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Show WALLACE MAY BATTLE MYERS Promoter Downing Promises Boxing Fans Treat Next Friday Night Spug Myers; sensational junior! lightweight champion of the intermountain inter-mountain country is the tentative as-lection as-lection to meet Hilly Wallace of Sacramento Sac-ramento in the six-round main evont at the Wasatch Athletic club here next Friday night, Tromotor Jim Downing announced last night. My era, who halls from Pocatello has been defeating all comers and has trimmed uch artists as .Muff Bion--Son of Portland. .Midget Smith of Salt1 Uko and other battlers Myers de-clsioned de-clsioned Smi'h in a 1 -'-round battle at Pocatello last week and also hand- j ed the Mid vab- fla.sli a defeat at Sail lako two months ago. Billy Wallace is well known to r,g-den r,g-den fans, having battled some of the; beet boys of his class here. Wallace stepped into the first class with the ' mitt artists of his weight when he j handed Jlmmle Johns the worst defeat Of his career in the first round of a , scheduled six-round bout here recently recent-ly Johns was knocked out in the first 16 seconds of the first round In case Promoter Downing is un-'ablo un-'ablo to match Myers and W'allaco he, plans on Bonding Midget Smith, the j Mldvnle liiish, against the Sacramento boxer. Smith is considered tho host in thlo section of the country and Wallace is doing his utmost to get j a match with the champion, stating that he is confident that ho will be able to M-nd him home on the short ; end. If Downing Is unablo to match Smith and Wallace he will send George Bollls of Sal: Tike against the I coaster. Either of these three should be able to show Wallace a good time. It is planned to send the men over the ten-round route. |