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Show I Mit Finals Hotly Contested m mm m m mm - - - - - I Governor Mabey is Ringside r Intermountain Champs Chosen ! H Boiihs funs' who nlternlcd llic filial! nit in the tnti i mountain Am i m Athletic Union championships staged j By .u the Wasatch Arena lust nitciit were ffl treated to some of the host bouts ever J Si witnessed In the yrsstern country. Byi ffl ery contest was replete with action ttjj with thp boxers in e:u li i lass kIvInk Mi and taking throughout each mill. With fjj the state title and the titles of the i -tates of Montana and Idaho aa wall al iK stake; the boxen battled ?urlously yr from gong: to K'nE IJR One of the features of th( ovenlng B was the appearance of Omvrnor MM Charles Mabey of Utah. Governor jsj Mabey and W. II Wattis ( Ogden nF were quests of the Ogden A. A a1 the H contests. On arrival at the arena the WSt crowd present gav e I lie governor a Ira royal welcome titter which he was In (ailed to make a short address, jjt Governor Mabey then took 1 1 1 - cen- Jff a ter of the padded rinpr and stntt i thai K he had come to the anna to be en-K en-K tertntned and thai lie was ail ardent Jft booster for clean athletics for ho and jM men. He concluded hi address by gfl (congratulating the Ogden A A. on bell be-ll tnpf able to siuk.- the championships. PORT! R WINS H In the initial bout of the evening, IN Bryan Porter of the Ogden A. A. was H awarded a decision ocr Thomas If Whitehead of the State Industrial H school after three rounds of last mlll-D mlll-D injr These two youths were entered H In the 85 pound class and put up a Pf stubborn bout. Porter, who lost a d -B cslon to Orossmun of West High Mourn Mou-rn riny night by stepping out of his class EH made a world of friends last night M His opponent was clever With the R Kloves but lost the bout on points. H Th- second contest waa between two Rl small colored boxers, for the "colored" II cliami'ionship or the Intermountain H unit. Harold Henry bested his op-Bjj op-Bjj poncnt William Henderson In 1 1 t UP classic the judges awarding him the Hi decision at the end of the fourth Kj round. Hi Three men wen- entered In the finale BJ for the l&S pound class which made BJ it necessary for the Judges to have Bj "ne of the boxerat draa o bye, Skins H drew the bye with Fred Brewster ( Hj the Ogden a A. and Norman Mork of iho West High mixing In the int of H the two bouts. BJ Mork was about seven pounds beav- BJ ler than Brewster ami during tin firsi BJ round had o slight shade over the BJ 'gdenite. The second and third K rounds, however went to tin k- iu:h At the end of the third spasm tln- n Judges awarded the '! ' Ision to iir. ws- Examination of one of . Brewster's BJ hands at the end of the cqntest re- BJ vealcd the fact that one of his thumb.- had been broken and he was therefore unable to go on In the final event with Skins, FEATURE CONT1 fif The feature event of the evening u.i- the contest between Grant Roberts of the West High hool and Walter Hforrop of the Ogden a a During the first two rounds of thin battle tbo g'li n man clearly Outclassed his opponent op-ponent aendlng him to the mat on thrcr occasions. In the final round however, Roberta came back With bewildering be-wildering speed and won a draw decision de-cision which necessitated' the m.iuIhk of a fourth round. In the final round Roberts won b a knockout landing a dosen blows with telling effect Harry SorenSOn of the ogden A. A. 'who defeated Roberts on the previous niprht was unable to enter the finals last night. Am he waa three pound lover the lightweight limit on Monday night the officials ruled his victory over Roberts In the 135 pound class out. Waller CoWan of the Stale Industrial Indus-trial School copped the state tltla In the 10S pound class in the third round j Of his contest uith Andy Northrup ot the Ogden A. a. Cowan was row led In. this spasm, going down In his corner in agony. The referee and Judges do-J cided Ihe blow ;i foul, awarding the! contest to the State industrial school boxer. The blow which resulted in the disqualification of Northrup was' entirely unintentional and occurred when the two men were In o clinch. j 1 Speed and ginger ruled supreme In this lilt until the accident occurred.; At the conclusion of the tilt Northrup j showed he w.-is a real sport by aiding1 In retiring Cowan to his training' quarters and expressing his sympathy. Bar) S-lbrs of the West High, who , copped the 126 pound title on the openiiiK nlhl and Paul Stewart who won the 115 pound title Monday ni;;h: boxed four sp. "(lv rounds to a draw an aided attraction last night. Both' men mixed willingly and gave the fans a rare treat. BKINS VfCTOR in the final event of the evening. Cyril Eklns of the Ogdeu A. A. und Norman Mork of the Wool High tangled tan-gled for the final honors in tbV 15S pound cla.-. Moiu substituted for lire Wider ami tool; the count early in the first round after Bkins had showered show-ered him with both mi:?. This contest con-test ended before the men had been In the ring1- one minute. Although A. L. Gnasmanii waa the only man entered in the light heavyweight heavy-weight class and despite the faet that he did not have ah opponent he was warded the 1 7 pound c'nn u i piot:.-h I p. The two night show w.is a success from nil standpoints and will in al) probability be resumed next year |