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Show oo ! UTAH BOXER DRAWS j WITH COAST KING Salt Lake, Jan 12. Young Gilbert I the "Fighting Boilermaker" and lo- cal lightweight premier, put up the I best performance of his career at the weekly boxing show of the Manhat-I Manhat-I tan club last night, earning a draw I with Saliy Salvador, the admitted king of the four-rounders on the Pacific coast. Gilbert trained hard for this I bout and entered the ring In perfect I condition He also showed an im-I im-I provement in cleverness, using his I left hand to good effect. And he needed all he had in stock The Pacific Pa-cific coast hoy is far-t, strong and a flpvrr two-handed fighter. He landed land-ed oftem-r than the local boy. but Gilbert's punches wei'e decidedly harder The bout was one of the best ever presented before local boxing box-ing fans. A capacity house testified to the appreciation of the supporters of boxing box-ing of the excellent, card arranged by Manager Hardy K. Downing Five rattling good bouts in addition to i he star attraction, with a battle royal among five negro boxers, made up one of the best offerings of the season. sea-son. Three of the bouts were for amateurs, it being the regular amateur night" of the Manhattan club. In the semi-windup Lonnie Tucker and Ray Jackson were brought together to-gether and the fans saw more real fighting in this round than is seen in many championship battles Tucker Tuck-er opened up a big lead when he clipped Jackson on the point of the jaw in the second round and sent him down for the count of seven The third round was also Tucker's by a good margin, hut in the final Jackson got his right uppermit In action and had Tucker in difficulties Referee Downing decided the bout a draw to the entire satisfaction of the fans The veteran Jack Downey and the Mexican boxer Young Herrera entertained enter-tained the crowd for four Interesting rounds and the referee's verdict was a draw Herrera fought with caution ! In the first two rounds and Downey accumulated a lead on points, hut in the two remaining rounds the foreigner for-eigner opened up and evened up the advantage of his heavier opponent. Downey made his usual clever showing, show-ing, while the tough Mexican showed that he has Improved from the time he fought Downey some weeks ago. |