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Show GILBERT WINS Hair-line Decision Awarded Young Gilbert in Tenth Round. SALT LAKE, April 10 The Manhattan Man-hattan club gavo its patrons one of tho best little shows of its oxistonco last night. Hardy Downing did himself proud and a packed house was there to appreclato it. From the side-splitting Frenchio Boyd-Slim Warden affair to the real serious Pat Gilbert-Chris Georgo battle nothing was lacking Young Gilbert and Chri3 George finally settled their feud of long standing stand-ing when Referee Tom Painter awarded award-ed Ihe local boilermaker a hair-line decision over the Greek at the end of the tenth round. Pat had a shade, ' but that was all. The two put on a rough ten rounds of milling, in which the tide of battle turned first to one and then to the other, with Gilbert having just a little the better of the few clean punches landed. Only those who have seen these two battlers in their previous bouts can appreciate what happens when thoy meet They swing from everywhere and all the way it is just a question of which one can stand up the longest. long-est. Two more nigged battlers never met in any ring Even the tried old veteran, Bob Fitzsimmons, marveled at their almost senseless aggressiveness. aggressive-ness. Hardy Downing had three judges, stationed around tho ringside and had taken every precaution possible to safeguard against another foul. At that, Gilbert complained of being hit low. Ho could have expected nothing noth-ing else, but it is doubtful if the Greek hit him below the belt. It looked just a little bit as if the Greek might have unintentionally brought up his knee in a clinch when Gilbert did complain. The two went the route of ten slam-bang slam-bang rounds, at any rate, and Gilbert's shade was earned. Fitz a Spectator. Bob Fitzsimmons was one of the spectators and was Introduced amid a deafening applause "Ruby Robert," who is showing at the Pantages this week, gave the fans a little talk In which he expressed himself as being overly pleased at the thought of being be-ing a resident of this great land where every man, irrespective of birthplace, is given a free and oqua' chance Bob also told the fans that he has a son, Bob, Jr., who was too busy writing his best girl to make his appearance, and who Is "fifty times more clever than Jim Corbett and that many times a bettor fighter than his dad." Jess Oren used his noodle last night and calmly outboxed the rough and ready Head. The latter tore out of his corner in the first round as if in tent upon annhilating ihe local boy with a punch. He came near doing it, but Oren stood his ground gamely and then jabbed the coast boy into submission sub-mission until the going got so rough that Head quit in the third rather refused re-fused to come back for the fourth. Refereo Downing could not see the claim of foul, any more than could those seated at the ringside, so gavo the decision to Oren. Kid Mack, Mush McCabe, also found the going in front of Kid Dutch too rough for him in the third round of a six-round mill. Mack went down under un-der a rain of punches m the second and made his stay In tho next round very brief. Mack is not very fond of the tough milling never was. It was too tough for him last night and Dutch won all the way. Slim Warden and Frenchie Boyd put on a scream in the curtain raiser. It was so funny that tho bugs laughed themselves sick. |