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Show AZEVEDO FAILS TO WHIP DAVIS One of the Best Fights Seen in Manhattan Club, Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, April 15. Kid Davis unci Young Azevedo fought ;i clever Fix round hou( at tho weekly show of tho .Manhattan rlub last night , with honors oven at the finish. 'Davis, no doubt, rough! one of his host I -v lichrs. and rould have boon given a shado and not discredited Azevedo in j Hie least. The first round broke even; while the next three were all Da is' by quite I a margin. Azevedo came back in the fifth and ovenod matters up some, what, but in the sixth and last round Havis ought the best round of the bout. Azovodo's main defense was a straight right and an occasional shot with the left. Davis, as usual, depended de-pended upon his right load to ihe face and a counter with a left to the wind. Tho draw decision was popu As thp curtain-raiser was doiavef; somewhat, Rod Briggs and Willie Beachle opened the .-how in ;t tour round bout. Bribes gave Reachio cnnsidorable punishment during h first three rounds, but lost all honors by his covering and letting his amn ir to break his back. Both boys slowed up during tho last round and a draw decision resulted. Walt White and Fighting Blondie wero next on the card for a four-round four-round mill, much to the dfsc6mfiture of Blondie, for, artor mussing W hite up a bit. White ound his mark and played continually on Blondies chin. At the close of tho first round he had ihe lair one worried Blondie went down for the count in Ihe second As tho features for the curtain-raiser blew in, a three-round bout be-l be-l 4 i ween Will Pleister and Young Quail was next staged. For fancy steps and a pood instructor, Pfr ister has ihe world beaten. In fact, he danced his way to a final victory, which re-i-' suited in tho third round after ho had worn Quail out by his straight lunges and ability to trip the light I fantastic. Red Hogan of Opden and Art Becker of California, scheduled for a four-round four-round bout, gave a good exhibition ot some terrific swings during the first 1 wo rounds, with Hogan using a straight left which all hut upset Becker a number of times. After I using the "watchful waiting" policy. ! Ked landed a clean blow on Becker's jaw, and that botu was over. The shortest affair of the evening v was between Jaek White and Ern Wright Krn opened up with a left swing to Ihe wind, which bent White over, and then countered with an up-percut up-percut to the ace and it was curtains cur-tains for White. The last, but not least, was a battle royal between five husky negroes. For the first few minutes the fur was "sure nuf buczen," until they paired off and began tho damage. One by one they were put down to stay, un- j,., , 2! -tWM Up to Jim Jackson and Kid Wonder. After exchanging some nasty blows and still more nasty looks. Jackson was declared 'he winner win-ner Young peter Jackson undertook the job of getting and bringing these-colored these-colored boys to the club |