Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-18
Who viii Receive the Sleep Pro-
duclng Jolt This Evening p
BOTH BOXERS ARE READY,
Hoot and Gardner Rested All Day
Aud WIN Enter the Ring In
The best Condition.

multitude OF happy eager races, the wv
championship battle between Jack Root
Of Chicago and George Gardner of San
Francisco Is on at the Salt Palace this
evening.
VIII Jack Root, who Is the middle
weight champion Of the world. be able
TO retain his ollnch ON the title, or will
George Gardner wrest II from himY
This Is the question uppermost in the
minds of hundreds OF local and In fact
national ring followers. No battle,
outside of the heavyweight champions
ship contests, has attracted so much In
terest In recent years as has this con-
test which the Salt Lake sports Will
be privileged to witness tonight. II will
undoubtedly be the greatest event, pu-
gillstlcally that was ever pulled Off in
this state and barring accidents II
looks like the fight will go very near
to the limit. It Is to be a 2O-round
contest to decision and the princi-
pals can be depended upon TO give and
take the best there is in them. The
men both weighed in at noon today each
tipping the beam at los pounds.
The men viii enter the ring at Q
o'clock, Their muscles will be free but
hard as iron, their shining skins pink,
their eyes quick. their feet swift as
though on the wings OF a hawk. This
the result Of long, hard and conscien-
tious training under the hands Of
skilled artists at the business.
THE RING LIGHTED
Last evening for the first time since
the completion Of the ring, the lights
suspended from the canopy were turned
on, making the ring as light as though
in the path of dozen powerful search
lights, These will be the only lights,
but far back from the reserved seats
TO the regular seats Of the bicycle
track, at any point in the great arena,
one will be able to see every movement
made by the participants in the two
interesting events scheduled to make
up the evenings entertainment. The
ring is on an elevated platform, COW
cred by padded canvass drawn tight.
All around the ring are elevated seats.
the reserved portion Inc saucer
track seats are Ior 'ne general aui'iis-
Sion ana are as good as the reserved
portion win the exception they
are tarther away Inc space
Just outside the ring Is
reserved for boxes when VIII seat
probably Few over lVV persons BE-
hind these are tiers of seats going back
to the famous track the scene or pat
tie was visited by many interested per"
sons yesterday and among the party
were several women who expressed
strong desire 10 witness IT,. glove con-
test Indeed n will not ba at all SIR.
prlsihs IL tue Ialr sex u represented ny
a goodly number tonight, The sale OF
seats has been exceedingly gratifying
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W 'ne i'ahase's' anu lney iu'i! eAPee'
to have the place well filled by so'clock,
the hour which marks the opening event
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SPORTING WRITER'S HERE.
o,a ,otah,e ,eature 10 tho foot tbat
Harry Hynds. one Of the promoters,
has been selected by the managers of
tho fighters 10 act In the canacitv of
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oni~'"' ieisiee' Wv - ioto' ele
well known sporting writer OF
the Denver Post. and George Siler,
tha ,onulor ra,araa u,ara d,,a % orr.e
inns aiternoon' MT flolo mas peeil
chosen to act as official tlmekeeper.
George Gardner. Alex GreppaIns
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'"nin' p"iis JAN ''en"ii anu JUICE
arrived In the city from ogden yester-
day afternoon, all feeling well and con-
hdent that Gardner would send Root to
the mat. The San Francisco man APP
pears TO be In the very best condition
lie at once took up quarters near the
scene Of the contest and has remained
very quiet since his arrival With the
exception Of little walk this afternoon
He has had ideal quarters up ogden
canyon which did much TO put him IN
fine condition. Gardner says he Is q
better man than when he met Root last
January. and promises there VIII be q
different story to tell after tonight.
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