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Show YOKEL 10 KARP ABE m Fini. fjOiioiiiim i Eastern Man Is Acrobat, and Yokel Will Have Hard Time Winning. There was a rush at the Salt Lake theater Thursday when It was announced that the tickets were on sale for the Yokel-Karp wrestling match, scheduled for February S. IGvcrybody Is anxious to secure a seat as close to the mat as possible and most of the ringside seats have already been .old. Karp and Yokel are training hard every day for their mutch. The men are lu the best of physical condition and the fans hope to see the best contest they have ever wilnoHsed In the wrestling game. Roth men have a host of admirers, anil, while the local sports favor Yokel, there will be a great deal of Karp money In sight on l he day of the match. If the odds are right. Just why Yokel should be favorite iio one seems to explain, except ex-cept that bo Is well known here. Nolh- nc: Is known of Karp's ability, but the little wrestler says the boys will et acquainted ac-quainted Willi him before the match is over. Yokel says I hut Karp will never be able to throw him, and Karp says Ihe same of Yokel. Karp Is an acrobat of the, first class. Handsprings and somersaults arc ns easy lo him as walking Is lo the ordinary ordi-nary man. Thus, Karp Is not only a wrestler but a "tumbler" as well, ami he says, that he has never yet found Hie man his weight that could fasten a hold which he could :iot break by some counter. Yokel, on the other hand. Is a strong boy who depends more upon his strength than trickery, while he Is 1101 so slow himself when it comes to the fine points of the game, lie will enter the match confident of throwing Karp In les3 than an hour. |