The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-03
Defeats Eddie 0'ConncIl in
Straight Falls, After an
Hour and Il Half.
CHAMPION TOO STRONG FOR
MULTN0MAH WRESTLER
Both Men Work Hard for Mas
terry During Long and Some,
what Tedious Struggle.

Mike Yokel. worlds che mpiou wclicr-
Weight wrestler. again successfully de-
Tended his utlc Friday night at the salt
Lake theatcr in hsrd-f fought wrestling
match with Eddie O'Connoll. The star
Nultnomsh club wrestler. Yokci won tho
match in straight falls. the first In one
hour and thirty-two minutes and the
second in seven and one half minutes
II was Yokcl all the way from the Time
tho two wrcstlcrs went on ilS mat until
Referee Bean awarded tho first fall TO
the champion. The result was ever APP
parent and tho question WAS only how
long OConnell. by his clever defensive
work. could prevent Yollcl from throwing
him.
The match was somewhat tedious and
lacked the speed and tho spectacular fcs-
iUres OF the match between tho tTo a
year ago. Neither was In a hurry and
IL was soon evident that both men were
prepared for long. hard struggle. O'Con-
nell was content to remain on the de-
fcnsiyc throughout the match and was
never the aggrcSsor at any time, Gokcl
was patient and worked his long wear
ing down process with telling though
gradual effect Only once or twice did
no make any serious attempt to SECURE
Il hold that might result in n fall OCon-
ncll was kept rather busy watching fokel
breaking holds.
First Fall for Yokcl.
The first fall came at time when IL
was rather unexpected. The men had
Nrestled for an hour and half with
out great deal of progress and the opin-
ion Of tho spectators appeared TO be tllat
Il would continue another hour and
half. Finally Mike Yokcl secured the
hold he had been waiting for. and. With
an unbrcakahlc far Nelson. he forced
~, lii. A. l,-ll Ill
curclY there while the referee awarded
him the first fell in ono hour and thirty
two minutes,
The second appearance Of the two
men on tho mat was productive of faster
wrestling. Both went after each other
from tho start and after five minutes Of
fast spinning and slipping in and out OF
holds Yoke secured hammer-lock and
then far Nelson with which he again
placed O'Connell on his back OCon-
nclI's shoulders slipped off the mat and
nc protested against the fall being count
cd against him. The referee gave the
fall to Tokcl and O'Conncll accepted tho
decision good -naturcdlv.
O'Connell Praises Yokel.
Eddie o.Conneli took his defeat phio-
sophicsly.
''I have no excuses, "he said ''Yokel
IS e wonderfully good wrestler and II is
no discrcdit TO be beaten by n man Of
his class. Hc is much better and
stronger than when I met him year
ago | was in excellent shape and felt
certain that ! would beat him. Soon
after ] was on the mat l found that he
WAS too strong for inc. Hc was much
heavier and much stronger than | was
and the handicap was too great for mo
10 overcome. | believe that Yolscl can
throw any man of his weight i'll the
world +"
"o'connelI is tough man and took
no chances" said Yokcl 81 might have
thrown him quicker, hut | wanted TO
wait until ] was sure. He Is the hardest
OF the weitcrweights whom ] have mot -
IN The prelmiparics. Walter Steffens
and Tom Powell wrcstied twenty minutes
without q fall Danny Keith Il fast
and interesting match from Billy Lang in
thirteen minutes