The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-21
"fex" Richard Takes
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YOKEL THROWS THE
ULTNOMAH ''CHAMP P"
Salt Lake Boy 0utgames Pacific
Coast GrappIer in Ninety
Three Minutes.

Mike Yokel wrestling instructor OF the
Y. NJ. q. ~. won the first Two falls and
contest from Ed. J, O'Concll, claimant
OF the weltcrwcieht championship Of the
world. In the wrestling bout at the salt
Lake theater Monday night before an en-
thusiastic crowd OF admirers in ninety
three minutcs--thc flrst fell requiring
ninety minutes and The second iaIl last
Ing, three minutes After INC ma,cm
wrestler in the country. weight 40
pounds. Tor Il side bet OF 5000. There
were no takers.
OF its kind ever seen In salt Lake CITY.
Ninety minutes OF Gruelue work WAS the
feature of the first tall. Immediately
chosen by Ed. OConnell as the referee
and he announced that no holds would
he barred except the slranglc. and thnt
rolling falls would not be counted.
with O'Connell. If anything. the finer
trained OF the two. stepped 10 the cen
shook hands. The next instant every
man in the audience knew that an cAhi-
hition OF skill and endurance was on.
Both or the men seemed 10 be perfectly
Jnatchcd Baclc-aDd Forth they steppcu
and danced, squirminS and rcnchlnS as
each sought an opening in the defense OF
The other. Great punches OF muscle
moved, tcnscd. and relaxed under the vel
vety skin OF both men, resembling: Tor
all the world, like two huge spiders
sprawled across The mat, while their
pllstening arms locked and mtcrocKed
around each others sweating bodies.
Throughout the first sixty minutes
O'Conncll seemed the victor. dozen
times. and his clever work won round up
on round of applause from y host OF ad-
hcrcnts. Each moment he seemed 20 pc
on the verge OF winning a TALL only 70
bs cheated in 1he epd M by tng oG You
keel Again The followers Of Iokcl would
break into cheers as he seemed on tue
verge of tossing the other man, but wa
cheated out OF the fall each time by some
counter trick OF his opponent
Toward the end OF the last thirty min
utes Yoltel, with his arm around tne
neck OF OConncll. seemed ON the point
OF throwing his man. when o'ConnelI
yelled Choke! Choke After getting
the attention Of the referee hc suomltteo
ley Carp. who said that the hold men
toned had not been used. Again the
game OF wit and endurance went on WIN
O'Conncll seeming TO weaken toward the
end. Amidst The Wild cheering OF the
specta tors Yolcl suddenly turned his man
over with half Nelson. pinned both OF
his shoulders To the pat With the head
lock. and the FIRST fall Twas won.
In the dressing room OConn"H sIlu
that he had been iorty-elght hours on the
road and had Just arrived in the clty
Monday morning at clock. 1ic Sdld
that he did not want to make any eN-
cuses and that nc had lost the first fali
for the reason that fokel Was the pet
ter man. He also admitted that he haG
hreu mistaken I'm thinking that lokel
had taken advantage OF the stranSle hold
when both mon had agreed 20 bar tlat
hold at the beginning OF the bout.
The feature OF the second fall WAS the
rapidty OF the work OF both men and the
wonderful escapes from almost certain
falls by both one OF the most spect9cu-
lar features of the fighting out by O'Con-
nell OF q beautiful head scissors. only TO
be thrown AT the end Of his enorts by
Yokcl who used the chancery. Oton-
noll jumped up and. running 10 the 'front.'
OF the house challenged any man In the
world Weighing li5 pounds 70 wresue Tor
$500, best two out of three falls.
j.. T. Furgcson OF Ogden Won the sec
und preliminary from Dale Dean, sale
Lake boy. There WAS no iall. Ihe bout
was for fifteen mintcs with no falls. the
decision going to Ferguson on aggressive
ncss. The first preliminary. between
Jim Clory OF Ogden and ~ y. MacEey
nf the local Y. NJ. .. A., was won by
Mackey on aSeressiveness.