Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-04 | Page 8 | Sharman-Sampson Bout is Feature at Arena

Sampson Sharman-Sampson Sampson an-Sampson Bout BoutIs Is Feature at Arena D By B WENDELL ASHTON Further evidence that welterweights welter welter- weights eights are unseating the heavy weights as Salt Lakes Lake's mat monarchs monarch was given Riven Friday evening at McCulough's McCu 1 McCulloughs McCullough's lough's arena as Hy Sharman a horn home homel product and Bobby Sampson of Los Lo Angeles stole the show from the be be- These two provided provide the cauliflower clientele all of the excitement ex ex- ex as they battled to a sensational sensational sensa sensa- one-hour one draw each gaining a fall fallAs As for lor the main event between Ir Ira Dern and Sylvius Chicago Italian there was little or n no wrestling for tor the local idol easily won with two straight falls proved to be a big footed bare bellicose bellicose belli belli- cose bundle of ot beef who showed no wrestling and made a sad attempt at al showmanship Shaman Sharman and Sampson tied ea each h hother other in all sorts of knots in jn the stirring stir stir- ring clean battle batlle After exchanging holds for 25 minutes Sampson captured captured captured cap cap- the first fall with a step over toe hold Thereafter the local welter battled with his back to the wall vall I staving slaving off defeat with a flossy exhibition ex cx- of recoveries and countering with his own assortment He did no not win the second and last fall until 4 45 I seconds before the close of the bouAs bout bou boulAs As t We c second chapter opened both bot Shaman Sharman and the coaster centered their respective attacks on each others others other's others other's oth oth- ers er's arms However they were soon soo applying splits split headlocks scissors toe holds and almost every hold i ithe inthe m in the wrestlers wrestler's vocabulary Sharman made the first serious threat when he made his red faced fo foe gro groggy gy with a series of well applied headlocks Sampson stopped th the spree however with a toe hold anc and the tile bo boys s 's were soon at it again on even terms with but 13 minutes t to 10 togo go With eight minutes left Sharman hoisted Sampson for tor the well known airplane spin spui but the coaster spoiled it by clinging to the ropes II Hy soon started another headlock series anc and Followed it with a body press that tha had Sampson all but pinned Sampson Samp son twisted out of ot it and rushed a at Sharman the two colliding and both going to the mat at opposite sides o othe of the thc rin ring Sampson was first to recover recover recover re re- re- re cover his Ills senses and led the offensive worrying Hy with his dangerous rushes and butts BOTH GROGGY AT FINISH Sharman again almost pinned d. d hi his rival with a rocking chair leg lee spread as only two ho minutes were lefo left lef to o go No sooner had Sampson broken the clamp damp than Sharman won the fall fal with a body slam Both of or the wres wres- tiers were groggy as the final bell bel sounded Dern merely toyed with entertaining the fans as he pulled the growth on the big Italians Italian's spacious chest chesl Dern took the first fall with witha a headlock in 18 minutes and the second sec see ond in five minutes with a body drop was a matchmakers matchmaker's error erro Indeed John Anderson and nd Rug Terry o of Seattle welterweights tussled d to a 20 minute draw In the preliminary I