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Show MYERS SCORES KNOCKOUT OVER MIDVALE FLASH Smith Takes Full Count in Fourth Round of Main Event at Salt Lake Bt ATi WARDEN SALT LAKE. April IS. Spur Myers of Pncatello won the undisputed junior llghtwelgrhl titli pi the Rockies here last night by defeating Midget Ml Smith of Mldvale In tlv fourth rouml of a scheduled six-round main event Myers scored a knockdown n Smith I early In this round later landing ilh deadly effort in Smith's r. Idsection. the Mldvale battler ernmpllns; ovv" j In his corner in i heap, IiKhk: 1h" count of ten for the second lime in J his career. . Myers opened Hie battle detc-m.ned to end all nrgumpnta r.s to who isl the superior man. He opened i-p 1" the first round with terrific hody punches working continually 1,11 Smiths wind. Myers Khort-ered tho Mldvaleite with stomach punches mdj kidney blow in iiis frame while , Smith scored hut few with his fain-i fain-i ' 1 cms eft. MYFRS WORKS I 1ST in the soc.in.l round Myers slartc-d .,ui again. Smith battling him toe to toe. ho'h nien uxchanglng health; I blowy. The Mldvale wonder was a' hie best In this canto using his left 'hand wtln timely effc-. M.wrs feu-tured feu-tured body punches at Ion; range nnd flasln work In the clinch a . This frame v as even. Myeri re.-eivi'.l hli) Instrm'tinn prior to rho open n;; 'i' Iho tlli (1 round anJ when Ihii rouml opened he was all nver th ling bprlpging : ! Smith Vkn a wild Tlfcor Smith us 1 hi9 left to 0dVmag0 in this fr-no, but lackel the strength to put ovei a knocko-i' Myers showered Smith with piin-h s tn the midsection and Jaw, Srrlth -oini; (o 1 i:s Ourr.or in a , dazed nn-l rfred sonditlon at the, . ncl of the round. Mvci l' round. SMITH XAKF.S t NT With -the auunJ f th) son,? opening open-ing the fourth rond Myers tushedj Smith to all corners of the ring using, his left nnd right hand with deadly i effect to the midsection. A rlshl I hook to the jaw and a left to the j stomach sent Smith down early in the round for the conn of two. The Mldvale Flash regained his feet and I attempted to hang on. Myers slum- ! med over three successive lefts lol the stomach driving ynii'h to his I c orner. A series of body punches followed by a sledge hammer right to stomach ended the performano . Smith falling in his corner and being count-I od out by Referee Hardy Pownlng. 1 BBJ Billy Wallace challenged the win ner. Johnny Williams of Salt Lake easily eas-ily outpointed Walt Hart of Mldvale in the four-round scml-v.lndup. Hart decided to cover up in three of Die ' four round! with Williams giving htm a nifty little boxintr lesson John Hanna gained i well earned decision over Ted Titus in their four round mill. The fourth round was the feature of the evening both men battling at all times Leo Hansen decisloned Jack Butts In a four-round mill. Hansen showing show-ing to advantage In each round Joe Young and Fred West battle. 1 III I four rounds to a draw. In the curtain raiser my Gar- I unkle declsioned Onie Ouertz in their 1 11. 1 four round mill Guertz kissed the I mat on three occasions during tho! ' contest SOUTHERN SSOCIATIO.N Won. lost. Pet i .Memphis 4 2 .SC7 Mobile 3 2 .out) Atlanta s 3 .500 .Nashville 3 3 .500 ; i.itlle Hock 3 3 .500 i llrmlngham 8 3 .5110 j New Orleans 2 3 4 00 : i , Chattanooga 2 I 333 j Yesterday's Res alts. At New Orleans Mobile c. New Orleans 5. At Birmingham Atlanta 5. Birm- Ingham 4 At Chattanooga Little Rook 7, Chattanooga 3 At Nasha-llle Memphis 8, Nashville Nash-ville 1. WESTERN LEAGUE it Won. LosL Pet. J; J St Joseph 6 0 1 000 Wl-" Wichita 4 1 800 1 Oklahoma City .... 4 2 .66 7 j laV Sioux City 1... J 3 .500 1 lllj Omaha 3 1 .500 j My Tulsa 2 4 .333 j ( Denver 1 5 .167 I ' Dot Moines ... 0 .". .000 ! ! ! I , Yesterday's Results . c At Tulsa: R H. E. ; J Omaha 4 11 0 T,1 Tulsa 8 8 01 Batteries Okrie and Wilder; Haughland and Crosby. i 1 At Oklahoma City: R. H E. I Sioux City 1 7 1 Oklahoma City 4 5 1 Batteries Diddlor and Query; Allen Al-len and Long. At St. Joseph. R. H. E I u Denver G 8 3 St Joseph 7 11 2 Batteries Blunk. Moore and Parker Park-er Bird, McColl and Randier. No other games scheduled AMERICAN' ASSOC ATIOX. Won. Lost. Pet. Minneapolis 4 0 1 000 Columbus 4 1 .800 Kansas City 3 2 .600 Indianapolis 2 2 500 Louisville 2 3 .400 Milwaukee ff .400 St Paul 1 4 .200 Toledo 1 4 .200 Yesterday's Results. At Louisville; R. H. E j St. Paul 5 9 3 1 ; 1 Louisville 6 9 4 Batteries Rogers. Merrltt and Allen; Al-len; Deberry, Koob and Meyer At Indianapolis Mlnncapolis-In-dinapolls game postponed rain. At Toledo: R. H. E. Milwaukee 9 13 2 Toledo 2 5 2 Batteries Shaack and Gossett; Mc-Cullough Mc-Cullough and Kochcr. At Columbus: R. H. E. Kansas City 0 4 1 Columbus ,. 7 11 0 Batteries Morris, Boyd and Mccarty; Mc-carty; Palmero and Hartley Judge Landls now enjoys tlio hand-i; hand-i; shaking' championship of the south. Me ji ' met all comers with .1 mean grip. II |