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Show I jimmy lis en I DECISION OVER I "KID" CARLSON Hj After giving (lhe local boxing fans H some of the best bouts ever seen dur- H ing the past three months, Eddie Dal- B las, matchmaker and promoter, de- H elded last night that the game was a H losing proposition and announced that H he was done with it. The decision H was due to the small crowd that saw H Dallas' linal program at the Elite club, B which, considering the class of the m principals in the main event, was evl- M dence that the game could not be m made to pay. Thougli he lost con- M siderable money, the promoter staged B his program as planned with the ex- H ception that the main event, between H Jimmy Johns of Ogden and "Kid" m Carson of Denver, was cut from a ten- m round to a six-round go. M This change was due to the boxers H themselves, as neither felt justified H in going the ten-round route for their 1 percentage of the gate receipts, which M was small. They at first decided to m only fight four rounds, but finally m agreed to make it two more and the m fight was of a type that made the fans H wish it could have gone the original M number of rounds. Johns won the M decision and the crowd appeared well M satisfied. H The program was staged under un- m usually bad conditions, numerous fl counter attractions and the weather H conspiring against a good attendance H and at the beginning of the second H bout, the light went out and the club H was in darkness for nearly a half M hour. During this period, a quartet of H sports formed a nucleus of an im- M promptu singing society, which en- B tertalned the rest of the crowd with ' a widely diversified program of songs. This un programmed feature made a big hit and kept the tans In good humor hum-or until the club was lighted again. "Jack Lang" and "Young Fitzslm-mons" Fitzslm-mons" of Ogden, two willing bantamweights, bantam-weights, were the principals in thf curtain raiser and this bout proved a good appetizer. Lang was given tho decision for superior aggressiveness. The second bout was a four-act coro-pdv, coro-pdv, with "Buss" Boyle of Ogden and "Frenchy" Boyd of Salt Lake as the comedians. These welterweights art4 capable of giving and taking some hard wallops and did so to the delight of the fans Johns and Carson appeared on the mat for the main event about 10:30 o'clock, both having weighed in at 128 pounds They appeared well matched and in fine condition. Johns took the aggressive almost from the start, with Carson displaying evidence of training as a shadow boxer He kept well out of the local man's way for about two minutes, and at that point Johns put him to the mat for the one count, with a hard right to the jaw. He escaped the follow-up neatly and had recovered full strength before be-fore the round closed. In the second round, Johns again took the offensive at the start and kept It for several seconds, when Carson Car-son decided to exchange punches. A. lively mixup ensued, bringing enthusiastic en-thusiastic applause from the fans, but Johns proved superior at this game and the Denver youth finally went on the defensive again. Toward the end of the round, the Ogden fighter landed land-ed a hard right on the visitor's face and cleverly guarded his own face from a quick return. The third round opened with Johns quickly landing a hard left and right to Carson's face. He then feinted and Carson fell for the trick, running Into a hard right as he came back. This; Johns repeated and a couple of seconds sec-onds afterward, the fans were set howling again by a fast Interchange of blows, which Carson started with a hard wallop to Jimmy's ribs. Following Fol-lowing this exchange, the boys sparred spar-red for a few seconds and then went into another mlxup, Carson proving ma gaiiieiiess uy uuuug uie cnajice. As the round closed, Johns landed a hard right swing to the Denverlte's jaw. With the opening of the fourth round, Carson appeared to grow stronger and the next two rounds were more even. Johns, however, did most of the leading and displayed superior su-perior strength in several interesting mixups. The sixth round opened with both fighters strong. From the tap of the gong, Johns went after his man hammer and tongs, with the latter gamely taking the punches and getting get-ting in a few 'on his own account He managed to land a good right punch to Johns nose, drawing tho claret, and did his best to outbox the local man. Johns was there, however, and returned return-ed the blows faster than they came and with more force. Whon the gong sounded, Johns hand was raised by Promoter Dallas, who refereed the three bouts, in token of victory, the decision being received with enthusiastic approval. For the bout last night, Johns appeared ap-peared to be in a condition that would have taken him over the twenty-round route and Carson was given credit for ability to take hard punishment without appreciably slowing up. no . |