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Show MILLER AND YOKEL TO BE WHOLE SHOW Wrestling Fans Ask Promoter Not to Put on Any Prelimi-naries Prelimi-naries at Big Match. The hippodrome at Saltair will be the scene of the finish wrestling match between be-tween Mike Yokel and Walter Miller of St. Paul when they clash on Monday, May 27. The selection was made yesterday yes-terday by Harry Heagren, who is promoting pro-moting the contest. Yokel, for a time, insisted that the bout bo staged In one of the local theaters thea-ters and tried to have Heagren make this stipulation In the articles of agreement. But when shown the difference in the seating and other arrangements, Mike agreetf to go to Saltair. Heagron then announced that thero will be free transportation trans-portation to Saltair for the fans, no charge being made for railroad fare to or from the scone of the content. He also announced that tho wrestling tickets tick-ets will range from Jl to 53, the latter to be charged for a very few of the best ringside Beats. Yokel leaves today for his ranch in Jackson Hole. He will remain there for ten days and will do his preliminary training before coming .to Salt Lake. Upon his return hero ho will secure training quarters outside of the city and yet accesslblo to the many fans who llko to see him In training. He will also secure se-cure a couple of good training partners, The question of preliminaries to tho Miller-Yokel bout Is puzzling Heagron at the present time. Many atonoh followers fol-lowers of the mat game have requested him to cut out all preliminaries and start the main bout not later than 8:30 o'clock. This is due to the faot that when Yokel and Miller mot at St. Paul a few woeko ago nolthor was able to secure a fall In two and one-half hours of hard wrestling wres-tling and both finished strong. If tho contest hero Is to last anything llko that length of time, the fans want the bout started early, so that they can see the finish and yet get home at a reasonable hour. As Miller Is one of but two middle-weights middle-weights who havo ever Becured a decision over Yokel, local poople are anxious to seo him in action here. This will bo Miller's first nppoaranco In Salt Lake. Ho Ib duo to arrive here about May 2 and declares that ho will be in the best of condition upon his arrival. Tho wlnnor of this bout will be matched with Henry Gehrlng. tho middleweight middle-weight champion, for n finish' match for the' championship at Saltair about July 4. Yokel is determined to win from Miller so that ho will havo another chance at Gehrlng, . Yokel and Gehrlng wrestled three hours and thirty-eight minutes without a fall here about a yoar ago. and only a short time ngo thoy wont throe hourfl without a fall at Cloveland, Gehrlng getting tin decision on points. Gehrlng and Miller have wrestled onco. In that contest Gehrlng secured a fall In two minutes 6f wrestling by throwing Miller while the latter wns trying to get his sweater Off to Btart the contest. They wrestled about threo hours after that without another fall and until they wore stopped by the fit. Paul pollen. |