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Show Ctirislofferson Defeats Salt Lake Fireman l.rlil Mri'sller llciiiiiuslrnlos Chntii. Iifnnslif ji (Jimlltlis III Pout .Miiiula) Mk'lil. Tho wrostlliiK vontoHt in Kmuiu'ii Dancing Academy, Monday evening. wiih well attended and was tho heal nail exhibition ever given bore. It leiuoiud rated that l.elil has, In the person of AIox Chrlstofforson, a coining coin-ing state champion. ChrlstolferBon, thougji 30 poitmlB lighter than James M. Sullivan, kept the big llreman on tlm defensive at ill times nnd threw hint twice, neciir-mg neciir-mg Iho first fall In nine minutes nnd the second olio in oevon niliiutoH. F. ('. Crnbbo, the Salt Lake wrestling proinolor, referoed the contest and ;no oxeellent iiatlsfactlon. Ho In. traduced ClirlstolTcrnon as tho "chnm-lon "chnm-lon of Southern I'tnh," and Stilllvan as tho prldo or the Suit l.nlce Fire Department." The men sparred for position, hut tl.o l.chl man noon hud his Salt l.nko opponent on tho mat mil was on top or him moi.t of the lino. Sullivan w: about to get his nnn onco, but ChrlHty hocii wiggled jut and with a bar and hammer lock ended tho Ilr3t round. After ten minutes recces the men .vera again nt It, with Sullivan again on tho defensive. With n reverse body slssors ChrlstofferHou hnd hln nan pinned to tho mat In two inlu-itcs inlu-itcs Ies3 time than in the ilrct round, mil was adjudged winner of the con-.08 con-.08 1. Chrlstofforson hns wonderfully Improved Im-proved In the past year nnd it wnB rcoly predicted that with two week's raining ho could defeat Flroman Nel-oii, Nel-oii, who holds tho ctnto chnmplon-nip. chnmplon-nip. In n former bout ho held Nol-r.u Nol-r.u for nn hour and. forty minutes. : is rrobnblo thnt a handicap con-out con-out avIU bo nrrnnged between Chrlsl-fforson Chrlsl-fforson mid Mlko Yoklo In tho near iture. , Tlure were two preliminaries to ho main bout. The fUst ono was hc-ween hc-ween Wallace Chrlstoffernou nnd i ivcn Xolson, two locnl fourteon-yenr-old bids. Young Nelson exhlblt-d exhlblt-d much Htrengtli and gnmeticss mid hough no fall wan recorded, he was "nily lljo victor. Tlie prlnclpnls In the 'Second pre- 'm'nary wore Intrcducod r.n Doll lti'W.vrl nnd Ulnek Hinckley of Provo. trwnrt Ib probnbly the best llght- Vit In tho ctnto. The bout went or llftoeii mluutoB with no fall, but tewart becauoo of his suporlor work, i'H given tho decision. |