| Show I IG T SA SALT T LAKE AK DI ISi N GRI IR N I INTO O OC ACTION C IO F FRIDAY ID AY I Regna Siki d Victim of More ore Experienced Art Smertz Shows Class in Thirty-Minute Thirty Contest Contest Contest Con Con- test With California Welterweight LAST NIGHTS NIGHT'S RESULTS Wladek Zbyszko defeated Regi Regi- Reginald Reginald Reginald Siki best two fals fats in in three taking the second and third Art Smertz and Jack Carroll wrestled thirty minutes to a draw Young Albert defeated Young Bennion one fall in fifteen minutes Zbyszko vs Abe Kaplan ten min ute exhibition By Steve Years of experience In the rings of nations all over the globe meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing some of the best In the business never fails to J leave ve Its mark That mark marl of experience was upon Wladek Zbyszko of Poland Poland Poland Po Po- land when he handily defeated Reginald Siki colored heavyweight champion of ot the w world best two falls In jn three in a finish wrestling match at the Hippodrome theatre last night The bout was the feature feature feature fea fea- ture of the first program of the season Siki obtained the first in fall seventeen seventeen seventeen sev sev- enteen minutes by a leg split The second tall fall went to Zt In eight minutes with a reverse body hold The third and deciding fall fill came In six minutes when the giant Pole crushed his opponent to the mat that with a body press Despite the fact that only a fair crowd attended the contests the mat battles were Jn interesting Siki the colored wrestler was a revelation revelation revelation tion to mat fans The big boy bo- boal al although although although al- al though decidedly inexperienced showed that that that-he he had all of the tUssling tussling tiis sling tricks of a veteran combined combine l- l with the ambition of ot youth He HeI I lacked however the polish and finish finish fin fin- ish to his work to defeat such an anI I experienced man as the great Pole Siki weighed 20 1 pounds while Zibby Libby tipped the scales at Zb Zbyszko took things easy during the first minutes of wrestling feeling feeling feel- feel I ing ing out the colored boy and letting him show all of his tricks Siki fired with the youthful ambition to knock over the famous Zbyszko tore into him with great gusto gust heaving the giant Pole role over the ropes within the first three minutes I in his excitement Realizing Jils lIs danger in toying too much with tl the e eI j I i aggressive negro Zbyszko began to to work more strenuously He lie br broke ke I hold after hold of the colored fellow fel fel- fel- fel low A figure four scissors h hI Siki obtained on Zibby was rather I 1 spectacular but not in the least dangerous for after angling to find some manner to trap the colored boy from the hold and finding Its I I useless the white while man broke the hold Zbyszko was trapped with n a I leg hold In which Siki obtained a a. i leg split spilt and crotch hold and Zibby j I was forced to give up to th coI- coI j I ored boy t l After losing the first fall faU Zibby began to watch his step In the re reg remaining re- re g wrestling time he never never once allowed the colored bo boy to get him In a dangerous posit on I If It it were possible to oid a It Siki trl tried d time and again for tor headlocks but only with partial success He was never able to wear weal down the r Pole le who was in excellent condition Within a short time Zibby caught the colored boy in a reverse body hold and nd forced him struggling to the m mat t to obtain the fall The third fall came suddenly after themen the themen e em m men n were on their feet f fir r most of ot the five minutes Zibby got the colored boy to the mat and hooked him with a a. bod body press pres which he was able to use because of his great weight and strength The match was very popular with the fans Charles Now na Slovakian failed l to appear for his hour contest with Abe Kaplan Hebrew heavyweight champion and In its place was substitute substitute substitute sub sub- a thirty minute minute match with Art Smertz of Salt Lake clashing with Jack Carroll of San Bernadino The two wrestled evenly most of the distance Smertz displaying the greater class of or the two but with Carroll having considerable de defensive defensive defensive de- de power Young Albert won a min fifteen ute match from Young of Granger when he threw the Granger Granger Gran- Gran ger bo boy in seven se minutes with a wrist lock The remainder of the time yielded no fall Albert had had nn an of five advantage antage pounds Following the main bout Zbyszko made a neat peat little spee speech h in which he answered published challenges challenges' of ofIra ofIra ofIra Ira Dern agreeing to meet anybody anywhere before the eighteenth of next month when he leaves on an extended tour of or Europe Following I his main bout because of ot the he de defection defection defection de- de of Zbyszko wrestled wrestled wrestled wres wres- a ten-minute ten exhibition with Abe Kaplan Hebrew champion who was sc scHeduled to 0 o meet |
