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Show BROWN RETAINS TITLE; TUMBLES YOKEL TWICE Young Texan, Wonderfully Strong and Agile, Pins Veteran's Shoulders in Straight Falls; Favorite Hold Effective in Both Cases. Elmei D ( Pet ) Bron of Tajloi, Teas defeats Mike lokel Tiibt fall 2 homs 9 minuter Leg scissors and half nelbon Second fall 39 minutes Crotch and half nelson i I I about all tere is to it 1 j In these words Iike Yokel after he had been tw ce , j nned to the floor bj Pet I Brown of Ta lor Texas admitted that I he had gODe aga nst h s super or Browns ctor last n ght was the weond he has ga ned oer Yokel On jMaj lokel lost to Brown at Tajlor the mat h go Dg but one fall for the reason that "Vokel sufterod an njur and was unable to come back for the second fall Last d ebt s match was a gruel ng contest lhe result s ev dence flat youth and strength are as m the ages past the dec dine factors m testa of pin s cal super or F3 Both in Condition bo far as endurance s- concerned both men were manifestly n good condition at the end nd ating tnat they had tra ned to a po nt of perfect fitness lokel was the aggressor fron the beginning and also ne was beh nd L much more often than Brown but Yo kel appeared to be unable e ther to fasten any of h s holds or to make such as he d d manage to apply count for h m Brown frequently broke o kel s holds and came out of p nches with rare peed and agilitv When Brown did take the offensive he went at h s work with a v gor and vim and an earnestness o purpose that ! left no doubt tljat he n eant bus ness Although Brown appeared to try on y two holds and their mmed ate ram fica t ons he certa nlr made use of those two Invar ably n e method was to ap ply a bod sc ssors Having eaught lokel in the vise he took out breath ing tne and then went after a half nelson In the ease of the first- tall the bodv sc bsors slipped nto a leg , sc ssors and n the case ot tyie second fall t was oomb ned w th a crotch Brown exerted tremendous strength w th both h 9 arms and legs h these holds and no one could have wo ked the comb nat on of power more effecti ely lokel Battles to Last Just preced ng tl e last fa B own ce had Yokel $ s ou ders so near the mat that Referee George Ne son s hand ho ered over Brown s back but each me w th seem ng superhuman effort Tokel broke the ho d Last nBhts v ctory for Brown was c ean cut- It was accepted w th sorrow b the 3000 or n ore persons who packed the Salt Lake theater as was natura but none who w tnessed the bout vlth e d from Brow npase for s prowess lokel is known to pract cal y every man in SaJt Lake and his intimate friends number thousands It is not strange therefore that t was with the keenest regret t at t e towns wresting fans saw their idol defeated But no one for an nstant must labor under the In press on that Yokel d d not put forth h s best True it seemed to those at the r ngs de that Yokel acked the cunn art wh ch has won him so many bouts but when one takes into ac count that Brown s blocks were in every I waj fltt rtg to lokel s off ens ve leads It maj e 1 be said that Yoke did not in fact lack in craft ness but that Brown surpassed n defensive guards every wrestler who has ever appeared in Salt Lake Brown Looks Thin I Tl e n en we ghed at 3 o clock yesterday I af e noon Yokel ba anced the beam per ! feet y at loS pounds and Brown w6 ghed lo6 T hen Brown threw off his robe in the r n& last n ght e erone rema ked on h s apparent s mness about the wa s and chest. Indeed Brown at fl at looked gaunt, and there were man who thought ! he had overt ained to n ake the we ght Yoke on the other hand looked the pj ture of a carefu y prepared w es er Brown wrestled the match with perfect Judgment He kept on the lefensive and for this no one w 11 b ame h m fo he was in a ttrang countrv and before a I net le c owd He b ded h s t me and when th moment came fo exer ng m bc f he was n si ape to do the wo k S okeI Tears In Vi hen the mate had gone about an hour a d a hii for the first fa Brown appeared to be breathing hard but th s qulcklv passed and he was fresh at the end of t e fl b fal Yokel was also fresh For the second fa Yokel tore n wit h e ider t determ nat on to get a fa 1 as quick v a6 possible if It were fn i the ards hat he shou d get one After twenty m utes of t a sort of work t became e dent tha Yokels great efforts v e e tel nc: on h n Tena h was i anos e erj re spec e best Sa t Lake has e er seen It was clean th oughout ne her man at tempt ng anvth ng t at n ght be ca led o g s uff Tne Texas cont gent c paned Up abou $ 000 Most of t s on was aken odds of f e tcfo r on Yoke fo Yo o was fa o e ur ng t rif e noon a the Texa people he d off n hev &o the p es U Maj Arrange Matches P J M Jo-wa d manager for Brown ast n ght sa d at he and Brown wou d sta n Sa La e a week o so and wo p o a a ange one o more ma hes po s ne e eabouts There sod at B own an get nun er ous m es now Tn a ha enj, e 3 enad sng e fore the bou fron se e ai good men A nong them we e teleg ams from Joe Tu ne of Wash ngto D C Chris Jor dan who s n Den e a E ans of Knox e Tenn John O son of Akron O o and Chares R hrop who h s bee ba t La e and Ogden for hree mo t F ans and R n op sa d e had i 00 as a s de be 1 e s ow was adn ab onduc ed b Fred C abbe he promote The e was no a any w he and he close Cnbbe as t e rec p en o nan con gauaoson enane w hie he ma nad been u The Prehmmaiy Two ea we g Ax C stop erson of Lta a d F ank Ca k o Fa banks Alaska est ed n nu es w thout . resu t The wo ked fo a he were wo th and n add on o er grea st eng ej d p a ed m sk 1 T e Vr e qua e e oca d ins ru n en a was n a endance and se e a popula songs were sung T e n a n e en began a 9 o c ock T e efe ees o 1 w 1 s noth ng more no ess ess t an t gg ng at each ot e s heads wa e order for forty m nutes A for worn nutes tl e w es t ers we e on he ma for he f rst tin e w Yokel be nd Thej were up and dow fo a qua ter of an hour when Yoke p ospec ed for arlous o ds In c ud ng a otc and furthe arm Noth inB res ed rom the expiorat on F om t at me un 1 an our and wenty mi u es ad eapsed the men were frequen I on the ma w th Yoke be nd for e the nost part At 1 43 Yoke rew , Brown o e mat but t e Texan speed : 1 e aped At 1 49 tBrown got be nd j and at 1 5 he app ed h s body sc ssors f rst Yokel broke At 1 9 B own tr ed the same hod aga w ch was aga n broken t 2 01 Yoke hrew s man to the n at w th a eg hod but B own was up and awa before Yoke couH fol ow he advantage At 2 04 the Texan once mo e appl ed the body sc s ors and he d it for th ee m nutes when it vas broken At 09 Brown put on t e bod sc ssors presen y sJ pping it nto a eg sc ssors and comb n ne w h a alf ne son Yokel w t stood tho press e on v a brief space and 1 s si ou ders we e down The Second Fall , fter a nter al of f fteen n nutes he men at y o2 came on for the becond fa Yokel Went at Brown fi ece y It was c ear that M ke had concluded that the o y way to w n was to shoot qu ck And e certa n y. d d At ten minutes Yoke tried a crot h and body and two minutes later he tr ed a crotch and further arm In th s ok the men went off t e mat and were cal ed back o the center At fifteen minutes Yoktel started a fu.ll ne so wh ch Bro vn with some effo t broke At twenty four Brown again set is body sc sso s w i h was broken He repeated and t was ! aga n broken At thirty both men were up and at th rty two Brow n was a a n t ing the ec ssors Along about th s me It could be seen that the pace was te ing on Yokel and he had mo e and more d fflculty tn r dding h mself of the d ng Brown At thirty s x the sci sors was used by Brown in combinat on w th a part al headlock and t looked bad for M ke The Dutchman managed to escape but it was only by supreme effort A minute and a ha f ater about the same situation developed and this t me Yo e had even more troub e fn breaking the dead y gr p At th ty eight and a ha f Brown o e more clasped Yokel with his long and fastened the 1 alf ne son T s t e Yoke was unab e to shake off h s oppo nent and soon turn ng from the sc sso s to a crotch combined with the half ne son Brown p nned Yokels shou ders for the second t me and the match was over George Nelson the referee was ale t at a 1 times and his work gave general sat sfact on Elmer Brown of Texas, World's Champion 158-Pound Wrestler s j |