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Show McCann Defeats Jones; Jones Downs Gardner; Lawson Loses His Shirt ( Henry Jones, the wily grand wizer of wrestling in tnese parts, gained a split decision in a free-for-all thriller at the Park Ro-She arena Monday night, when there were more welterweights around than you could shake a ringpost at. A big crowd saw the fine card. In the first place Jones was defeated by the rubber-legged Wildcat Alley Oop McCann in a furious melee which ended by a series of terrific Sonnenberg butts and wound up when McCann took the third fall by a simple pin hold after he had rendered Jones gi'oggy. But that fall proved to be only the semi-windup. It seems that years and years ago in the old Mozart hall, Jones took on a certain Phil Gardner of Grecian extraction, ip a 'rassling match. Jones not only beat this man but gave him an ear that looks more like a cauliflower than a cauliflower cauli-flower does. This same wrestler has been hanging around Provo for a week or two for a match with Jones. Last night he came into the ring and insisted so violently that Jones finally agreed to take him on after the main bout, win or lose. Take him on Jones did. And it was like stacking up a wooden j Indian against Sitting Bull. Gard-! Gard-! ner fell into Jones' clever holds I like a swan diver into a tank, The best thing he did was yell and this he did with a dramatic effect when Jones gave another couple of twists to the 'tin' ear and pulled a handful of hair from Gardner's harsute bosom. A toehold toe-hold finally won for the Provo grappler. McCann and Jones staged a whirlwind battle, especially in the final stages, when they were in and out of the ring in a furious series of Sonnenbergs. Jones was injured on one of these flying trips over the ropes and was said to have cracked a rib. Both were practically out after the last ex-j ex-j change of butts and McCann I pinned Jones with a body press to add another victory to his; long I list. In addition to Gardner, four Hher welterweights made chal- lenges. There were Al Boyd, Floyd i Hansen, Swede Lawson and Dean S Park on hand to make known j the boast that they could "lick the winner." McCann won the second fall of the main match with a cradle, Jones conceding the fall after a painful five minutes. It was in this round that McCann tore off Referee Swede Lawson's shirt in one exchange. The first fall Jones won with a hammerlock. Some outstanding fights were staged, with Woodrow Howe, 125, of Provo, and Homer Cooms, 130, of Springville, taking the cake with their two-fisted battle that was fought mostly toe to toe and ended in a draw. Howe appeared to be the aggressor most of the way but Cooms stayed in and was looking strong at the finish. Caring little for defensive tactics the boys waded in whole-heartedly and had the fans howling with excitement. In another bout Don Ostler of LW86 knocke3 out Sailor Luke of Provo in the third round of their scheduled four round bout. Ostler smashed Duke with a series of lefts and rights' and had Duke out on his feet, but Optler, fighting in close, was holding his opponent up. He simply moved out from under and Duke stretched out to fake the full count. |