weight Floyd Walker won by a technical knockout in the second round over Pete Anderson of Roosevelt Clyde Hall won by a judges judge's decision over Fred Durfee Clegg of Roosevelt the saw buzz fighter won by a decision over Morgan Hall After three hard fought rounds Victor Bingham lost to Page Phillips of Roosevelt This was one of the hardest fought bouts of the evening Lewis Adams showed fine form and considerable considerable considerable con con- science in one of the cleverest fights on the program program and won by decision over W W. W Redmond KI KENNETH NN Massey and Dean Peterson went to a draw in a fast and exciting bout Rex Olsen and Clyde Allred fought to a draw It appeared that Rex was weakened from a blow from Allreds Allred's head something which should be barred in amateur matches The bout between Bud Thomas and Doral Dora McConkie McConkle ended in a draw The judges were Lynn Whitlock of Roosevelt and Hugh W. W Colton of Vernal Francis Martin and Frank Swain were referees Another boxing article follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express May 7 1931 MASSEY 1 AND PALMER FIGHT DRAW IN SATURDAY NIGHT BOXING CARD CAlm HELD HERE Massey made Palmer step a lively pace l ce to earn a draw in the fastest bout of the evening at the Woodard hall Saturday night The Salt Lake boy entered the ring confident of victory but buthe buthe buthe he got the surprise of his life when he encountered the tactics of the local boxer Massey covered his body too well wen for the Salt alt Lake Lak boy to reach with telling blows Palmer finished boxer with as good a head as any of our western boys used his experience to set off Cherokees Cherokee's strength and pink of condition They met in the center of the ring at atthe atthe atthe the first gong and swapped it out for eight straight rounds at a pace that looked too fast to last but both men were in good shape and stood up well under the long grind PRESTON FLETCHER Vernal stopped Lyle Fraughton Tabiona pounds in the first stanza of their six rounder Fraughton put Fletcher to canvas with a hard right to jaw only to receive a quick left hook to the head and a right to solar in return which puts out the lights and ends the party in the first Blaine Elaine Hardy pounds Vernal took a close decision from Bill Sweeney pounds Neola in the bloodiest battle of the evening The crowd cheering wildly was keyed to a high pitch for the full six rounds This Neola boy is plenty tough and has seen lots of service and though he got off to a abad abad abad bad start in the first few rounds he made Hardy weaken fast in the last two rounds Blaine Hardy is one boy that goes in to win and it takes a past master to keep him from it Although he is not an expert boxer he throws gloves enough so that the crowd always asks to see him on the next card GENE DONALDSON suffered a very severe attack and could not continue after the first round Cliff Caldwell's attack of Genes Gene's midsection is given by doctors as the cause for the attack Tuffy Rooks and Zelph Massey started the show and both boys did themselves proud with their high class boxing It is planned to stage an all local fighters' fighters card in the near future The fight was sponsored by L L. H. H Woodard and managed by H H. H M M. Snyder Another boxing story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express July 9 1931 BOXING BOUT The headliner at the fight Friday night resulted in a draw This was between Roy Massey and Sammy George Butch Hall won from Preston Fletcher by a knockout in the second round Dee Jenkins won from Cliff Caldwell by a decision in six rounds Hill Bill Mott was defeated by Hollis Hullinger in three rounds by a knockout Jay Workman won from Weldon Richards in four rounds Tuffy Rooks and Zelph Massey went wenta a three round draw The bouts were refereed by Harold Hullinger About fans were in attendance r i 44 1 I h t d l V H Ii jf h c lt f j- j JJ i CHRIS HEATON Union right attempts to dribble away the remaining remaining re reo re- re seconds of the clock during the Uintah Union Uintah-Union Union game last week Also in the picture are Toby Gilroy left and Shawn King Uintah 12 |