Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-01 | Page 38 | Clean Wrestling Assured in Yokel-Bothner Match

Clean Wrestling Assured m Yokel-Bothner Match 3coro Bothncr's famous hold, tho combination hody ecissors and har lock. Both Men Favor Dowh-on-the-mat Style of Work. GEORGE BOTfLNEK, -vbo moots Mike- Yokel in a finish Trrestliug match at tho Auditorium Tuefi-flay Tuefi-flay uight, will arrive in Salt Lake at fi o 'clock this evoniug. Both' ner yesterday wirod Fred Crabbo, who is promoting tho match, to that effect, adding that he was iu splendid condition. condi-tion. Botbner, who is at the head of a -big privato athletic club in New York City, the enterprise of a wealthy man, is always al-ways in condition, bofc ho has' worked steadily for his bout with Yokel, nevertheless. never-theless. Ho will tako a rest Monday, wrestling only a littlo bout, probably or fifteen miniifcs' duration, with Crabbe, who is himself- a classy lightweight. Tho Now York man thinks he has a good chance with Yokel. Bothner wa Yokel's instructor and naturally tho latter lat-ter has adopted many of. tho tricks and holds of his old tutor. Bothner figures that his intimato knowledge of Yokel's stylo will give him an advantage. Bothner is a clean wrestler, much of the stylo of Yokel, a stylo so gratifying to the spectators. Also Bothner 13 not the kind of wrestler who attempts to wear down his opponent by up-standing tugging. Ho likes tho game right down on tho mat, whoro there is action an tno while", and whoro tho real art of wrestling wrest-ling i8 possible. Inasmuch as tho down-on-thc-niat style is Yokel's loug suit also, the fans should bo in clover Tuesday Tues-day night. . . A fast preliminary is assured m Arthur Ar-thur Macko and C4eorge McLeod. TVhen those bovs signed amides McLcod insisted in-sisted that tho match should bo on tho basis of "winner take all tho purse." That kind of an arrangement usually insures tho best the participants have. A time limit of thirtj minutes will be placed on the preliminary. Tho wrestling wrest-ling will begin at 8:f50 o'clock promptly.