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Show Gemmeil Ath-v letic Card T..f athletic card held at the It. C. Gemmeil Memorial club last Frl-day Frl-day night for employees of the Utah ('0 p r Co. and their families proved to b0 one of the best yet, and the Athletic Committee headed by Art Maeko are cUie much credit for the program and also for tho efficient manner In which it wag conducted. With the exception of the first two r6unds of the preliminary bout eh" pace of the contenders waa a fast one all the way through. Ira Dern. Tigerweight Champion of V. e world, took on a formidable tank when meeting Geo. Ector, who lipa the scales at 200 pounds, but he showed plenty o" stuff and won In 2 minutes. The bout was not only last but rough at times. Fists, elbows knees and feet were used very freely. Ector had just completed three flyin.", tackles In which hud thrown I " over hi( head when both went down i ov ether and Ira applied a reverse '.!" hold which pave him tie victory. vic-tory. The bout was to go one hour or t a fall. Art Macke refereed this match. Ilillle Jensen of Sidnov. Neb. nrov- ed too much for Gus Paolino of Sail Lake. Cus was the aggrs.-ior in the first round and V. is round was hi. b-' a shade. Jensen came back in tin" second round and evened up matter:', Jensen lead in the third round jmv! had Paolino groggy, a sinide flash of speed at the end of tho round and 2 well directed blows from Paollno'r ruit send Jensen back against th ropes just as the gong sounded. Jensen Jen-sen took the fig' t to his opponent in th,i fourth round and by the middle of the round It was evident Paolino was nearing the end, he was knocked to his knees and hands and when the refereH ! ad counted Hire." Paolino',-seconds Paolino',-seconds t7,rew in the towel to save him further punishment. Pillie Hughes knocked out Ralph Covey In the sixth round and proved superior to his much larger opponent all the way. T! e bell saved Ralph 1: the first round, the referee had counted count-ed 9 and Ralph had shown no signs of recovery when the bell r.-sng, hi seconds picked him up and carried ?'im to his corner and revived hm He was down twice in the third round, one of which hp took to the count of 9. Hilly landed a hard one on the base of Ralph's jaw as Ralp'-was Ralp'-was walking away from him and t' e bout was over. Jack CMdo of Salt Lake fought Dempsey Moore 4 rounds to a draw. Clyde Edwards refereed all boxing oouts and jianciied tnem wen. i no decisions on botli the boxing and the wrestling matches were popular and well received. A considerable number- of those present were women and they seemed seem-ed to enjoy tjie program, i The Trophy, a large silver loving cup was exhibited during the evening. eve-ning. This cup was won in 1926 by the Magna baseball team and taken from them last year by the Copper 'team. This cup was given by Mr. D. D. Moffat, vice president of the Utah Copper Co. and it will become the permanent property of the team in the Copper League who first wins the pennant twice. |