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Show I brdmedWins I FRDWLPTLQGK Bobbie Sneddon Gets Draw With Frankie Smithers of Salt Lake I i Claire Bromfo Bacramsnto naiddwr H weight, -won a referee's decision overj ' Leo Matlock last night la tho malnj j ..vent of the WasaU h Athletic Huh HfH card, but some fans Insist It should! I l.-vve been a draw Borneo's 4cto- " l.,n apparently came an the result r !l th. failure of. Matlock to luiul on IBfl evasive Bromfco anri ni.o Claires apii- H its to fin.i hi- mark when In flashes, i he opened up and bussed with Mai- !lj lock Matlock w.is the agffressoi ; throughout, hut after a score ol rushes ., iirom.-o hi the fir.-t Hirer ronu.ls. . m in which ho hit n.-thmg but th- air., fit appeureil tn have become omewnat '3m .llscourageJ. while Bromeo. when he L found he was safe from Matlock's m heavy swings, bpened up frequently if ;nd worked effsctlvelv UOOn Matlock s, Ib midsection. J Itrspite the outcome of the battle, I -jtr Matlock won many friend turotiRii bis n ,:)mgness to mix. Bromeo exhibited 3)1 , wonderful system of evading Mat fit; I lock's swings by clever ducking and Mi ),1S defense appeared to le without a all naTV Matlock admitted thai Bromeo If .is ont- of the hardest boys 'o hit: HI hv has boxed with i his 1 78 ring bat-, 1 lies. Win ill K OD PIGH 1 jaM The semt-wlnduD between Bob Sned-I jffi don and Frankie Smithers was the . slambang affair of the .venlns and! JJI although Sneddon was BSnl tO the mat ; W twice from clean punches In the op- BLI -nlng rounds, he came Lack strung in 1 the fourth and fought Smithers to ! M -Standstill Ills brilliant showing In J K tlu final frame, in which he had, i! Smithers slightly grossv won him 1 IET h draw. N Kb a result of the dksolcasure of RH -uiiic of the fans over the outcome of h 'he semi-wlndup. I'ronioler DownniK Dm Announced that in the future he will H leave the matur of decisions In the SW hands of Judges a the rinjraide 'f th H fans so desire. He declared he le- lieved a draw was the orooer erdic:i RK due tu Sneddon's brilliant work in ftlj the fourth round. 1)1 MIM . i I III Rl b Jack Dempscy. worlds heavyweight ! champion, disappointed both the fans jjt and Downing by not appearing after u'i he had promised to be nrtsent and Bi S'ect the fans. Promoter Downing jft announced that he had obtained the w promise of the champion to appear Jg) and although he had been assured b H telephone that the chamnlon and his H party were ready to leave shortly be- IB love the scraps, he failed to show. ?S Downing said he believed the promise W'i of Dempsev would be fulfilled and If S? the champion disregarded his prom- IW Isc nothing further could be done. fK Dcmpseyfs popuiaritv in Oarden was Is gi'en a jolt as the result of his brok- ij OA pledge !f! . Eddie Burns and Bobbv Gordon X f :ight a four-round draw. 'In this 'J, , battle Burns showed an eagerness to UH mbc but failed to carry the knockout (il wallop In his mlts which he has used Jfi to advantage in his other rights, i Kid Andrews and Tommy O'Brien furnished the fans two of the speed iest rounds yet witnessed at the club. A In the initial canto O'Brien started the 51 clarot flowing from Andrews nose w with two punches and within I an instant had his man on the floor Andrews took the full cofint of nine and then came back with vpi'-'l galore. Efe sent a fast rlnht to I Brietl'l Jaw Which sent Tommy to the canvas for the- count of nine. O'Brien again hit the canvas in this tilt but was saved by the bell. In the next round Andrews ended the contest with three nuuehes. Two blows to the Btbtnach followed by a right to the jaw ended the battle l ighting Jip made short work of Tommy Tracy in their scheduled four-round four-round bout. Tracy took the count r.f-ter r.f-ter only fifteen seconds of fighting. Hal Jacobson won a technical knockout over Doc Johnson In the third round of their four-round battle. This contest proved to be a scream. Johnson's best pa:t In the program was his ability to take punishment. From the tap of the gong until R I eree Downing stopped the battle the fans were kept in an uproar. In the curtain raiser Kid Joe-Jo won from Johnny Coy in the first round Of a scheduled four-round battle via the knockout route. A left to th stomach and a right to the Jaw ended end-ed this tilt. oo |