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Show Sporting Life. , It was rather gloom-inspiring to witness the wreck of the pride of Mammoth, after his loud and gleeful predictions of how easily he would dispose of the shifty Clifford. The untrained local was not at all dangerous after the first two rounds, when all the ginger had faded out of his poundage weapon, which Is a fairly formidable one when the owner is in some kind of prize ring form. At that, he ha3 so much to learn about the game that the story would fill an encyclopedia, although his performance gave some margin for the belief that he will develop into a chastener of some ability with competent training. The surprise of the recent bout to local sports was the extraordinary improvement shown by Clifford since he was last seen here In his mill with the late Jack Wade. He has developed a startlingly swift straight left and is a GO per cent better boxer than when he ambled into Salt Lake in the wake of Wade a couple of years ago. Clifford Clif-ford has had an opportunity to pick up some valuable val-uable ring tactics as a result of his bouts with Hererra and Kid Fredericks, both of whom mado him color blind from the count. He did not show much disposition to tarry long in the mix-ups mix-ups with Markham, but he was perfectly at home during the engagement, and was alert from the start for an unobstructed path to the solar plexus. plex-us. When the path was finally clear, all the feathers were plucked from the ,hat of Mammoth's pride. Clifford in his present form should be able to make a swift showing against some of the hefty lightweights, and local patrons would like to see him matched here with a speedy antagonist an-tagonist equipped with a reputation. i2fc w Ex-Pugilist Christie furnished something In i the spectacular line by appearing at the ringside stripped to the waist. Such exposure is devilishly reckless on these chill nights, and people who did not know what a ruged ex-fighter Mr. Christie , really is felt considerable anxiety. ' t,5 7V t5 Hererra was unable, according to the dispatches, dis-patches, to go on with Yanger on account of sick- |