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Show Sports Here and There by Al Ablett . This is my last report on the Layne-Baker fight and on the ' basis of what I have seen I would say that the fan that misses this oho will be passing up one of the best heavyweight scraps of the year. Everyone was disappointed in the showing of Baker in his first few workouts because he was so easy to hit, well so is Layne, that :, is the kind that makes a good ; fight. But all the playing around '; went out of the Baker camp on the arrival of his manager. I saw ' him today and there was no fool ishness on his part as he tore into 4 his sparring partners like a tiger. Baker has real fast hands and he can hit with either one although t I think the right carries the most f authority. True he is still easy to " hit and Layne will do well to re member that and keep on the offense all the time. Because if he tries to stay away and box he will wind up behind the eight ball. Baker just has too fast a . hands for him. Layne is in the best condition ; this writer has ever seen him in and he is punching much sharper than at any time in his career. In the past these are the two things that have held him back, s He would throw one punch and he would have to take two to do i that and along about the fifth or sixth round he would run out of gas. This time I think it will be different as far as condition is concerned anyway. i I am going to go out and pick a winner in this one. I think that it will be Baker in a very close scrap. Both men are gunning for a KO so don't be surprised, but if it happens it will be because one man just happened to find the mark, it won't be because it is a mis-match. It is too bad that this fight had to be held while the community ! is in the midst of a strike in the copper industry because a great i many of the fans will think that I they can't afford to pay the price. I know that is of grave concern to the West Jordan promotors. The ticket sale has picked up in i the last few days and they are ' expecting about 8000 to see the ) second of these summer promo tions. 5 Jack McCarthy tells me he has the Savage-Holly Minis fight in the sack and it will be held at 4 Derks Field sometime in August. ! If it comes off this will be an-I an-I other good one for the Utah fans, i j Well the National league won 5 the All Star game in a fashion befitting this great classic. They f came back from a five run de- I licit in the 7th and 8th innings and then the one and only Stan ? (The Man) Musial took things f into his own hand3 and parked J one of Sullivans pet pitches high I in the right field stands in the I last of the 12th to take it for his National league teammates. All f I can say is that it couldn't have I happened to a nicer fellow. That is as it should be because over the years since he has been a star i in the National league he has f been a credit to the game while I playing and a gentleman of the S field in every sense of the word, i ! While you are at it chalk up another one for Leo the Lip in i this one as well, he handled his s team like the manager he is, I getting everything out of them I that he had at his command, j Can't say as much for his oppon- - ent. |