The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-12
STORY OF YOKEL.
MILLER MATCH
Greatest Wrestling Bout Ever
Witnessed in Northwest


Last evening Walter Miller, a game
and gallant little battler, went down
| KEEL of Salt Lake City, the st. Paul
man losing the first fall at the expira =
| ton of an hour and eleven minutes OF
sensational wrestling, and the second
and deciding fall being gained at the
| expiration of Is minutes of mat work.
Miller stepped on the mat weighing
| l5l pounds. while the Jackson Hole
| hero stripped at l57 and a fraction
| pounds The Mennonite Just made
| the middleweight poundage and the
| advantage of some six and fraction
pounds cut no small figure i'm the win
ming of one OF the greatest matches
ever wrestled in America.
During the first hour of the struggle
| Miller increasingly carried the battle
| To his larger and stronger opponent.
| The marvellous speed and remarkable
ability of the little Pole were never
more in evidence than last night. But
Walter was pitted against probably
| the greatest living middleweight; a
| man with the primal strength of a
| bear. and the wonderful endurance of
| the smaller man was gradually worn
down in the gallant effort made to
| storm the impregnable fortress repre-
scented by the great defense of YOkel.
During the first hour of the battle
Yokcl seemed quite content To let Mil
! Ter remain on the offensive Walter
| carried the battle to the mighty Mike.
| going behind repeatedly out Of every
mix and outclasslng the Mormon mat
man i'm the matter of speed. But the
pace "as telling; gradually breaking
down the strength of Miller, ana the
climax of the match was reached and
passed when Yokel slammed Miller to
the mat and stunned his opponent.
From that time on there could be no
| doubt in the mind of the real follower
of wrestling of the outcome of the
contest.
1t was after throwing the little Pole
to the mat where Miller lay partially
stunned that Yokel turned the protest.
'''s "Hpul''IS VI M,lllef 10 the mat
with reverse nelson and crotch hold.
Calamity and gamely Walter fought.
hut the gameness of the youngster was
futile. ana the end of the first fall
came amid one of the widest scenes
ever seen at a wrestling match i'm the
Northwest u
Miller Dazed. a.,
Ihere was a lump on the head ~
Miller as large as an, egg as the result
OF the vicious slam TO the mat The
sSt. Paul boy was weakn and dazed.
With all the foreesint his command
Miller went Jhackl apd fought gamely
against the inevitable, only to be beat
en- by a further arm hold and scissors.
In the match of last evening Yokel
proved that he is one of the worlds
greatest wrestlers. His strength is
something that can only be guessed at.
The great shaggy head, the wonderful
ly developed torso, the dangling arms
that fairly rippled with playing mus
cles. impressed one with the unlimited
physical power of a wrestler who has
not been wrongly named the Rocky
Mountain Lion.
Against this strength was pitted the
science. speed and brain of the little
man from the Apostle City. For over
an hour, up to the time Yokel slammed
Miller to the mat it seemed that this
speed would avail against the supe-
rior strength of the Salt Lake City
man. There was so much fine work of
gruelling pulled off last night, so much
work that wears down the strength of
the wrestler. that it is doubtful how
long the match would have gone But
up to the time that Miller received the
terrific blow on the head, 1t is only
justice to the little man To say that his
great speed and remarkable defensive
ability We're proving a match to the
bear-like strength of Yokel.
While the men were on their feet
they We're wearing. hauling and bull
ing, the hardest work on the endurance
of wrestlers. Then came the dazing of
Miller, though this is not given in the
least as an excuse for the defeat of the
little Pole, and the end was foreseen.
est wrestling that has ever been wit
messed on local mat, as should be eX-
pected when two such great men meet |
in battle. And in the second bout the
fans saw "A game man take gruelling |
like a man, when il would have been |
easy for Miller to have made the nasty |
blow on the head the excuse for falling !
To respond To the call of time for the |
second fall. Mike Yokel deserves all |
credit for his victory, for great is the
salt Lake City man, and Walter Miller |
Is a more popular man i'm his hour of
0efeat. perhaps, than ever before i'm
the hearts of the fans of this city
Yokel paid a glowing tribute to Mil
Ter after the match. He pronounced |
him one of the toughest men in the /
world, and like the good sportsman
and thorough gentleman that he seems
To be, stated that weight had much to
do with the defeat OF Miller.
Walter came out straight from the
shoulder and said the best man won
and that he had no excuse to make.
Sailor Jack failed to beat Carl Han
h., ss'rorriI,la L." Of |