Show I DERN I IN FINE CONDITION P I h w e 7 7 t 4 t I 0 U. U L. L e 4 7 4 1 i l. l c AA AAl m 1 cm I 1 e 4 v air I IT I I I S I t tI V VS c I x 7 1 c 7 I c c s' s 7 1 9 c e r 4 1 F I I I 4 c s 2 4 4 2 Ira Dern Salt Lakes Lake's great heavyweight grappler Wednesday wound up his active training for the match with Jimmy Londos in McCullough's McCulloughs McCulloughs McCullough's McCulloughs McCullough's lough's arena Friday night Dern is In tiptop condition following along along a along long grind of oC mat practice road work and swimming and his support supporters ers are confident that he will wi upset the famous Greek Adonis in their coming combat combat He weighs less les than pounds less les than he has weighed all al winter I Der Dern Lays Final Plans For Bout With Londos I Ira Keeps in Tr Trim Trini n With Road Work and Mat lIat Practice Lice tice Longson Gets Gels Big Opportunity in Steele Tussle Sharman Meets Tassos Ira Dern local heavyweight slammer slammer slam slam- mer has carefully laid plans for the most important battle of at his career when he clashes clashe with wih Jimmy Londos worlds world's words word's he heavyweight champion in m a best two out of three fall m match at atthe atthe atthe the local arena Friday night night Londos Londos Londos Lon Lon- dos will stake stale his title and the belt bel that he carries as S a n reward for the brilliant record established since he turned professional some 19 years jears ears ago Dern who for some of his matches does not do any extra training work has been hitting the ball bal for at least four hours daily daiy since the local promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter got the signatures of or Ed White and Jimmy Londos on the dotted line for the match The Utahn has spent at least two hours daily daiy on the road and arid some days has worked as long longas longas as as three hours on the mat and has found swimming a good wind build build- er Dern realizes that he must leave no stone unturned in preparation for forthe forthe forthe the bout and that he cant can't afford aford to take any chances of not being in tiptop tiptop tip tip- top shape The meeting with wih Londos Frda Friday ni night ht marks the first professional bout between the local man and the tho worlds world's champion Ira has met rhet practically practically prOe every other prominent heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight some time or another during his lengthy ring career and has more than held his own against the chal chal- lengers Dern holds hold a draw with wih Ed Strangler Lewis a record that few men can boast boast If I he can get a draw with wih Londos he should be well weI satisfied satisfied sats sats- satis satis- fied with wih himself himsel because Londos undoubtedly is the superman of ot the padded mitt mat LONDOS POPULAR The name Londos has become a byword byword byword by by- word with sportsmen throughout the te country countr and he means as mu much h to the wrestling game as Babe Ruth does to baseball and Bobby Jones once did to the golfing world Wherever Londos Londos Lon Len dos has wrestled wrested during the past two years rears he has packed arenas and outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door shows to capacity and Fridays Friday's stand at McCulloughs McCullough's arena Orena should not be an exception Hundreds o of wrestling fans already have their tickets and the largest crowd in i the thu history of or the arena is expected to jam the sports sport palace BILL ILL HOLDS OWN OWN The Ray Steele Bill Steele Steele-Bi Longson match will wi precede the title tte affair Steele is nationally known as a first class ring rine man while Longson has a host hos of ot backers in Salt Sal Lake who believe beleve he Is b ready to step out nationally anc and who believe beleve the local man has a good gooc chance to show to advantage against the is a rough and ready and few men ever get the best of him roughing it or in i straight wres wres- Another bout on the star all star al-star program program program pro pro- gram features H Hy Sharman and Tommy Tommy Tom Tom- my Tassos in a special event event |