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Show tuY Knocks ' OUT OPPONENT i Romeo Hacjan Makes Very Poor Showing Against Pocatello Boxer Guidon McKay of Pocatello added ' another lo his Ions list of ring victories vic-tories last ntgl)t in the Wasatch Kin- Ictle club arena, when he slam-bang cd Romeo Hogan .of Seattle into dreamland in the second round of a . hedulod six-round ii.iU'e a terrif-fic terrif-fic rlghl to tho Jaw, followed by a hard left to the head sent tho over-! touted Hagan out of going for good. These blows cams after McKay h;i 1 I punished the Seattle boxer with straight Itft and right jabs to ihe head during the fir.sL round, sandwich- I j in with viiasliing licks to the J v 1 lagan ould make no showing p.gainst ; i he Idaho boy. The seml-wlndup, while it lasted., furnished the fans with the fasti going yet seen In the local ring. Tho I cyclonic affair was between the Can-i I ad lap Kid and Voiiiu; Walcott, n laiafi I colored lad. Walcott outweighed tin Kid twenty pounds iui this failed ' to bother the white lad At the tap Of the gong tin bOXCrS sailed i'l at I such speed thai the tans were on their j feet yelling Wlldb " appeared at j first as though lh K:d had at lost found his match, but he gamely took ! a few heavy punches on the Jaw and I started to finish his opponent. Near ! ihe end of the round he had the eol--ored lad dow n and dhtzy. Gaining hu I feet the colored lad ran into a bom- i bardmeht and bit the mat for kei pa Kid turned his regulation hnndspnng j after the battle to show that he was t not worried. The4 four-round eynt between ESddleJ j keiley of Ogden and the Gachc Valley I Kid of Richtnondj proved one of the' J best events that has been seen wllh-' wllh-' in tin squared circle at the dub. The !men. who weighed about 1 pounds, were shifty and clever. Throughout the four-round bout there was scarce- ! ) .. second that the fans were not I i m at the highest pitch of excitement. ; Both men packed healthy wallops and ai various times during the fight, seemed to have delivered at least the leglnlllng of a knockout. In the first 'round. Kid r.air seemed to have knock-, cd his adversary groggy Kellcy re-loupe re-loupe rated, however, and siaried again I with dash and spirit, which won Immi - dlate approval of the fans- Kelley was the aggressor In the sei ";id round, and had blood streaming I from his opponent's nose. The other two rounds were evenly divided. Bobby Lewis of igden and Kid Gulke of Ogden, both o," the light-v light-v Ight class, .started a mlxUp Which .;..i.-. al Ij be more (bail ood. The ! fight was a whirlwind while it lasted, but Lewis managed to connect a wild right to Gu Ike's Jaw and floored him. I Sutke arose at the uni of nhho, but j it was plainly apparent that was in no condition to fight. Rf fereo Down.v lifted Lewis' arm. awarding him the bout. One of the fastest, fiercest and most spectacular fights at the club was between be-tween Johnny King and Kid Powell, the latter a colored buy. The fighters weighed 104 pounds. The colored scrapper had a .smattering of glove scii ni a while King had little bin determination de-termination to win. For three round-; the pair battled. King found that In plain strapping tht colored boy had him bested, tie resorted to a scries of rushes and wild swings that caused the tide to turn in his favor, the colored col-ored boy niv ing way before King, w ho was given the decision. The battle royul was a lame affall Five colored boys took part in this, but their hearts did not seem to be In their work. Especially after each of them had stopped half a dozen or so blow This exhibition lasted but two rounds. |
