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Show NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN LADS ON FIGHT CARD Downing May Divide City to Keep Wallace and Nelson Apart When Al Nelson, the Idaho Bw Cat, comes to Oden today to commence com-mence his training. Promoter Jim Downing Intends to divide tho town Into two psrta, leaving one part for Nelson to roam In and reserving tlio other end for Billy Wallace, who arrived ar-rived last night- Tho Inds will fight th 10-round main event on tho Wasatch Wa-satch Athletic club's weekly mitt card. Downing contemplates taking this precaution to make Hurn that the bati lis not romo off earlier than It is peheduled. There has been considerable consid-erable discussion of their bout hore two weeks ago and the best of feeling feel-ing docs not exist between the two boys. They mot and clashed on the street In Salt Lake last week but the affair was stopped before any damage was done Downing fears if thr- two get together hre and t.eciti arguing matters that one word might lead l another until a prematura battli? would he precipitated Jim IS theic-foro theic-foro K"lng to keep the principals as far apart as possible until n-xt Friday Fri-day night. This match, the Initial 10-ioiind bout of tho season, was arranged for the benefit of tho visitors who are In Ogden for tho third annual gden Livestock show. Tho entire spoils will ko to the winner, the lads ha -Ing Vhallenged each other on this basis at the conclusion of their six-round bout here two weeks :io, which was dsi lared by the Judge i to a draw. Pi ISSESSl s DEAJIA BLOW . Wallace boa u dangerous kick In eltnr hunrl ujtd whori he hooks lie puts his entire weight Into the blow. Ho y !ik lightning on his it-..', anil walls hie lime to deliver a decisive blow. He bears a reputation as a rihfi general and shows that he has had a vast amount of experience In rlnu work. In his workouts at Salt Lake Monday he made himself a target for tho punches of his sparring partners and showed the fans that he Is a "fiend" for. punishment. Al Nelson of Idaho la COnSidl rt d b many fans of the Gem state :is being practically unbeatable. He has lost only two Clgjfltl out of 4 7 anel has never been knocked out. Many boxers can say they have hit NVlson, but ma only oner who can say "1 hit him and knocked him down" Is Billy Wallace. Nelson is an aggressive fighter and iars into hi.s opponent tioni Kong lo gong, never giving him a chance to rest. He Is used to the long distance and the 10-round stretch will bother him not one bit. About 20 of his fights hao beon in and 12 and even 15 rounds. He fights somewhere nearly every week and Is always In condition, bK he is taking precautions precau-tions this week and will work out every day at tho club gym. M ;;n-s ii RECORD. The other feature event on this week's card will bo the six-round go htu'e(.n KIM (Il.1j11nn.11n of Oederi and Slim Kearns of Salt Lake. Slim came over last week and watched Kill take Jlmmie Hicks to tho cleaners, but that didn't seem to 1 worry him for he later stepped lat" the ring ami challenged Bill for a-six-round bout. Slim has put it Ovei ! on some of Salt Lake's best stuff.' Here is a record of his last 13 fights. Draws Pour draws with Swede" Johnson of Salt Lake Decisions. Dick Berger. four J rounds. Jack While, four rounds. Happy Fred Feltch, decision four' rounds, Al Noel, decision four rounds, j Knockouts: Joe Hornsby, one round. Bill Skipper, one round; Sliin Cole, two rounds. Lost to Soldier' Charlie Young and Duieh Jamison. M kRT) 1GB rs LIS rJlasmann Is well known in Utah i and the intcrmountaln country' and : hold the reputation as one of Utah's greatest athletes. Bill worked his vva to the finals In 1020 for the Olympli games and had he been given the decision over Sam Lagonla he would have accompanied the American box- lng team to Europe. Ho made his, first appearance as a professional! boxer here last week. He defeated Jlmmie Hicks, a fast boy from Salt: Lake, in the third round, after a hard I battle. Ho Is getting Into fighting trim and will probably show great speed I In his six-round go next Frldaj night ' Jlmmie Murphy, of Ogden, and Jim-I Jim-I mie McCarly of Montrose, will sling' the leather In the next four rounds. 1 McCarty Is fast coming to the top' hero. Ho Is slim and tall but he has j a wicked punch. Ho has put sov- j eral of his opponents In slumbcrland ' i hero this season. Last week he took ' I on Young Dempsey and Dcmpsey ' I "kissed the canvas" for tho count in tho second frame. Jimmle Murph is in great shape for his fight Friday and will give tho I boy from Colorado all he is looking for In the way of action. BEGINS AT 9 O'CLOCK. The initial event on tho program will be a four-round go between Bob Wheat, of Butt, and Roy Marttn of i Salt Lake. The fights will begin this week nt 9 o'clock sharp Instead of 8 3u which I has been the regular time. Thl. . ctianK) In time Is for this tvok only and was made to accommodate th.' I stockmen who will bo In a banquet I until that hour. Workouts ax being held at the olub gym. every day beginning at 4 o'clock and every evening beginning at 7 o'clock. Tickets are now on sole al Hemcn- ! way & Mosers and DeWlt Brothers cigar stores. |