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Show SEAT SALE FOR eONIEST.pAVy- ;-y;-;:.-:v.: - vi vJL A U .t C ,H U. BJL Sullivan and Dawson Arc Confident of Winning Tonight Will Be a Large Delegation of Lovers of the Sport From Salt Lake Principals in Excellent Condition. Everything Is now ready for the bis bout tonight at the Ogden theater between PHe Sullivan and Tommy Dawson, two of the speediest lUht-wclphtH lUht-wclphtH that the fans of the lnter-mountaln lnter-mountaln region will have the opportunity oppor-tunity of acclng in th rlnp In many months, noth men enter the rlne in the b Kt pocHlble condition, and bfth have tho determination to win. and it is (.'olnc to be one of the scrappiest scraps ever held In Opdcn. Pete Sullivan Mated to a repre-hcntaMve repre-hcntaMve of thU paper this inornlnp. that he was In letter condition than h has been in many month, and was goin; to ttp I)adfl as noon :s be could. Kid Hanan. Sullivan' tr.-ilner, said ' that there would be nothing lf il f'tit Sullivan. Tommy liawpon said thai he was in the pink of condlt'on and would easily lft Sulllan. Tennessee Kid, Dawson'a trainer, said that Tommy Dawaon Is Rolng to furnish a bin mirprlpo to the fans 10-nleht. 10-nleht. He said the boy is a wonderful little man and would certainly b? there all the time. Hoth Dawyon and Sullivan spent I yesterday and today in very ll;hf work. Sullivan, accompanied by his trainer, arrived from Sail Lake City, where he has been ; raining, yesterday yester-day afternoon. Ho spent the afternoon after-noon with friends about the city, and in the evening went to the ball given by tho Knights of Columbus, of which he Is a member. Dawson spent th early part of the e?ninx at one of the theaters and held a little conference confer-ence with his trainer and manager. Frank Armstrong. Sullivan's manager, mana-ger, accompanied by Kid Hanan, Tom I deacon. Andy M alloy and .Tack Rng-ers Rng-ers of Sullivan's training staff, arrived I In Ogden yesterday afternoon. The i last four will look after Sullivan at the ring. In Dawson's corner there will be Tennessee Kid, Cub C'lver, Kid Iler-rick Iler-rick and Cub finer. The o,uestion of referee had not j been settled, but It Is very probable I that Tom Ward of Ogden will be ch-l ch-l pen to officiate. Ward is h recoarnlzed authority on matters of the ring, ami his selection has ben favorably commented com-mented upon by hi th the principals as well as their managers and foc-ond. foc-ond. ' I Tho betting thus for ba-s not been extremely heay. but a number of bets ranging Irom S.'fi to 200 have benn laid. The odds are In favor of Sullivan. Sulli-van. A bet of $2U0 to $1K0 has been innde. Armstrong, manager of Sulll- van. took one and Walker, manager I of Dawpon. took Ihe Dawson end. Other bets for smaller sums have been placed at -?ven money. Keports received from Salt Iike this morning were to the effect that almost the entire allotment of tickets tick-ets that had been sent ihre bad been sold and that orders were being placed by telephone to Ogdcn for tickets. Telephonic requests for ticket? have also been received from Pocatello, Kvanston and nearby towns for seats, and Promoter Orant Is of the opinion that the contest will be witnessed by-one by-one of the largest audiences that any contest at Osden has ever drawn. |