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Show . - "Greek Demon" Who Wrestles Leon Thursday William Dunii-trai. uii calls hlinsolf "'The Grnel; iomM" will moot .lad. Leon at the Salt Palace In a wrestling mal'Mi next Tliursday nlpht. The contest will he ill: first wrestllnp henit lhat hns been pulled off here In several months. The match will lake plnce on a stand located In the center of i he arena of the saucer track at the Salt Palace, and with the ringside and arena scats that will be placed at the disposal of the fans, together with the regular seating capacity of the track, a crowd of five or six thousand persons can be accommodated. The Empire Athletic club Is niacins the match. D. F. McCoy, promoter of the club, says the Leon-Demetral bout has been sanctioned by the boxing and wrestling wres-tling commission appointed by .Mayor Park to pass on all sporting and athletic ath-letic contests to be held here before the ' inyvor or chief of police consent to their staging. A. Jl Crabbe. Dr. Plummcr and ex-Mayor Ej;ra Thompson compose the commission. Promoter McCoy also says that every safeguard that could be thrown around the match to prevent crooked work has been laken. and should foul work bo attempted at-tempted by either wrestler It will spell the sporting death-knetl of every man Involved. Deinctral and Leon arc anxious to meet on the mat. They wrestled four years ago at Dallas, Texas, when Leon won the first fall In about forty minutes, but lu the second bout Leon broke his wrist and had to quit. Hcmetral Is training at the Salt Palace Pal-ace and Leon at fire headquarters. Ucmetral concedes between 20 and 25 pounds of weight to Leon, as the latter weighs 211 against Dcmetral's 190 pounds. |