Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-19 | Page 8 | Ira Dern Scores Two - Fall Victory over Stocca in Drab Mat Program

Ira Dern Oem Scores Two Fall Victory Over in Drab Mat Program Steelier OHara O'Hara Fail to Appear at Arena I Ganson lson Tames Tame Tony lr Felice c By fly Walt alt Beesley Fruitless efforts to negotiate an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane spin on the pound Austrian champ hamp Joe forced Ira Dern local heavy to clamp on a toehold to win the feature match on the wrestling bill at McCulloughs McCullough's arena Friday night And the end came none too soon for the program substitute as arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged at the last minute was without without without with with- out a 3 single bright spot The failure of Jack OHara O'Hara Kentucky Kentuck Ken Ken- tuck lucky tucky and Pete to appear for their matches caused Promoter R R. Vern Vem McCullough to Juggle his card and the result was a 3 disappointment to the fair sized crowd Michael G who was ad advised advised advised ad- ad by his physician to forego his encounter with Jack Ganson re remained remained re- re in the background while Tony Felice pound Italian substituted substituted sub sub- for him sUb I I It was not Derns Dern's fault that the for scheduled feature fell through he tried his utmost to mix It with the slow-moving slow who back- back pedaled the entire route IRA PURSUES Ira chased the Austrian around the ring in an effort to start something something something some some- thing finally resorting to cuffing but even that failed to rou rouse e the pudgy boy from his lethargy Tiring of the inactivity Dern pounced on and applied n nu numerous headlocks With the Austrian a bit dazed and wide open Ira tore at him with a flying scissors and downed him for the first fall In 12 minutes s The second came after seven minutes minutes min mm- utes of ot monotonous stalling in which failed even to ruffle Derns Dern's hair Ira put the finishing touches touches' on him with a t toehold hold in seven minutes I In a similar feature Jack Ganson Ganson Gan Oan- son hurled his pounds at Tony Felice so frequently that the clownIng clown- clown Ing Irig ng Italian welcomed the chance to st step p outside the ropes Ganson like Dern tried to please II the fans but Felice was stubborn in his attempt to avoid him and with witha a few exceptions was constantly tryIng tryIng trying try- try Ing to find tind an avenue of escape Ganson returned Felices Felice's blows to tol the head until the latter helped his I opponent toss him over the thc ropes He came back an easy prey for Jack who slipped sUpped on a body press and disabled disabled dis dis- dis Tony for the rest of the eve eve- ning The match took Just fifteen minutes Hy Sharman Shaman lost control of himself himself him him- self seU lon long enough to let one ono fly at Ralph Morley's chin and consequently consequent consequent- ly lj- lost his go with the Tooele favorIte favorite favorite favor favor- ite on a foul MORLEY WINS FALL Each had t taken ken a fall when Morley Morley Morley Mor- Mor ley hit lilt the floor outside the ring Ralph capturing the first with an arm scissors and hammerlock in 23 minutes and Hy taking the second with a leg split in 12 minutes Morley came C back for the third fall flatting flailing Sharman about the head with stinging blows Sharman seemed dazed for the time being but uncorked a a. right which surprised Morley and put him out for the count A near riot ensued as the victim was carried to the thc dressing room In a substitute fracas John Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson coach at the Deseret gym pitted his pounds against the beefy Joe Ferguson tipping the scales around the pound mark and was wa-s given the match with a n. toehold toehold toe roe hold after 11 minutes of an unpleasant ant exhibition Ferguson Incurred the wrath of the audience with his unnecessarily rough tactics and hair hair- pulling hair and had a n. fight on his hands as he sailed into the front row seats eats on one occa occa- sion L J. J