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Show NEWS WRITERS 1 TO HONOR BRATZ I Ogden and Salt Lake Scribes to Hold Testimonial December 27 SMT IrVKF., Doc 17. Jack DoriipKry. world's heavyweight boxing rhaniphm, will referee the main bont In a testimonial show to he given In memory of Walter T. Brats, former sporting writer of Salt I-uke C ity, to le held he December 27. Word to this effect vtih received here today from Jack Kearny, Dempsey manager, Icmisev bi-an his ring career here mid Brats, It Is said, was the first writer to analyze his capabilities capabil-ities and predict for him a rapid rise In the boxing world. The testimonial to the memory of Wal-t Wal-t r 1' Brats, th well known sports writer who dlrrl sr,m. tlnv ago. will be- held at - the Orpheum theatre at Salt Lake Dc-cember Dc-cember 87, Instead of December 2. according ac-cording to word received hr- trnlav ogden og-den ;md Salt Lake newspaper men will nlrl In promoting the r-how. The testimonial testi-monial will nk' the form Of an athletic show nn.l will consist of a program of boxing nnd wrestling. A special permit for the staging of th show was grant"! i . Itv officials at Salt Lakf today. Hardy Downing, well known boxing promoter, will have charge of the boxing program, while Harry Heagren Will be in direct rharge of the vvrr-atllng events. Ira iifrn salt bake middleweight wrestler, Will probably be one of the mat contest- KB Downing is making plans for the stnr;- i inq ot a fiftorn round t. -.u t between tv. I ! of the r'st men that can bo obtained. As a special mark of respect and as mr.m.s of helping tho enterprise. Down- Ing will abandon his weekly boxing show i nn ripofmbi-r 27 and will devote his en- ' tire tlniC tO Completing arrangements for ! his end of the program. HHB i Two committees nave been nameii to take chsjrgc of the testimonial, one in MKW 1 gden and one In Salt Iake. The Ogdn . ommlttee is made UP of Mayor Frank , Franrls, A I, filasmann and J. U. El-dredge, El-dredge, Jr , publishers of Thf Standard -Examiner; Darrell .T Clreenwell, manag- ! Ing editor, and Al Warden, sports edl- ly'cW i The salt Iakc committee Is headed by Bka r I Mayor C Clarence Neslen. Other mem- PfcjiS ; bera are Ellas S Woodruff, general man- JmhbbbI ager ot the Deseret News: A M, McKav aU g.n.-ra! manager of the Salt Lake Trlb- LsB9 unc; Fred C t.oodcell. editor of the Salt . Lake Telegram Hardy K Downing, Har- , r W Heagren and the following sport? I editors of the Salt Lake papers: J. C. BlUi i.-rks Tribune; Victor L l ison. New.-; and Stephen Maloney. Telegram Tickets for tho testimonial will b? placed on sale in both Ogden and Sail Lake during the latter part of the present pres-ent week. I |