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Show yokel will ii pis nuch Is in Good Condition for Coming Bout With Fred Beell. Mike Yokel, the middleweight wrestler who has won thousands of friend a in the intcrmountain country by his many great exhibitions on the mat, will arrive Friday from his raaieh in the Jackson Hole country, to put the finishing touches on his training in preparation for his coming match with Fred Beell. Yokel has -written friends in Pa It Lake that lie is in perfect condition, even better than on the night he defeated Chris Jordan in a long and stubbornly contested con-tested battle, and regained tho championship cham-pionship title, only to loae it again to "Pet" Brown, the Texan. In Fred Beell, the local favorite is carded to meet the best man he has ever grappled with and the only one who has ever thrown the "Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Lion" in battles free from accidents acci-dents or flukes. Beell is the undisputed undis-puted light heavyweight champion, al-t al-t hough wrestling far below tlie "eight at which this class usually goes on the mat. Uecent. advices from Chicago, where Beell is training, gives his weight at 164 and the further intormation that he will weigh 12 pounds on the night of the bout, either June 17 or 1?. Tie will have but a few pounds adva ntage over Yokel and the bout should be the best ever staged in this section of tlie coun-t coun-t ry. Beell will leave "Chicago Sunday and will reach Salt Lake Tuesday, about. ten days in advance of the date of the bout. Frank Got-'h, the "champion of champions" cham-pions" will accompany Beell and will be at the ringside on the night of the ma tcli. Tt is probable that Go ten will referee tlie bout. J-io will be asked by Fred ( Crabbe, who is promoting the bout, to servo as the third man In the ring and his selection would prove acceptable to both wrestlers. Inquiries coming in for details concerning con-cerning t he bout, indicate enormous Interest In-terest throughout the west, and the crowd should be the largest attracted by any like affair in the history of athletics ath-letics in this city. |