Arizona republican., 1920-06-09
BAT TLE IF WITS
 TO BE WAGED IN
 FRIDAY NIGHT GC
Youthful Exponents of Grappling Art Will Be Obliged to Rely On Knowledge and Trickery For Victory-Both Work ing Hard For Match

Youth will be pItted against youth when Jack Samson, 1S0-pound cham pion of the west, meets Pete sauer, Lincoln Giant. in finish go at Tally's open-ai arena Friday night.
 The two head spinners are among the youngest in the profession and are looked upon by sport critics as likely championship timber for the new gen eration. Sauer is only 20 years old, while his opponent claims but 22 sum mers.
 The Friday night match. therefore. will develop into contest of wits and skill Both big fellows will be in shape to travel at top speed all night. if oc- easion so requires, so neither will have any material advantage in the matter of stamina.
 Sauer to Change Style
 It will be the first match in this city where both men will be obliged to de- pend solely upon their merits. In the Sauer- Berg and Sauer- Montana bouts, the local fovarite relied upon his stay ing qualities to carry him to victory. believing that he could outlast his op- ponents and, by fast work, defeat them after they had exhausted their physical strength. That was only a natural method for him to employ against his previous opponents and it proved a wise one. but he will have to change his style for Samson.
 If Pete plans to wait until the coast boy weakens before taking the az gressive he may find himself on the short end of the verdict. Samson is one of the most aggressive mat men in the West and he is sure to lead the Nebraska boy over some rough roads before victory is won or lost.
 Both men will be obliged to rely en- tirely upon their graphing ability for victory. For this reason the Friday match should prove one of the most big fellows of the type of Sauer and Samson, put together in the same ring and with their all in the wrestling game at stake are quite apt to tear around a bit before submitting to de feat.
 Morale Is Big Factor
 And there's another thing. The morale of these two men is at high pitch. Both are hopeful of some day reaching the highest pedestal of their profession. With the old timers, the situation is different. They realize that they are on the downward path; their morale has been shaken by nu- merous defeats, and. in consequence, they are likely to more easily submit to defeat.
 But with two young men. both bound on gaining the top rung of the ladder in the head spinning profession, they will fight to the last ounce of their strength before accepting defeat. Many have endured minutes of extreme tor ture and suffered broken bones before admitting the superiority of their op- ponent.
 Just such things as these can be ex- pected when Sauer and Samson get together in the big open air arena. Both realize that a defeat at this time would be a serious handicap to their future progress; that they would be obliged to turn back several leaves in their mat history and start anew.
 Samson is regarded one of the most dangerous opponents of the toe hold since the palmy days of the late Frank Gotch. He has an aptitude of secur- ing the hold when least expected and applying it with great leverage. A big majority of his victories during the past two years have been secured through application of this hold.
 Samson is not ''one-h hold' wrestler by any means. but like all of the lead ing lights of his profession he has one favorite hold He is considered one of the best VerSed young mat men in