The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-08
YOKEL MAKES
HIS Man QUIT
After Hounding Y. NJ. C. A. In
structor for Two Years, Nc
LaughIin Is Shown Up.

In the presence of a few of Salt
Lakes most representative business
men, Mike Yokel wrestling instructor
Of the Y NJ. c. A, completely defeated
George Mclaughlin in a wrestling
match at the Y. NJ. c. A. gym last
night But few knew of the match
owing to the conditions under which it
had been arranged, but those who were
so fortunate as to be present saw two
wrestlers battle on the mat for nothing
more than the honor of winning. There
were no side bets, there were no
purses. there was no division of the
gate receipts. There was no double
cross. 1t was the settling of a feud
between these two men of two years
standing, and Mike Yokel. giving away
fifteen pounds to his stronger opponent,
completely mastered him and made
Mclaughlin quit cold.
Training for Some Time.
The men have been training for the
event for some time. and when Dan B.
Shields called time it was only few
seconds until the men began work. Nc
Laughlin was the first to let himself
out. and in the mixup that followed
both went to the mat. with McLaugh-
lin on top. Mclaughlin was the aS-
gressor for about three minutes. when
Yokel made u dive for a leg hold. He
came close to getting il, and from this
minute on Mclaughlin, realizing he
was up against the real thing, never
left the dc fens i've. He broke number
of holds. but each time il was brute
strength that got him out of a bad
place At the end of FIVE minutes
Yokel got to his feet and from that
time on forced matters. At ten minutes
Yokel Secured a neck hold and for an
instant it locked as If he had his man.
but they rolled off the mat in the
struggle. For the next several minutes
Mclaughlin kept on top OF Yokel. the
latter struggling for hold, only to go
down again with Mclaughlin in a de-
fensive position. After twenty min
utes of wrestling Mclaughlin again got
out of a bad double Nelson which
looked like a sure fall.
Yokel began to work faster. and for
the next seven minutes had McLaugh-
lin guessing to keep out of danger
Then. quick as a flash. Yokel put
double Nelson on Mclaughlin and be-
gan to turn him over. The heavy
frame of Mclaughlin began to yield
slowly to the pressure. when Yokni
suddenly changed the hold from dou-
BILE Nelson to a head lock and pinned
McLaughlin's shoulders to the mat
and held him as tight as wise. Yokel
had won the fall.
Mclaughlin Quits Cold.
Al the end of ten minutes Yokel was
back for the second fall but McLaugh-
lin did not appear. Mclaughlin called
for Dr. Plummer and said he was
badly hurt. A little later DR.. Plum
mer announced that Mclaughlin had
injured his elbow and said he could not
go on. DR.. Plummer also said that
Mclaughlin in his opinion. could have
gone on with the match Nif he had
wanted to.
Story of the Match.
Behind the match is the story of
Mclaughlin bounding Yokel for a
match ever since Mclaughlin backed
down from meeting Yokel in Ogden a
couple of years ago. At that time Nc
Laughlin disappointed a crowd of sew
eral hundred spectators and the police
ran him out of town. Yokel quit the
wrestling game to become instructor
at the Y. NJ. c. A and announced that
he would not wrestle in public any
more. Mclaughlin and his friends kept
after Yokel for the past two years.
Mike was informed by Secretary Cox
OF the \. M u "A. lIdl he COulu not
wrestle Mclaughlin and hold his posi-
ton. but driven to desperation Yokel
finally agreed to wrestle Mclaughlin
in private. The match was to have
been pulled off last night in the pres
ence of about twenty people. but yes
terday YokePs conscience hurt him and
he told Mr.. Cox of the arrangement
Seeing that a number of people would
be disappointed. and also the position
in which il would place Yokel if he
refused. Mr.. Cox agreed that the match
could be pulled off at the 7. NJ. c. A
providing it was made public.
How Match Was Conducted.
Mr. Cox also insisted that all bets be
declared off. that the men must wrestle
for the honor alone and the Y NJ. c.
A have full charge of the mitch. and
further that none but members of the
Y. NJ. G. A. be allowed to see the
match. McLaughlin's consent was Sc
cured yesterday afternoon and it was
at once made public. d. A. Callahan
University Coach Joe Haddock and
Dan Conville were placed at the mat
side to aid Referee Shields i'm having
merits. All bets were declared off. and
and those present were informed that
"rowdy stuff would not be tolerated
for an instant.
The result was a complete vindica-
ton for Yokel and his friends and
there never was a happier man in town
than Yokel was last night after the
match, though he never for an instant
thought the outcome would be other
wise than it was