| Show Ira Ira Dern Gives Jim Londos Toughest Bout in Three Yeat Ya KINGPIN TAKE TAKES LONG TIME f t I CAPTURE FAI s 11 I Champ Takes Longer Throw Ira Than Any Ot Oth Ott Foe Since Gaining Title TIti 5 By THE TilE SPOUTS SPORTS EDITO One cannot help bu wonder il watching Jim Londos wrestling champion and andly ly Iy specimen o 0 f I i Grecian strength take only one fall from Crom Ira Dern of I ISalt Salt SnIt Lake in a two hour and five minute min min J ute title scrap atM at I M McCulloughs McCullough's c Cull 0 ugh's arena last night just how r lo long 0 n g will con con- con l j y on the throne throne he has ruled fort forr three long years f r That the thet wres f t t I 1 i n g chieftains tt will be looking around for some some- some r one to r replace c p I a c er t the their h e i r r. r illustrious Dern i champion is JS most evident fron scarcity of at those willing to fork their hard ard ea earned ned shekels t to sc so champion against the local pride my mys my's s own km the kin the Greeks who supposed to flock to the arena boys bors to a il watermelon bust but were for theIr absence The general wrestling 1 long since grown weary of or Jin colorless grappling In ln the east i he has campaigned so long and his own people refuse to forsake hot cakes on the griddle th cleaned hats and pat pa the shop its it's most evident th tha Grecian is is losing his appeal tAnd t i And it is little littie wonder for lor J li 1 of wrestling aggressively beabout he I about the ring in an effort to s ghis gJ his finely trained and a pow pov physique a a fine enough for wrestling but no more thi to watch a s second cond time than a r t trip to the museum to see the s sone sone sone one of the pioneers used in en cre the fue P plains L DERN POPULAR i But while those who ride he be hethe the wrestling pac pachyderms rn mi nii thinking of finding linding somebody can lick the out of chief entertainer there is als threat that they wont won't have t tso toso to so far That Dent Dern forced Londos t tc limit is a bad omen for the Chand chartand chart and it looks like Uke others will s set x kicking the titleholder around plenty of abandon s I Dern appearing in m better cone com conethan than han he lie has for lor many moons ga constituents a rousing show pi pt them to their feet with a sl slam m finish that would have been a macent macent ma cent build up for a rematch h 1 If body dared sponsor a program gave Promoter R. R Verne such a financial punch on the for chi night night for for Mr McCullough cerl lad had to dig deep into his pock pod pay aay the purported guan guarR Derns Dern's training had trimmed a ai 10 pounds off his waistline f fe weighed only 12 2 against IThe li liThe The local pride staved off the fall for tor an hour and 31 minutes ceding the fall on a standing st ste j jeg Jeg eg hold In prolonging the first fall so Dern accomplished what no I wrestler in the United States has able to do in more than three j The previous longest time tine Londo labored to take a 1 fall was an anand and 23 minutes against Ray En S E Sin Sin in n New York City the lone fill fall ning the match j LONDOS ON DEFENSE Londos stuck to his usual pr pro proof of letting the other fellow do al work while he exploited his with nonchalant blocking of ot hi holds Dern however used fused to let the champion go on irack i r track rack expeditions around the rin kept him bus busy Busy enough in that hat Jimmy said after aler the he bout too oo tired to talk now What the scrap lacked in colo col cause of the cautious tactics was Jhan J than han supplied by McDonald McDonald- Imported from the coast with sanction of the National McDonald is an effi third man in the tho ring and arid like a good showman Between rep repe warnings to Londos t to open oin thai Iha lOt of his to quit his choking or grab grat for the ropes and his crouching over the men with upraised while one of the boys was In i a carious position he added thrilling touch to the program IRA VERSATILE 2 oJ Ira tried a greater variety of otI and proved foxy In blocking o but Londos had more stamina ai at finish and slapped his pet grip with more severity Both were i 1 boys at the end however With Londos Landos pedaling back at St outset it was five minutes b Dern bore him to the mat wi wrist lock lode Dern continued to c h the tussling for the next b half I although Londos Londo had him In a aspot aspot aspot spot once with a body press and andy J a with a l body scissors Dern started an nn offensive w 1 pair of scissors a bit later nn and the champion for seven slamming his head back to t the e with arm thrusts that usually gl gloff R Roff off oft the chest Derns Dern's attempt step stopover over toehold and a leg split spilt t Jim survived sUI readily as were seven headlocks that had pern Dora Dern Derning boing bo ho ing lag like a Japanese tumbler DERN CAUTIOUS Ira was more cautious to begin second canto evidently striving i t ithe the limit Londos seemed to 1 re rc this his gestures and grimaces a i backward steps he be felt good for self in the early part of the bou his chagrin at nt being evand ev and md mauled so much Ray Steele was too experienced experienc Bill Longson local heavy and andin I in 20 minutes with a double arm Hy Sharman Sherman won from Tommy r In n 18 minutes with a bod body holA lo J |
