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Show Rex Layne to Meet lohn Pretzie In 10-Rround Bout Here April 12 S "v. Rex Layne to ( ) In 10-Rround 1 Ij,... i t S t:. .. .. ; -? " I " f.A,.-. m :.M,tv..Y-w--1y- -iiiiin rvr""'"Tii -"M( 1 REX LAYNE Perhaps the most important boxing bout ever to be staged in Cedar City has been scheduled sched-uled for April 12, when Rax Layne, sensational Utah heavyweight heavy-weight .will appear here against a very worthy opponent. The bout will be staged at the Branch Agricultural college Memorial fieldhouse under the sponsorship of the college athletic department,, depart-ment,, announces Coach Geo Petty, Pet-ty, B A C physical education director. Layne, who has a victory over the world's heavyweight champion, cham-pion, Jersey Joe Walcott, to his credit, and who has been rated as Utah's most promising heavyweight heavy-weight since the days of Jack Dempsey, will appear here in a 10-round bout against John Pretzie Pret-zie of Boston. Pretzie has fought Rocky Marciano, rated as the man most likely to succeed Walcott Wal-cott on the heavyweight throne, and made a very commendable showing against him. This proves the calibre of Layne's opponent op-ponent for the . bout in. Cedar City, and assures the fans that the bout will be a tough one for Layne, and not just an exhibition. exhibi-tion. Layne, who is in the midst of a comeback campaign In - the hopes of getting back into the heavyweight championship picture, pic-ture, will go all out for a knockout knock-out victory in his Cedar City bout, because a clear-cut victory in this bout is very important to his future plans. The bout will be for 10 rounds, and will follow a top-notch program pro-gram of excellent bouts that should make the Cedar City show the best boxing card ever staged here. One of the preliminary bouts, a six-round go between Kent Hoyt, top Cedar City battler, and Smith Bushhead, tough Indian scrapper from Arizona, ordinarily would be classed as a headliner anywhere but in the major rings of the state. This bout alone normally attract a major crowd of southern Utah fans. Another six round bout that promises plenty of action will pit Buddy Sloan of Salt Lake City, one of the better fighters of northern Utah, against Cal Gubler of Hurricane, who has become be-come one of the most popular battlers of this part of the state. Coach Petty states that three good four-round bouts will round out the card. . Tickets for the bouts are on sale at the Thornton Drug store and at the Branch Agricultural college, |
