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Show J $8 -k YOKEL WILL WRESTLE TOM L0WGAUGUST18 Southern Champion an3 Local Man Matched for Finish Mat Battle. The announcement of Promoter Harry W. Heagren that ho has matched Tom Long, the southern champion, and Mike Yokel for a finish match to take placo in this city on August 18, will be good sows to the local wrestling fans. Asido f: from the fact that it will be a high t class match it will give Yokel the c chance to show his many friends in this city that he is not a "hasbeeu" in the mat game, that his defeat at 4 the hands of Chris Jordan was only a j temporary setback, and that he will soon be the Mike Yokel of old, who 2 threw them all as fast as they came. Yokel himself has not made excuses for his showing against tho Greek, but it is tho general opinion among the fans that he was not himself on that i night, and his friends say that It was lack of condition. But whether the de-.1 de-.1 feat was caused by Yokel neglecting jj propcrlv to train, or whether he ha? I passed the ago where he can again get himself in tne magnificent condition 3 that he has shown on so many occa- sions, remains to be seen, and this 9 match with Lone should prove conclu-j conclu-j sively whether Yokel is a "hasbeen," l or whether he was simply caught out of f form. 3 Long is in Texas at present. Ho wall leave for this city in the course of a ; few days so as to" be here long enough ! properly to become acclimated. ' Yokel is on his ranch in Jackson -s I Hole. Ho is expected to return to this ! city at least ten days beforo tho match, so that ho will havo time to condition himself. In the meantime, the now champion, Chris Jordan, is a very busy man. He Jjjj I meets Andv McAllister in a finish ' match at Bingham tonight, after which 'Ha,! ' he will leave for Los Angeles, where ijlljf I ho meets Tony Ajax on August 8. He I'jlHN'j will then return to this section of the mu , country, and on Augnst 15 will meet mi Jack Harbertsdn in Ogden. He also ' Km has at least n dozen matches in viow. ,Wjrf j ranging from Denver to Cleveland, and lff Cincinnati, but just which ones his Im I manager. Tom Scanlon, will accept has jgjjt I not yet been decided. |