The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-25
AMATEUR WRESTLERS
SHOW GREAT PRON|Ess
Y. NJ c. a. Tournament Is Huge
Success, Attracting Large
Crowd.
SOME DECISIONS CLOSE
Spectators Did Not Always Agree
With Referee, but His Task
Was Difficult.
SOME DECISIONS CLOSE

Before crowd which filed the asso-
cation gymnasium TO its capacity. the
annual wrestling tournament of the
y M. C. A. was held Friday night under
the rules OF the Amateur Athletic union
The physical department, including o. B.
G1nsrich. Fred a. Saxton Roy L. Glenn
and M. K. Yokel, worked hard to make
the tournament the success il was and
when the fact is considered that fifty
iour boys had occasion TO tussle on the
mat during the evening. the extent of the
meet can be realized Ben Harker. in
the capacity OF referee. did some good
work and although the crowd at times
found fault with one or two decisions
these We're, so close that criticism was
not justified.
racy. toIled off the seconds for athletes
who competed on the mat,
Provo Well Represented
An enthusiastic delegation under the
supervision OF John Cummard wrestling
Instructor n1St G was on hand, from Provo.
place in the finals. as did D. Stuart both
boys receiving gold medals for their
work. EXplin, also heavyweight. and
Dale Dean. protege OF Mike Yokel's.
put up a splendid exhibition OF wrestling
as the final card of the evening. Neither
secured fall in the first five minutes.
Later; however Dean demonstrated his
superiority over the Provo lad securing
a hold which put EXplin on his shoulders
Lockhard another B Y. u. boy In the
,5c ld1- pound class. also distinguishes him,
W, Se sSenrng Sg,nn silver f media! IN his bout
Fred Crabbe of the Y NJ. c. A. won
in the preliminary. the semi finals and
the final. thereby getting the much
l29-pound class, and showed that he is
conner by his aggressiveness and all
around knowledge of the wrestling game.
Niblo. also OF the Y. NJ. C. A.. defeated
S. Wallace OF Ogden. his only contender
in the finals. getting first place in the
prize money. The result OF the finals
was that four OF the Y. NJ. c, y. men
won gold medals
Perhaps one of the hardest matches of
the evening was the bout between f.
Wheeling. Of the Salt Lake high school
and a. Hanchett of the B Y. L. at
Provo These two BOYS We're unable TO
get a fall during the six minutes allotted,
and were given one minute TO rest by
Referee Harker. Following the breath
ing spell. Wheeling and Hanchett again
clashed but even with the additional
time no decision could be rendered. so
topal three minutes was siven.and this
time Hanchett Topped Wheeling after
two minutes wrestling.
Among the boys out for honors Friday
evening were many out t-of-tOwn bows. In
many cases the bouts were slow, but
occasionally the lads got together in such
manner that they thrilled the crowd.
There was no profe ssionalism in evil
dence, and each bout was clean and gem
tlemanly.
Results of Bouts.
The results follow,
1l5-pound class. preliminary.S. Wal.
Nlblo. Y. NJ. c. A., threw A, s. McCabe.
Salt Lake high. in three. minutes. while
GayiS Lloyd NJ G. cSsd A. defeated ssni
hnals-NibIo beat Deane. holdovcr: 5.
Wallace. Ogden. threw C; Adamson of
Garfield. Finals-Niblo threw Wallace
after six minutes wrestling.
One hundred and twenty five pound
class, Prelimlnaries-Crabb beat Bert
Bally; u. Stuart won over l.. Hinckley
with hammerlock: Semi -finals-Har-
vey won over Smalley. Flnals-Crabbe
wins over o. w. Harvey:
One hundred and thirty FIVE pound
class Preliminaries-O w. Harvey de-
feated Charles Eichhorn: r F. Lambert
met defeat at the hands OF v. j.. Me
Han: Clifford Evans won from Arthur
Smalley. and a. Waite secured victory
from II, Tanner. Semi -tnals-V, f, Nc
Han bcsted Ber, Smoot after six min
utes' wrestling and D. Stuart got vic
b. Y. L., threw V, F. McHan.
Ono hundred and forty five pound
class, PreIImnaries-D: Lockhard won
from A c. Welt: Il. +, Lambert was
minutes wrestling. Semi i-fnals-Arthur
Macke defeated f, G. Knutski after hard
tusse: Lockhard also threw Johnson.
Finals-Arthur Macke Of the Y. NJ. G, A.
won off Lockhard, y. Y. L.
One hundred and -eight-pound
class. Prelimnarics-Tra Dern was
thrown by f. Wheeling. in one minute:
John Anderson defeated Jack F'runfor'
l.. s. Mortenson won from II. Young
after one minutes wrestling. while r.
Peterson found an easy victim in A. An
trobus. getting a fall In less than min
ute. SEMI hnals-A. Hanchett won ever
John Anderson, and l.. s Mortenson was
thrown by Ezra Peterson Finals-Ezra
Peterson, B. Y. L.. got tho decision over
A. Uanchctt. also Of the r. Y. u.
Heavyweight class. PreliminaTies-A.
Chrlstoferson won from G. Know. f..
Peterson got n decision over +. Iofgrcen,
and L. Explin won victory off i. An
drrson. Semi hnals-EXpin easily won
from Christoferson, the Lehi farmer.
Flnals-Dale Dean demonstrated his
skill! as n wrestler by throwing ENplin
after a hard contest.
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