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Show I STATE AMATEURS MEET IN SALT LAKE The second set of preliminaries In the state amateur tournament were held last night In the Salt Lake Y M C A The siort was mam-d by the collapse of the bleachers and the In Jury of several spectators om" of the bouts wgro cxcellen' i The final event, however, was little i short of a fiasco, the giant Mabbott, whose tremendous size had frightened many good heavyweights from enter Ing the tournament, was knocked nn r-onsclouB In the first round bj an unknown Hght-heaV) nnrii Fred Pe-' Inch The sleep producing punch ral delivered before Mabbott had got on his feet. He had fallen parll on account ac-count of his opponents blows unci partly by his Inability to retain balance bal-ance of so great a frame It wan the j old story of the bigger they are the 'harder they fall, but the officials re-1 fused to allow the referee's decision In Felach s favor, as he had struck before his adcrsar had risen from his knee. George Robinson, hetter known to local nporfiug circles as "Kid ' I Ian-nan, Ian-nan, who has been aiding Jack Uow-in Uow-in handling the giant, took excep-: excep-: lion to Felach s foul punch, wbion 1 Was undoubtedly delivered under excitement ex-citement and without Intention of fouling The Kid' Jumped to the mat and wanted to mix with the announced announc-ed victor Felach, nothing loth, was willing to battle, and the ring was Crowded with excited trainers, but pence was made Director O B Qlng- rich announced that the decision was disallowed and that the men would nmet again either tonight or Monday night, as the tournament may j require till the latter date for com pletion |