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Show Sports Here and There by Al Ablett It looked like a boy trying to do a iman's job in the West Jordan Jor-dan TV fights. The man dn this case was Joe Miceli and the boy was Jay Fullmer. Of course Jay is just a boy, in the fight game, as this was his 14tih fight as a pro. ilf about ten of the others can be called fights. He was -pitted this time against a veteran veter-an with 95 'bouts under bis belt, and 5 df these were against world champions. I have been asked why did the TV people take 'this one. WoM the I.B.C. is looking for new faces, and of course Jay is a new face that already al-ready carries a well known name. I am sure his handlers thought he could win, or they would have picked someone else. On the other hand if they were looking for another show at West Jordan, this was one way to get it, and a chance for Gene, the older brother, to get some action. ac-tion. IMiceli has already issued the challenge, so don't be surprised sur-prised if this match isn't made for sometime in July. The gimmick gim-mick is already there, the older brother avenging the 3rd round K.O. The substitute fight between Dixon and Clark had plenty of punches, not many landing, but those that did had authority. Dixon didn't look very good going go-ing down, should have practiced more. Wasn't much of a show for West Jordan to sell itself, and i why keep kidding the public a-bout a-bout the West Jordan Boxing Commission. There just isn't any such thing. The other major sports attraction attrac-tion 'in our state, the Salt Lake Bees, are doing a pretty fair job with the tools they have. Whenever When-ever they get good pitching they win. Mr. Rickey Jr. has 'been here so be knows what they need. I am sure he knows that to draw in a new town they must do just that. Eddie Leish-man, Leish-man, the popular Bees general manager, is up and at the ball park again, so you can bet your bottom dollar that Eddie will (be after .Pittsburgh for help in the spvts that are weak. Besides pitching they could use more help at the plate in their infield. With iBarone at Short end Melen-dez Melen-dez at second not hitting there weight they are giving the opposition op-position a whole inning. Barone, Melendez and the pitcher, up to now at least three sure cuts. You just can't do this and win. They have been drawing well, but I am betting they wiCl do better when everything is in ship shape at the park, and with a roof on it, it would be Katy Bar the Gate. Al - |