Show 9 V 9 9 I EASTERN WRESTLING CRITIC FLAYS FEUD BETWEEN DERN AND MIKE YOKE YOK 11 P PAPER PER CLAIMS ClAIM ARE it UNFAIR 14 r t JohnnY Meyers Lou Tala Tala- giber r and Chris Jordon Selected as Opponents Opponent V 1 t Steve ft By i Utah was wa talking over the len sen- tT w wrestling match held at Ogden I more than thana II a month ago In which Ira r pent lost lost his his middle middleweight weigh t to Mike Yokel who once fee the e title for more than five V con con- h hea tl yi sears fg the same thrilling match l ea Caused ed a great flurry of excitement through the fraternity from Boston Doton to Portland That Intene interest In- In uret terest Is reflected In the most prominent article In the th Wre News a sport u tl issued by Does DOC Reed In InIn inI I news i City The 1 P f flays we wrestling es conditions lt e ge geIn In the e West teet and the excitement I el Into which they have been thrown for thelast the thelast I last few ew years due to the Intense personal per- per bitterness between Ira Irl Dern the Salt Lake pride and Mike Yokel the I hermit of Jackson Hole GIVES CIVES YOKEL DI DiR S S TITLE The Wrestling New News depending upon advertising for the Ogden match believed be- be tiers all that the two wrestlers res put claims and hopes hope at stake when they entered e the ring at Ogden Orden Sand nd shortly ry after the match a which l hg Yo To- Yokel kel won In a sensational fashion de- de Yokel to be the heir to all of ot the Claims of Dem Dern Then the paper was Unformed hat the bout was Wall at catch and no title was Involved T There is no doubting that the match was wan wall I advertised for the middleweight Championship of the world and the Eastern n tI has a foundation U IO for his lh i over the h fact a that the match a should be turned into a affair YR CA CATCH WEIGHT CLAIM CLAne 4 Reed says say It It now develops that the theIon thelon thelong lon Ion long talked of match between Ira Dern of ot Salt Lake City Utah claimant of the title and tike Mike Yokel the former champion decided at at Ogden Orden Utah was as a R. catch weight eight affair much the lh same laDle as all all of ot Derna Dern mat battles and In no way cleared up the middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight situation in that section This was va w revealed In a a. letter to the writer It lt states in part It was announced at the ringside that the bout would be at catch weights land and consequently would have no bearing t on n Derna Derns middleweight title which he heIs' heIs heis Is Is' always ready to defend at pounds pound J DERN ER STICKS TO WRESTLING The writer stems seems to blame biame Dern Dun for formost formost I most moat of the trouble although the Salt I idol has assiduously refrained from all alt haggling or neckline heckling about wrestling matters for the last few months Dern some ome time tints ago aro made the statement that he was wal going to let other wrestlers and fans do all of the th talking they liked call him I anything h they wished he a and was going to keep silence ren He Ire ie iea offered to wrestle anyone at any time he was called upon but further than that re refused re- re refuse fused fuse to project himself Into the wrestling wres wres- tUng situation He Kept that resolution well after the Dern and Yokel match refusing to comment upon It other than yokel okel won The article continues Even the clorest friends and admirers of the Salt Lake grappler are forced to admit that Dern has haa for or the th past palt year contented himself with wrestling light heavyweights heavyweights heavy heavy- weights whom he lie could beat and when defeat did overtake him could spring the old cry that the title wasn't at atI stake take I j I J TR TITLE AND YOI YOKEL EL The he Salt Lake Idol usually excitable i and Inclined to blow up held himself well under control when shown Reeds Reed's attack He lie WI was remarkably calm He lie said Thanks for showing It to me but I T really dont don't care what Reed or anybody else says ays I made my last last lut jear and year and Im I'm Im I'm doing nothing but wrestling now M My only Interest in the Ogden Orden match was the wrestling con con- If Yokel was wan down to weight lie he has the title If he wasn't I dont don't suppose that Mike JUke would claim It I paw a that we we- had bad an Impartial referee that v was vas all I 1 had to do with the rn match t Yokel got rot the money AA As for m H r read ready to wre wrestle lle anybody from the 1 limit all the way up f font r- r rany any titles or claims claim of titles title that themay they may possess or that I may have That goes for any promoter anywhere n l r I said MIDDLEWEIGHT also elec Im I'm also aiM anxious to lift tift Ted Thy title and I think that If I 1 get ret Into proper shape I can do It ii I also think think that I can beat Mike Yokel three U out of four even If we met every day aJ In the year at year at any weight |