Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-12 | Page 10 | Fans Watching Hagan Training

I FANS WATCHING I HACAN TRAINING McKay to Get Genuine Battle on Friday Sport Followers Declare Those fans who have seen Romoo Hugan. the Seattle mlddl.wchrht work I out in the Wasatch arena feel certain that Gordon McKay of Pocatello, t8 not going to dispose of the coast lad as easllv i he has most of the mlddte-weight mlddte-weight In the intermntiutaln OOUntrj H arid many arc wondering whether or not McKay ran weather tin- heavy rushes of Ilig;ui. Who has been linock-log linock-log his Sparring1 partners rlgbt and left In the arena the past two nights Morn than J'i fane watched Haga.ii dispose of two Sparring partner Mon-day Mon-day nlht, when the boxer worked out Gordon McKay, fast Ppcatello inid dlcwcight who will arrive In Ogden this afternoon to finish Ids training rot in- round scrap with Romeo Ha- uan of Seattle in the Wa-iiKli lh- li i i-- i luii arena I " Ida hi I between and' 8 o'clock. I lagan ap-i pareiitiy lis hut little thought for his T .' How boxers and Within f- inoni-; nts had two big fellows huntlnp boles I , i i (he rope- H.k.-.mi il r'.nf-s ih:tl it j is not because he s heajrtless that he jl wades through his .spa rrlng partners. , hut it is his teaching to never hold J ' o.ack while In the ring, which sends so' i j , many of them to lh mat. The Seat- Flil I Mr lad hag created si sensation during j' . 1 his workouts with hie tearlng-ltl tae- i j ijj' tics and has already won a host of lt friends here. ( fej McKay .will be In Ogden today and will workout in las' arena for twoi hours in addition to taking roadwork. The CanJdian Kid who has tnadi an exceptional record in the ogden ring) l.y flooring all his opponents he has S .,! lit U f: A ...111 f li I scrapper when he Steps in the ring . ! ! with Young Walcott, a big colored lad. in the scml-wludup. Walcott has served a.i sparring part per for McKay and has taken the hardest smashes of i this fighter. j A fast f6ur-rouhd battle also cx-l pectefl when Cyclone Ekldle Kelly of, II Ball Lake mixes with the Cache Val- : ley Kid of Logan, Kelly has fought1 J ' through many scraps In the Sail I-iIm ' ring; and has cross.-,! mitti with such' I i.ien IViitoci.. Harris ui" ovden .ir.d held hij; 0vn. 1 Red Hogon of Ogdon has taken a new fighting name and hereafter in the linjr will be known u-s Freddie Welsh He will meet r.ob Sneddon of1 ( Igdcn, in four roumls, The battle royal oi lost w k proved) so popular that Promoter Downing also promises a special this week and hat dot iined five husk) colored lads to furnish the excitement and com-j cdy. As with his other lighters. Promoter Pro-moter Downing has Insisted thai the battle royai boys go into Irairtlng for1 the affair. H promises to last for many minutes before a final winner is produced The curtain raiser for Ifrtday night win be a four-round scrap between Horace Powell and Henry King.