Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 47 | Much Interest in Ogden Mat Match

MUCH INTEREST II 0G0EI1I MM Harbertson and Visser to Meet in Finish Bout Wednesday Wed-nesday Night. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX. March 124. Jack llavboit-son, llavboit-son, who will emloavor to wrost iruin Pete Visser the iiueruiotiutaiu liht-iieavywoi'ht liht-iieavywoi'ht championship in a iinish wrest linj; match at tho Alliainhra theater thea-ter Weiinesilay evening, is in excellent, condition for the bii; match. Working out ut the private gymnasium of lames Piugrec, the miilionairo O.uilen banker, Harnertson has liail every modern convenience con-venience in the way of training apparatus ap-paratus to assist him in fiettini; reauy for his eominj? match with Visser. Visser, the Ogden firemauhas been putting in some stiff training for the past few days also. One ot' li is most sensational training stunts is carrying a (jOO-pound weight up a flight of stairs in the firohouso. Tho feat seems, one for a Buperman, but Visser has accomplished accom-plished it, showing in what superb physical phys-ical condition he is at present. Interest in tho match in Ogden is nt fever heat, there being much feeling between ilarbertsnn and Visser iimi their respective adherents. -Betting hay been heavy, with tho prices even. With Harbertson 's reputation, gainer? through his victory over Miko Yokel and other well-known wrestlers; and Visser Js standing as the holder of tho championship tit lo for the inter mountain moun-tain country, and the prestige lie has gained in the state as a result of his contests with Ad iNintoll, ' ' ttrangler ' ' Lewis and other eelebreties of tho mat game, it is ccrtaiu that tho match next Wednesday evening will attract fans from all over the stale, A "wrestling special" will leave tho new interurban railway stntion of tho Bamberger line nt the corner of 8outh Temple and West Temple streets, Salt. Lake, at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, reaching Odon in timo for the Sa It-Lake It-Lake wrestling fans to see not only the main event between Visser and Harbertson, Har-bertson, but also the preliminaries.