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Show I BOB MOORE DEFEATED BY ! AL YOUNG IN A BATTLE r WORTH GOING TO SEE It - Bob Moore, a Salt Lake lightweight, bit off more than he could chew when Iho signed up for a ten-round match with Al Young of Oklahoma. The bout was staged last night at the ar-mory ar-mory by Promoter Eddie Dallas, along with two four-round affaire, and 'Young was handed the decision in the 'ninth round, with the approval of the "crowd. Moore is a classy six-round (man and held down the Oklahoma boiiennaker for that period, but Al's greater strength and bulldog fighting 'qualities proved too much for him after aft-er that point in the battle. The fight was one of great merit- There was not a moment of stalling and hard J blows were exchanged from start to Ifinish. it, The fight did not begin until after ilO o'clock and sizing up the two men in the ring, the odds went in favor of , Young. Moore, an unknown quantity locally, soon raised his stock by putting put-ting up an invincible defense and clearly out-pointing Young in the first round. In the second he opened up an old cut over the boilermakcr's left -eve and walloped him a couple of times on the left ear, but this time 'Al got past his guard and evened up things with several good punches. The third round was also even, Young being superior at in-fighting and Moore using a straight left jab to the face successfully. There was no doubt about the fourth. That went to Young, who tore after his clever opponent without giving him a chance to work his defense and landed some telling blows. The Salt Laker came back in the fifth and completely turned the tables, winning the round by a wide margin. He also took the sixth, with a fusilade of blows to Young's faco and head. The blows, however, didn't seem to feaze the Oklahoma fighter and he played even in the seventh, weakening Moore with body blows. The eighth was a repetition of the fourth, with Moore unable to take Young's punches as before and just as the gong sounded, Al landed a right swing to the point of his opponent's chin that stretched him out on the mat on his face. Moore was brought to life again during the interval and, though groggy, gamely went back into the fray. With victory assurred, Young rushed for him man and had him hanging on within a few seconds. Seeing a knockout Inevitable, Dallas, who had assumed the position of ref- I ereo when the previously appointed judge failed to please the crowd, stopped the fight and gave the decision deci-sion to Young. Both boxers were loudly cheered as they climbod through the ropes, the crowd appearing appear-ing well satisfied with their exhibition.- The seml-windup bout, between Bus Boyle of Ogden and Soldier Jack Rotz of Los Angeles, ended in a draw, as both men were going strong at the finish. Rotz proved the toughest customer cus-tomer seen in the local ring this season, sea-son, taking straight punches from Boyle that would have floored an ordinary or-dinary welterweight. He put up a dandy fight against a cleverer opppo-nent opppo-nent and smilled all the way through. Boyle's work pleased the local fans from start to finish. He has made a big Improvement over last year, both in defensive work and ability to land hard blows. He far out-pointed Rotz but the hitter's willingness to come tfack made the draw decision entirely entire-ly satisfactory to the crowd. Blackie Malan and "Kid" Stone staged a two-round dancing exhibition and then punched each other a few times In the other rounds. Malan lost a draw decision when he walked out of the reach of the referee at the close of the bout. The official raised Stone's right hand and let it go at that. This did not meet the approval of the fans and the erring party went down in favor of Promoter Dallas. The fights were witnessed by a large crowd and gave general satisfaction. |