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Show was victim oC a tliroo-roumi knockout inflicted by Joe "Toots" Joy nor. LcOnruIe Carter, plucky I'rovo lightweight, decisioncd Kid Pierce, kid brother of Arcade (Windmill) Pierce. Promoter Henry Jones is lining" up a fine Christmas holiday card for Tuesday, December 2S. McCann Employs Strategy to Win Wrestling Honors The old trick of patting the back of your opponent, making him believe the referee is giving him the fall, was pulled out of the hat Monday night in the Park Ro-She main bout by Wildcat Pete McCann to give him the deciding de-ciding fall and the victory of Joe Reynolds, his ht;.,-.v opponent. oppon-ent. Each man had won a fall, McCann Mc-Cann the first in 25 minutes with a McCann special grapevine and Reynolds the second with a Boston Bos-ton crab. There was 2d minutes left to go when the two gladiators went out after the third fall. It looked like Reynolds' superior super-ior weight and strength was about to gain him a fall when McCann used strategy. Reynolds released his hold with the familiar pat on the back, only to find himself flopped with his shoulders on the mat, Referee Lou Petro, awarding the fall to McCann. Mrs. McCann and Norma Burke the latter rrom junction, rmns, rolled on the mat and pulled hair for 30 minutes to a draw. The fans, especially the feminine element, ele-ment, shuddered at the punishment punish-ment the women ostensibly were taking. The bout ended with both combatants unhurt except for a few tender places atouc the scalp. The Red Shadow," masked marvel, mar-vel, unbilled on the program, won over Joe Roland, of Ogden, with a toehold and body press. Jess Christen, 138, of Provo CCC, drew with Kid Spencer in a four-round bout. It was the leading boxing -bout on the card. Some of those programmed did not materialize, the ring principals princi-pals when failing to show up . when Salt Lake promoters refused re-fused to let two colored boys and j Red Lund come down. Promoter Jones, however, wrangled some ; fodder in short order, and the ! show went on. Lloyd Liddlard, U. S. Navy, j I |