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Show HOMER SMI HID FRCtSHERIFF An amusing incident Involving tho sheriff's office, two prominent women socially of this city, wr.03e names are withheld for obvious reasons, und Tommy Dawson and his 6parring partner, Tennessee Kid, has Jatt come to light. While the two boxers wore doing their dally road worx one fine morning last week they come out on the bench road from a slue lane and a carriage carrying two ladles out for a morning tpln huppenlng along, fell In behind and used the conveyance convey-ance as a pacemaker. For eome time this was all right, but at laflt, after casting many apprehensive glances behind be-hind at the two runners, me team stopped at a drug store and one of the ladles got out called up tUe sheriffs office of-fice on the telephone and reported that two men were following them. Deputy Sheriff's Tom Burke and John Murphy at onco proceeded to the sccno of the imagined hold up and grabbed the two. men, only lo find I that they had captured two law abiding abid-ing citizens out for a little training. A general all around laugh at the natural mistake of tho two ladled closed the Incident and all concerned went on their various ways rejoicing rejoic-ing Yesterday Dawson, for the first timo since be has been In tho city refrained refrain-ed from training of any kind, and today to-day will do only a llLlle 6hadow boxing box-ing and perhaps wind up ta day with a walk. He says that he Is in prime condition and has been for several days and now tho only problem Is lo keep him as he Is until the gong sounds for tho commencement of his 20 round battle on Tuesday nlgbt with Pot Sullivan of 'Fall Jtlver, Mas9., In the Ogden Tbeatro. , Tennessee Ten-nessee Kid who will go six rounds with Kid Farley, another local boy, 1 also in good condition and full of confidence, as 13 his opponent. Reports Re-ports from the training camp of Poie Sullivan In Salt Lake aro that the Fall River boy In In better condition than for some time and confident of Ms ability to return tho winner. But little betting has been done so far on the match although Manager Armstrong Arm-strong of Salt Lake, who looks after the Interests of Fete Sullivan, has Bald he would tako all he can gel ut 10 to 8 on his boy. |