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Show JMI JOB ID WILLIE BUM I : ABE FAST .. Ir Hi I'j.; Ijj I Three of the fastest boxing bouts 111 I - mat have yet been staged in tb.e,cjty K.m wre pulled off at the Elite Athletic lH ; - club arena last night, the boxers prov- ing so -fujl of fight that the fans did H ' " not seem to greatly miss a fourth Em ' bcheduled battle that had to be can-In can-In l celled on account of the non-appear- r ance of one of the contestants. Il '" r 'The man who failed to show up was Iffl ' I Jack Myers, of Salt Lake, who was HI J ; engaged for a four-round contest with II ! (Jrant Evans. A message received' by Ijj ) 9 Matchmaker Eddie Dallas of the club, III ; from Salt Lake at 8 o'clock was that I Myers left that city about an hour j K earlier in an automobile for Ogden. IP ! - He failed to appear ;it the club, how-Ill how-Ill l r ever, and as no other bo,er present In , was In condition to meet Evans, the Ell i bout was cancelled. The fans, accord-In accord-In Jng to comment last night, are still In ! anxious to see Myers and Evans mix IH ' as they are considered evenjy inatch- J ed in physlQue and skill. IB i To even up in a measure for the II I -pmission of the semiwindup bout, IB j Matchmaker Dallas persuaded J3us - Bpyle oi Ogden and Jimmio ayQs pf If Iansas City tp continue thejr four-IB; four-IB; , ropnd bout for two extra rounds, i These 142 pounders, who fought i i four-round draw last week, were In Ii ! fine conditio and neither was able f j to shade the other Jn the slx-rouud II mm, K,eferce pert Jierrlck making a H popular decision when he called the a hout a draw. J3pyle and Ifayes fight l from the tap of the gong, both being II able to give and take a lot of punlsh-IH punlsh-IH wont, and their battles make a big III Jlit TJUl the tans- mmm Te neadIlm3r wa a six-round bout IH between Jlmmje Joljns of Ogden and M Wlllte Byrne of Oakland and this IH event kept the fans on their toes from I Ml start to finish. Johns was again the IH favorile and did most of the leading, HI hut failed to slow Byrne up to a sufficient extent in the six rounds to win a decision. Both were going strong at the finish and the draw decision de-cision of Referee Herrick, though not popular, was well made, In the first two rounds, the points were about .even, Byrne proving a good judge of distance, but lacking strength to worry' wor-ry' The Ogden fighter with his be3t punches On the other hand, Johns drew blood with several hard wallops to Byrne's face. The local man forced forc-ed the fighting at a faster pace in the next two rounds, with the California youth putting up a surprisingly good defense In the fifth round, the two fighters went at each other hammer and tougs, with the fans yelling encouragement en-couragement to both. The closing r)und saw Byrne take a lot of punishment punish-ment In an attempt to even up the score with his opponent and this willingness; wil-lingness; to fight, together with his remaining strong despite the punishment punish-ment delivered by Johns, won him a draw. Johns and Byrne put a professional touch to their work that makes their bputs well worth seeing by lovers of skill in fistic encounters. The curtain raiser was a four-round match between Bud Anderson of Portland Port-land and Jack Ryan of Ogden. Ryan did most of the leading, but the more telling blows were delivered by the Portland boy. The latter, who appeared ap-peared overtrained, was not as strong as his opponent ?t the finish, and a I draw decision caused the friends of Ryan to howl their disapproval. |
