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Show I RUDY BAIR FORCED TO CONCEDE BOUT TO DE SAYSO I I OGDEN BATTLER FORFEITS CONTEST AT END OF SECOND ROOND; OTHER TILTS SPEEDY Briggs and Johnson Slam Bang Through Six Fast Rounds, Briggs Obtaining Decision; Dynamite Kapp Expodes in Second Round; Jimmie Munson and Jack Sneddon Battle to a Draw his six-round battle to Dick Dc Bayso ot Salt Lake at the end of the second round at the Wasatch Athletic club lafit night. The hostilities cMd after tho two men had bnttled brilliantly for two rounds. Balr suffered from an old injury and was 1 rr, ( , . cease milling uion the recommendation of physicians who attended the fh'tlc cit -nival. Dr. George Mcycs, club physician, warned Hair not to return to tho ring as hernia had developed, which would make further nulling dnngerotisi. The battle was halted aiter the fans had Just atartcd to get perched to witness wit-ness a thrilling scrap. In the first round tho ugden boxer clearly outclassed out-classed th.i Salt Iviker :liuv.rnng tho Cyclone with right and left Jabs to the Jaw and body, bulr managed to put over several peppery blows In this spasm and took this round by a mile. BAIR WEAKENS. In the second round Balr started ..ut In whirlwind fashion, but halted his activities almost instant!-, wnlrh caused rlng-sldcrs to gazo with wonderment, won-derment, Dc Sayso. easily shaded the local boxer In the remainder of the round, winning hands do.', n Un returning to his corner Balr crumpled up In a heap, the examination examina-tion following. Despite tho fact that Balr was forced to quit becauso of the old Injury, In-jury, he pleaded to go back Into the ring. TAKES TO HOSPTT l The Ogdenite was removed to a hospital hos-pital last night her- h- v. Ill Immediately Imme-diately undergo an operation. Red Briggs of Salt Lake und Billy Johnson of gden drew the wlndup honors on the card, but they were really the hcauiincrs. This melee, like others ftnged heie between tueso two boxors, was jam full of excitement. excite-ment. In tho opening round i;rigg.i opened up with both mlts and had John nn covering up on many occasions. The Salt Laker worked his left to peri - -tlon In this round. TKEK SlviOXD IU)l Mi Briggs also captured the second round by a big murgln. In thl frame, he showered Johnson with lefts to the Jaw and nose, but lacked the punch to end the battle The third round wn the best of the entire six. In this canto both men battled toe to toe, swinging with both arms and ducking to perfection. Briggs caught Johnson on the chin with a terrific, right in this round, Johnson returning the compliment with a well-timed left to tho Jaw. In this frame both men gave all they had. The fourth and fifth rounds w ie even, with tho final round going to Briggs. due to bin aggressiveness rind ability tp lead. Tho Salt Laker pu4 over five successive lefts to Johnson's nose In this canto without a return The Judges were unanimous in their decision. handing the laurels to Briggs. Al Noel of Salt Lako put Jim Downing' Down-ing' heavyweight boxer nway In the second round of a scheduled four-round four-round mill. Dick Kapp, the gent who put Leo Wheeler away in 10 seconds hen? recently, probably saw more boxing box-ing gloves In the one and a fraction rounds last night than he ever dreamed of "seeing " KAPP EXPIiODEfi Tho Dynamite Kapp exploded early in the first round. Noel hit the Og-denlte Og-denlte with everything but the water buckets and managed to send him down lor the count of nine In the first round, the bell saving the Ogden man from a brief trip to slumberland. Noel opened up fast In the second round and landed six successive blows to Kapp's Jaw, "Dynamite'' going down In a heap In his corner for tho count. Twas a good battlo while It lasted, but It didn't last long enough. Jlmmlc Muhson of Salt Lake . nd Jack Sneddon opened tho bill battling four peppery rounds to a dra verdict. ver-dict. Moth Sneddon and Mun on have met on other occasions. Starting out in slam-bung style these two bottlers stepped too to toe for four rounds Tho fourth and final round was the best of the lot, both men slnmming away right and left The draw decision deci-sion proved popular. Eddie Burns was present to open the show, but Young Herman of Salt Lake failed to show and this bout wan cancelled. In the main event all bets were declared de-clared off due to the Injury received by Balr. |