Show Gets Decision When Dern Dem Floors Him Salt Laker Loses Deciding Fall on Foul Delton Detton Loses to Kansan Joe Steelier was declared winner I of his bout with Ira Dern on a foul when two vicious blows sent the former former for for- mer worlds world's heavyweight champion tumbling through the ropes after each had taken a fall in the main event Friday night at McCulloughs McCullough's arena took the first fall all in 14 minutes min mm- mm utes with his body scissors specialty Dern won his fall tall In nine minutes with a body slam The end came after 15 minutes more of rough grappling grappling grap grap- pling in the third session BOUT GETS ROUGH I A few minutes before the finish St her resorted to rough but legal grappling by tapping Ira around the ring ing with rapid arm jolts Apparent Apparent- Iy y willing to accommodate his strong Nebraska foe Dern retaliated in a alore amore amore more lore costly wa way with a punch to the he chin that started on his journey through the ropes Ira fol fol- owed lowed with a second smack to the law jaw aw and adding a 3 little push had him ilm resting on the concrete in a helpless help help- le less ess condition Stanley Rodgers choice for or referee in preference to er r R. R R Verne McCullough and Jimmy Lindsey climaxed his Impartial work by y awarding the fall tall and the bout to on a foul The decision incensed the majority of the excited spectators who voiced their heir stand with a mixture of boos coos hisses and cheers DERN GROWS ORATORICAL Dern in protest to the decision strode to the microphone and told the throng he hit S echer with his wrist and pointed to the spot where Joes Joe's tooth marked the wrist when the contact con con- tact act with the jaw occurred Rodgers enacted the role of referee I after he had beaten Detton in 19 min mm- utes Dern evidently was prepared for tor forthe forthe the scissors hold as he effectively assumed a sitting cradle position which stopped the scissors as long longas as Ira could stay in that position Ira tried the airplane spin five times and in two of the tries was nearly nearly near near- ly successful was forced to grab the ropes to protect himself from Airplane Ira on all five of the attempts In turn mounted the ropes in lii an effort to jump on Ira and apply apply ap ap- ap ply his scissors but was as forced of off them by the referee after the first 11 minutes of the match brought rought Ira to the mat with a flying body scissors Controlling ing Ira under the deadly hold he succeeded succeeded suc sue in pinning him after five per per per- I efforts Dern was on the offensive in the second session and rang the bell with witha a body slam Detton met his Waterloo when he attempted a flying tackle but encountered encountered en en- countered Rodgers' Rodgers knee instead The croft crafty followed his advantage advantage tage by throwing Detton through the ropes after which the Salt Laker was counted out Rodgers was given the bout when Detton couldn't return after the ten ten- minute rest period and was refused an extra five minutes by Rodgers Tommy Tassos and Arthur Hedin 1 wrestled to an exciting 20 minute draw The match was full of action every minute and the two were accorded accorded ac ac- ac corded a tremendous ovation when 1 Ith they y left the ring |