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Show I OGDEN WELTERWEIGHT PUTS OVER CLEAR-CUT VICTORY; FANS TREATED TO ACTION I Utah Champion Showers Tacoma Star With Letts and Takes Every Round by a Mile; Improvement Improve-ment Is Noted in Ogden. te's Milling; Davis Purs Over Knockout in Third Round IT)l TTTN; it succinctly or of hrrwnso, Jim Downing': baxing show 1 at the Wasatch Athletic club last night rfhduld have put a premium prem-ium on hanginp room on the rafters. Prankie Darren, sensational welterweight, and HanV Casey of Tacoma, were the features in ihr1 main event, a small crowd being the only drawback 4o complete the jazziest card of the year. Give any ring battle, the flavor of youth With strides that indicate championship chances and the lure is luf-1 I Darren gave the match that flavor. Moreover last night's fight for Darren u.i.s a supreme test for the OaTdenltai and lady If you were absent you mil ftd the I at 1 o h t mam event stagM In Ogden Og-den in many a moon. A fling at the '.est the west his to offer Is the r n al a In More for the peppoiT Darren. I SES BOTH HANDS Darren won hands down. His snappy snap-py left hand combined with a sledge hammer right were hlg factors in his ofiensivonoss while his foot work was nigh perfect- Darren won because h' Mid all "f the fighting, because he led continually, because he showed Casey the greatest assortment of gloves the Tacoma youth ever greetod. because ho used his speed and cleverness and hecausi- he sapped in his lefts and rights with deadly delivorv Harry wanted to fight hut the best thing he did In the entire battle was to make his nose and two jaws a target tar-get for the speedy Ogden welter. In the. first round Casey tapped Darren Dar-ren gently evidently trying to tet his llatance. That deadly left hand of barren's howivor forced Casey to the ropes early in the round after which Darren began a marathon around the ring jabbing his left to Casey's nose and jaws with perfect precision. Aside from two occasions, once in the initial frame and once in the third round when Casey managed to put ovor a few punches he fafled to get within .striking distance of the state champion. cham-pion. . Darren used his left throughout the mill. Ho just sapped Casey, left, loft, left, left and so on until you have. Jotted down something llko 234564S37. the adding machine broke, and you have some Idea of the worth of the 'gden youngster who Is coming faster, with each appearance. DARRESi W'T HIT? Some of the wise owl9 chirped that he couldn't hit In the final round "f th- mill he was coming down tho home stretch like a Creed Haymund.j bapplnjr Casey with everything but the water bucket. Had the contest gone another round Darren no doubt would haye won with a knock-out In .the BlXth round he had Casey near the "out" mark when the bell sounded. I Twice in the fifth round Darren ided with that famous right p aw and Gertie, he rocked the building. An ordinary battler would have bean knocked Into the Pacific ocean but Casey stood up under them all .. -' i oi d i oiind CaV collided . wrh l..rr."i Hi.' "o..n hiMlr-t K"lni through the ropes. The collision was j ntin voidable, however. Darren is Improving with even.' bat -I tie and la tho clam or all ot the gents h have invaded the local ring. He, ml developing a punch with his right mlt nnd should be a magnate Tor fair in coming bouts. Lee Davis, t igden'a olaaay middleweight middle-weight boxer, scored a knockout over Noel, Salt Lik- llghtheavywelght. : in the third round of a scheduled six round affair. The first two rounds or this melee wero of the hit and tak 'variety both boxers slamming away with speed galore. In the early part lot the second round Noel sapped Davis Ui the chiri. the Ogden boxer reeling I In the ring" This punch lacked the necessary ginger to send Davis down. I however. The Ogdcnite was back at Noel like lightning and put over hlsl famouR one-two which sent tho Salt i lake youth to the canvas for the count ot nlno. the bell saving him. I LES SI ORBS K. . In the third round a left to the' stomach followed by a right to the jaw sent Noel to dreamland for the count. This battle was fast throughout both boxers slamming away with ; sledge hammer effect-In effect-In tho four round feature event Wild Dill Howard of Midvale won a decision! over Idoyd Pearson of Richfield after four rounds of speedy milling. In life j opening rounds neither battler appear-1 ed to bo willing to take a chance. How-: ard scoring heavily In the third and fourth framed In the last round Howard had Pearson in a lal wav aim came near to scoring a knockout. Pearson Pear-son kissed the canvas In this spasm I but regained his feet quickly. Howard's left hand and his speedy right cross aided him materially In trimming tho h..y from the southern part of the state. Ray Carter of Midvale scored a! knockout over Speedy Dudley of Salt! I-ake In the fourth round of a four round mill In the curtain raiser. Dudley Dud-ley substituted for Wild Bill Mitchell and put up a brilliant battle for three rounds. Carter's experience told In the final rounds the knockout being his reward. Every event on the card waa replete with ginger tho fans pros-, ent being treated to four peppery mills.! |