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Show MEL D BEELL EXPRESS CONFIDENCE Wrestlers Should Put Up a Good Battle at Majestic Park June 18. Confidence seems to be the middle name of both Mike Yokel and Fred Bceli. who will meet in a finish wrestling match at the Majeatie saucer track on June IS. Both men have written to Promoter Crabbe. each telling what he exnects to I do to the other in tile last chance they will hava, at each other. Beell believes that Mike will be nearly as easy for him now as he was last winter, win-ter, when he won from the Dutchman in the east. Beell won his match then in straight falls and weighed 175 pounds, while Yokel weighed 15S rounds ringside. Yokel did not w-in many admirers in this contest, as the fans thought he was easy for Beell. and it is this branch of Beell's backers who are willing to wager that Beell will again put the skids under Mike in the coming match. Yok) has an alibi for his first match with Beell and only wishes to satisfy himself him-self In the coming match to sm jf Beell can really throw him. Before going on the mat last winter against Beell. Yokel had Just left the train after a four davs' ride. He also llBd a championship battle at Minneapolis on the following night with Joe Carr. Yokel claims he did not give his best against Rppll hpMnc. h to win from Carr In the championship battle. He gives this as his reason for allowing Beell to pin his shoulders to the mat Beell, however, cannot see it that way and is willing to wager on the side that he can throw the Dutchman in the coming com-ing match. Beell la also the only man who ever threw Frank Gotch In. a contest. con-test. This happened at New Orleans in l!l(i6, when Beell was considered among the best wrestlers in the world. The two men will be meeting under different dif-ferent conditions In the coming contest, as Beell will have to make 165 pounds bv .1 o'clock, while Yokel will try to be up to that mark If possible. The belief of Promoter Crabbe is that Y'okel will weigh It!" when he meets Beell and he thinks that the extra two pounds in weight will not give Beell much advantage over Yokel. Reports have been sent down from the Jackson Hole country in Wyoming that Yokel Is in as good condition as when he prepared for his second battle with Chris Jordan. He will arrive in town Friday and will start training at the central fire station. Beell will arrive here from Chicago Chi-cago on June 9 and Crabbe will arrange to have him work out in training quarters on Main street, so the fans will have plenty of time to see both men In action before the big contest takes place. Promoter Crabbe will have tickets nn sale a week before the match at Bingham, Bing-ham, Midvale. Garfield, Ogden, and several sev-eral place in Salt Iake, so that the fans will have a chance .to get their pick in time for the big affair. Crabbe chose the saucer track because of its seating advantages. ad-vantages. The match will be held In the afternoon and those sitting in the cheaper seats will have plenty of chance to get a good view of the contest. |