Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-17 | Page 7 | Mike Yokel Gets down to Hard Work for Ackerman

MIKE YOKEL GETS DOW DOYN TO HARD WORK FOR FOi ACKERMAN AN Mike Yokel Is beginning to realize that in Al Ackerman he meets the hardest man tuna his long line of at wrestling bouts Yes Yesterday Yesterday he started hard training for the match the date of which has been ar nr arranged arranged ranged by b Promoter Heagren as February 25 2 i at the Salt Lake theatre Mike took to the timber line In the early morning and says that a tramp over oyer the hills back of Fort Douglas is fine for tor the wind With the entire Y 1 M C A wrestling class pitching in to help there Is plenty of work on the mat in the afternoon Yesterday Yokel handed Mr Heagren orders for 74 ringside seats that had been placed with him personally That the match will be for the welterweight title is adding Interest and Yokels admirers who for tor a n long time have Insisted that I he has the championship class are not backing down now that he ho will be given th chance to show It While the welterweight title like that in all the other weights with the exception ton tion of the heavyweight is claimed by more than one Ackerman is conceded to have the best claim His record shows him the victor Ictor over Alec Swanson the New York crack over Charlie Conkle the Canadian Paul Gel Gei Geidel del Instructor of the Chicago Athletic club Deamon Bartel and many others With Bartel Ackerman went over two hours at Cleveland before securing the first fall in one of the roughest goes ever seen In Cleveland Ackermans last appearance was with ith Tommy Hoy February 4 at Warren Pa Askerman winning from the heavier man manIn manIn manin In 36 30 and 24 minutes for the two falls The Warren Evening News says sars Ackerman gave the greatest exhibition seen in Warren In 15 years Ackerman Is Isa Isa isa a real wrestler and compared with the theother theothor theother other othor matches held here this winter the theone theone theone one Friday evening made the others look like schoolboy affairs Mr Heagren received a wire from Lake Young manager for Ackerman yesterday saying that the wrestler was on his way to Salt Lake