The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-20

The outlook ror tic continuance ol ihe
snort consequently seems faNoraplc' LOT
there is no reason Why the TWO ma''h"s
should not nc OF high class. Both liardy
Downing aud Willard B"sn understand
thc ins and outs of tho boxing game thor
o,ebIv and Downing Insists he has r,u
h,mscIf of tic rindicap imposed upon nm
h, those who composed the iil-tal'n
"qyndlcatc" which pulled off the last leW
borts In the auditorium. In pa'hH
webster and .Chalky' German, Down
M has TWO fast fcath"rwelghts VINO
ought Ia put up Il Satisfactory ,SS tu
Ecgn's match in which jim flSnn WI,
co against Tony Cuponi. can hardy lan
in please the fans. Even II rlNnh S,,2u,p
happen To put Capont out IN Two I"unua,
,nnst fans yonld rather see Flynn 70 Two
f,si rounds than To sCC a tCn-rnund hoht
between boya OF the caliner VINO lhN'
been boxing here. 1t Is highly propanlc,
boH.ycr tnnt the bout VIII go ten
rounds II will Ec nothing short oi
surpri-c II IT. docs not last more IMAM
- am, rate. IL win be ~ good one while
I, lasts and that is all reasonable patrons
;,,,k 81 the men in the ring. II ~ ihe
Biisiuogs Of each boxer 90 conquer His
adversary In tho least possible uno. anu
n he does Il in the first round there Is
40 discrrlit attached. The practi3e pt
.'staliing' or irving &" deceive inc pnb-
liz which, by the way, Is almost never
N''''
,'aponl. when Ice boxed Rube Smith.
had been 50 unWEtly 'rohStcd hcCdus"
Iic would not sign up with othcr pro-
Iuntcrs that ha was In rsih"r bad tenn
per bat even then us thought loo nucn
of his own reputation 10 agre" TO tns
proposition Smith made thar they aholud
Lcx ten rounds to p dra%. Ia the nhtrh
with Flynn. Caponi JUST naturally has 10
do his b.-t. for hc has nothing To gain
II ~. loses and II" IS rUllY awar" That ne
-.
10 win from Flynn. The Pueblo fireman
has no intention of submitting 10 defeat
eurnin-s for the rest of ia" winter on
the coast besides doinl permanent dam
age 70 his rapidly growing reputation.
The boxers. therefore. WiI not Stlil
and the only remaisinG danger To me
game Is that tho rivalry between the pro
motors VIII become so bitter llat pad
feeling viii hc cngcndcrcd- If Downing
rcally - unincumbcrcd with voluntary
advisers or. In tho argot OF the ring,
''buttinskies." hc and Bean will doubt
less got along all right, Both arc rea-
sonabc and are sportsmanlkc enough TO
realize that the other fellow ought TO
have chance. ii the moribuud syn
dicatC' resurrccts Itself. however. there
Is sure 10 be "rpasts and recrimtnations
that VIII spoil the game Tor everybody.
Salt Lakc has q better opportunity 10
got good boxers than most cities OF It's
size II Is Il stopping place for pusilists
travelling from coast tu coast. and they
are not aycTse IA earning their railroad
fare by boxing here. Most OF them warN
20 stop over here anyway. and a match
even II the cmoiumcnts are nDt Very
great. look. good 10 them
~ an instance of this sort Fighting
Dick Hyland. going from New York 60
visit his mother ia Los Angeles dropped
of I'm salt Lake last night for n couple
Of DAYS stay. lie said that n the pro
mo,ers want 70 bring in a boy Of ms
class he will return from Los Angeles
In few DAYS TO sign for a match. Hy-
land SAYS hc would rs lief meet Ma;tS
Baldwin as anybody else. In the John
ston benefit there WIS an effort made Il
match Iyland and Baldwin. but Ilylanc
received injuries which made II impossi-
bic Tor him 70 go into the ring al thai
time. or course rumor was Circula ted
that Hrlaud did not care To meet MattN
consequently match between thesc tw,
at this time ought To draw pretty we'll
Uyland Is looking we'll and SAYS he coulc
10 ready for 4 bout Al few days notice
Baldwin. when he LEFT salt Lake Sais
lc would come hack at auy time = rca
Sonahlo chance TO box was offered him
Hardy Downing will probably wire Matt,
today cf iiyland's Willingness TO nee
him. and the match may be consum
mated.
Flyrp and Capoui continue 10 draw
many spectators at their training quar-
ters. Flynn is working out in Moo,
hall. While Caponi spends his afternoon
going through various stunts at Bcan'
Ssn-G:m- Spectators are welcome a
long as there Is amy room left.