Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-01 | Page 10 | Yokel Leaves for Texas to Wrestle

YOKEL LEWES FOB JEXJIS I0WBESRE Champ Meets "Pet" Brown at Taylor May 7; O'Con-nell O'Con-nell After Ketonen. 7Ilko Yokel, champion middleweight wrestler of the world, left yesterday afternoon after-noon for Taylor, Tex., where, on May 7. he wrestles "Pet" Brown. Yokel was accompanied by Fred C. Crabbo, who Y-lll look after the financial end of the match. Brown Is a native of Taylor and claimB tho cliampion&hlp of the south. He has beaten a number of mat battlers, and Is eald to be a genuine wrestler. After his Texas match Yokel raav go to Winnipeg to meet "Walker, who has been after a match with the champion for a year. Arrangements are well tinder xvay for a match In this city on lay 20 between Yokel and lYcd Bcell. These two were to havo wrestled three months ago, but the match fell through on account of an injured shoulder suffered by Boell In a bout with a 350-pound nusalan at Kansas City. Tho following challenge came to The Tribune yesterday from Middleweight O'Connell, who wants to meet either Yokel or Ketonen: Portland, Ore., April 27, 1314. Sporting Editor Salt Lake Tribune: Dear Sir: I would like to Issue a challenge through your paper to wrestle wres-tle cither Mike Yokel or Walno Ketonen. Keto-nen. I wrestled Yokel in your city several years ago, and lost after 1 hour and 35 minutes of wrestling. At that time I weighed 143 pounds. Slnco then T have gained twelve pounds and am wrestling better than ever. I have beaten all tho welter and middleweight mid-dleweight wrcstlors In tho northwest; also all the Canadian wrestlers, winning win-ning the middleweight championship of Canada in Montreal last summer, which I still hold Hoping ono of these wrestlers will accept my challenge, I am vorv truly yours, .E. J. O'CONTs'ELL.