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Show i-i : q ' - -. -i- - ; uf 3 WRESTLER MORTENSEN OF THE Y. M. C. A. The Vlnh state wroslllnc: tournament for the various weight championships will open tonight at the V. M. C. A. Fifty-two young athletes from different parts of the state have entered for the (matches, and Wrestling Instructor Yokel of the Y M. C. A says thai the tourna- ment will be the most successful of any of ;hc tourneys so far promoted. There will be six classes, the entries for which will be as follows: .Bantamweight. IIS pounds Fred Newell, New-ell, Louis A. James, E. F. Montague, Walter 1,. Cat to. Lyman Young. Elmer E. Richie. F. C. Crabbc, J. II. Gerstncr. G. Wilson. A. M. McCabc. C S. Wallace, J. R. Niblo. Ed Snerry. FeaiherweiKlit class. 125 pounds Albert Al-bert Ray. Danicld T. Mackay. John Weidnor. F. G. Mcin, Willard Smith. O. W. Harvey. Robert L. Spitko. Ernest Crowtou. Rert Smoot. F. A. Fcnncssey. Arthur Smalley. R. F. Lambert, W. M. Opden. Lightweight class. 135 pounds Alex Lloyd. A. A. Judges. Ira Lambert, Del-berl Del-berl Stewart. M. J. Cleary. Welterweight class, 145 pounds John Relchenbach. Arthur A. Ma eke. L. A. Wilson. F. C. Kutncwsky. E. A. Bock. R. II. Sellwood. Carl Peterson. Chester Sharor. R Ballantync. John Miller. J. M. Howell, Lawrence Harris. T. F. Prcshaw, Wcfft Lindsay. .Middleweight class. 15S pounds L. S. Mortenson. Ezra Peterson. Dcnjamln E. Ilarkor. Dale S. Dean. Heavyweight class Dale S. Dean. The bovs will start weighing In at l p. m. tonight at tho V. M. C. A. Many of the boys are starving themselves In order to make the required weight. The bouts arc held under the .A. A. II. rules and llioro Is no give and take In weight. AH wrestling rules must be complied with. There are so many men entered lliat the contests will continue from lonlght lo tomorrow night and It Is doubtful whether the programme can be finished Saturday night. Tonight's admission is good for Saturday, and Monday if necessary. neces-sary. This will give the people two nights of wrestling for the price of one admission. All the gate receipts taken In will be turned Into gold medals for the winners, and the larger the gate the handsomer will be tho medals. |