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Show BOTH WRESTLERS READY FOR TONIGHT'S BATTLE Indications Are That Bout Between Biown and Yokel Will Be Most Bitter Ever Seen Heie, Each Is Confident EEB1 THING s m read ness for tba b r worlds cl an p onsh p -wrest 1 no- n atch at the alt Lai e thea te tb Sy.e e ng between Mike okel and Pet F own and the fans are looking forward to one of the greatest champ o sh p contests e er age n tb s sect on of the country Both nen onounce themsel es in the best poss 1 le hae ani ready to put p the "battle of their 1 ves They also assert thdt hev have nade the re quired we ght of loS pounds w tho t tho least trouble a d that they will lae no excuses to offer after the u atch f they lose Promoter Crabbe sa s that the ad , ance sale of seats has 1 ore than ex eeded h s fonde t hopes and that he expects i packel bouse Take Sundty Rebt Brown folio ed 1 s s al euston ot rest u o s nda a 1 d d o wo k i ester H with the except on of a long walk wh eh would nd cate that he s 1 aving no trouble on the we ght ques f inn Vol el also put in a qu et dav yester lay and outs de ot a jaunt on the loads did no work Wh le betting on tho contest has not beeu very heavy all bets that have been rei orted ha e been made at even money with all k nds of Brown monej n s ght This is due no doubt, to the fact that Brown s Texas tr ends came hero w th a large bankroll to bet and have been offering to lav the r money so freejy that it has got the local sports guess ng J M Torward manage for B own placed beveral hundred dollars batur day n ght on Brown and has some more eoinm ss ons from Texas to lay the same way Hard Struggle Promised Th s s the f t time n the h story of the local mat game that okel s fr ends ha e not bacl ed h m off the boards and bemoaned the fact that no one would take the other end 4.11 of which would ind cate that the w se heads are of the op n on that the match is go ng to be one of the tough est they ha e ever seen and are none too Bangu ne ot the outcome I The select on ot George Ivelson as the th rd man on the mat has met w th the general approval of tho fans who are confident that he is thorouo-hly ca pable of handl ng the bout and ot g ving both men an even break Good Preliminary A 1 m ted bout between 4.1ex Christ ophersen and Frank Clark a pa r of heavywe ghts w 11 furn sh the prel m ioarv and as Clark s sa d to be the hamp on of Alaska and Chnstophersen the best beavywe ght in th s sect on of the country some nterest ng doings are expected The theater w 11 be open at 7 o clock so that there will be no congest on at the doors and the prel m nary will start promptly at 8 oO Whether the b r match w 11 be a Jong one or not cannot even be guessed as neither man would comm t hm ; telf as to what k nd of a bout he n ; tended wrestl ng Brown has a repu tat on of tear ng after h s man from I le be?.nn?B "I Yokel has always V. t he w 11 m x 1Ust fas fast as I,?0? f h opponent is eager to m x w th h m On the other hand Yokel s capable of tak n h s t me and de SrV,, h 3 staying power if the j other fellow wants to wrestle that way |