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Show 'HIGH INTEREST IS SUN II LOCAL F1S IN Mil ; ' AZEVEDO-ST. GLAIR CONTEST Willie St. Clair, the fast colored boy of Salt Lake, and young Joe Azevedo of Ogden are creating a great deal of interest among the local fans over the outcome of their 15-rou'nd scrap which Is to be held at the Armory hall Wednesday, Wed-nesday, November 14. This bout is for the featherweight championship of the intermountain region and it will be up to Jimraic Johns to meet the winner soon, as the fans wants Jimmlo to come out of his retirement and box-some box-some good boy in the near future. Billic Glasmann has brought young Azevedo back to Ogden to whip the coonif lie can who has been making such a sensation in Salt Lake this fall. . The coast critics class Azevedo as one of the best five 122-pound boys in the country today. The little Portuguese Portu-guese battler will be outweighed six-pounds six-pounds when he meets St. Clair, but he does not worry, as he says he has to give weight to them all in order to gel a fighL St. Clair is liked very well in Salt Lake and, Judging by the number of ringside seats ordered, the "shine" will have a big following from Salt Lake to back him. Azevedo worked out yesterday at the Eagles' hall and ho certainly proved to the fans that he has a real bunch of stuff. His workout consisted of a half hour of skipping the rope, four rounds of boxing with Billc Johnson, John-son, two rounds with young Carpenter, and several of punching the bag and shadow boxing. Peter Jackson, who is training St. Clair in Salt Lake, stated last night to a numbor of friends that Willie would stop Azevedo before the final round, Harry Gilluin of Boise, and Gordon McKay, the "fighting lineman" of Portland, will battle ten rounds in the somi-wlndup to sec who meets Frank Barrleau here in the near future. A four-round curUiin raiser will start the evening 3how at 8:30. |