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Show ME YOKEL LEAVES; HE EXPECTS TO WIN Only Stipulation He Insists Upon Is That Antagonist Shall Make the Weight. Iikc Yokel left this afternoon for Bnkcrsficld, L'nl.. where he is scheduled sched-uled to wrestle .Mmmv Crawford, "the prido of tho oil fields," in a finish match Friday night. I'okcl will make a briof stop ut Los Angeles before going go-ing to Bakersfield in order in visit friends. He is making the trip alone Tho march has attracted attention , all over the coast and considerable mono' is being wagered on tho outcome. out-come. About i?o000 of Bakersfield money is said to bo on deposit there. Five hundred of this amount lias been covered cov-ered by a former Salt Laker. w;ho is now lit business ut Bakersfield, and much of the balance, it is reported, will be cfovorcd by former Salt Lake men now at Los Angeles and Bakersfield as soon as Mlko arrives. "I am in grand condition," said Miko this morning, "and if I inl. an i even break T expect to win. I don't care how big a 'ringer' Crawford may be as long as 1 get a square deal and ho lives up to the weight agreement, which is that wo both make loG pounds T do not know who will referee antr don't care just sn long as he is an hon-1 est man." j Yokel 's friends here do not fear the ; "ringer" phase of the Bakersfield reports, re-ports, for all of them feel 1 hat Yokel can hold his own against any man who does not weigh over 1130 pounds, but there is a local suspicion that will not down. Needless to say reports of the match will be watched with a great nmount of interest here. |