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Show H BARR1EAU TO' FIGHT WORKMAN ON WEDNESDAY Promoter Eddie Dallas of the Armory Arm-ory boxing shows has matched two niiddlewejphts for his headline bout net Wednt -day night The men ae Prank Barrleau, who claims the Cana. idlan middleweight title, and Cyclone i Workman, the boxer-wrestler of Tre-i Tre-i monton, Utah. Barrieau has been In Ttah less than a month, but in this brief time he has established a reputation repu-tation by decisively defeating Kid Irish in six rounds Irish was the king pin ol the middlewelghts in t.iis seMion last season and al6o took the measure of several light heavyweight. Barrleau's victory therefore is an augury of his having a good chance to hrr ;ik even or defeat Workman, who is i several pounds heavier. Workman came int, the limellzht i In his lust serious bout, when ho won a decision over .lack Downey in a twelve. round battle His last appear, ance in Ogden was at the Eagles smoker, held tso weeks ago, at which he wrestled Pete Vlaeer a half hour to a draw and then boxed four rounds with the local wrestler For his si nil-wlndup bout, Dallas has matched Dddie I'ell of Ogden and Swede Johnson of Salt Lake Johnson boxed a draw with Bob More, who went 0 rounds with Al Young in a bout at the armory several weeks ago. Bell has not been in the ring, in nubile, nub-ile, thus far this year hut his reeord last year was good. There will ilso i be a four-round curtain raiser. oo I |