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Show Sports. A couple of years ago, the man who would M have mentioned either Mike Schreck or Dave Ber- B ry as a possible champion in ti light heavy or H heavyweight zone, would have been considered H entirely daft by the public, with whom, at that n time, Jeffries and Fitz and Corbett, and possibly R Sharkey, were the popular idols, among whom it was believed that pugilistic honors in the heavyweight heavy-weight division would be monopolized for . many years to come. It all goes to show how brief is the career of the professional wallop exchanger. Of the four great fighters mentioned, three aire now safely lodged on the retired bench, arid the other has voluntarily excommunicated himself from active fisticuffs. On the present pugilistic rialto are some brand new figures, and among these it is safe to state that of tho heavier ones, none stand out more conspicuously than those of the two men who will battle for the light heavyweight championship next Monday night at the Salt Palace arena. There are several other big possibilities, and with Schreck and Barry eliminated, there is no one who apears more formidable form-idable at present that Mr. Sam Berger, an evolu- I tion of the famous Olympic club, which gave Jim-mie Jim-mie Britt and Eddie Hanlon to the fistic world. He is also the world's amateur heavyweight champion, cham-pion, and although he has not yet decided to enlist in the professional ranks, it is more than likely that the next winner of the title will eventually event-ually meet in a championship battle the California Califor-nia giant, who, by many prominent critics of fisticuffs, fisti-cuffs, is looked upon as the only present day pugilist who would be a keen contender in a contest con-test with Mr. Jeffries. But reverting to the event of Monday night, it will be about the most determined contest that was ever waged here, as the immediate future of both contestants depends upon the outcome of the approaching mill. The winner will be entitled to a matinee with either Root or Hart, and if he succeeds suc-ceeds in squelching the winner of the Reno fight, I he will hold for the time being at least the light heavy and heavyweight championship title. H It is an expression somewhat trite in pugilistic !j lore to state that the gladiators are in perfect con- I dition, but it is not necessary to resort to fiction I to say this of Schreck and Barry. There should 1 be all kinds of thrills in the exhibition, and among U local talent opinion is about equally divided re- I garding the outcome, with Schreck probably fa- I vored by a very small margin in the popular es- I timation. I I The bicycle races this year at the Salt Palace are far superior to any that have ever before been witnessed here, and a large attendance attests the public appreciation of the splendid cards provided by Manager Heagren. Lawson's phenomenal riding rid-ing is in itself a big attraction, but Samuelson is riding in such improved form this year that there is, at least the element of a contest in all of the professional events. Interest began to wane perceptibly per-ceptibly toward the end of last year, principally because of the sparcity of high-class riders, but this season there will be no chance for lack of interest on that account. Other great performers, including Kramer, are to be here in- a national championship meet in August, ard this is sufficient suffi-cient guarantee that interest in the races will be kept at a high tension during the entire season. |