Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-05-27 | Page 8 | Hy Wants His Title Back

HYi fHY WANTS HIS TITLE BACK Sharman Hopes to Get Rematch With Jones From Provo Veteran Henry Lifts W Welter cIte r Laurels From Opponents Opponent's Head 1 by Winning First and Third Falls From Front Salt SaIl Laker Dern Wins Without Effort By FRANK FRAN I K BAKER Telegram Sports Editor Hy Sharman Salt Lake welterweight is gunning for a rematch with Henry Jones of o Provo who defeated him in a three-fall three match at McCulloughs McCullough's arena here Friday night and nd lifted the intermountain welterweight championship by t All of which leads one to believe e that the who had to do a alot alot alot lot of talking to convince the Salt Sail Lakers he wasn't want too old wont won't have to argue so much to get set another engagement engagement en here soon In fact hes he's almost certain to be invited this time with wide open ope arms The year old veteran used only half of the minute 90 time in disposIng disposing ing of Hy this time He won the first fall with a 3 toe hold in 14 minutes minutes min ruin utes and the third with a a and head scissors In six minutes after both had plunged headlong through the ropes In ea each h others other's arms GETS LOOSE ONCE Hy won the second fall with the the leg split made famous by Jack Reynolds Reyn olds the standing long ch champion from Cincinnati The crafty wriggled wrig out of the hold once but its second application pinned him flat on his shoulders and dealt out some excruciating ex cx- pain in the bargain That fall took 19 minutes Despite his years Jones still is a wily craftsman of that old school that figured a wrestlers wrestler's legs were to be used for something besides crawling in and out of the ring He used his legs and feet almost as much muchas as he did his arms and hands against H Hy Henrys Henry's ability to squirm out of Hys Hy's pet pct grips was actually the decidIng deciding deciding ing factor Sharman punished him with leg splits arm strangles head headlocks headlocks headlocks locks and head scissors continually but Henry usually managed to squirm i loose And he almost always came out of the squirming tangle with an I equally good hold on the Salt Laker HANDY IMPLEMENTS That was where his feet played such a vital part If It his hands were helpless hed he'd angle for stra stray parts of his foe and pull them into reach with his octopus like legs Hed He'd crook them around Hys Hy's head hend or twine them around his arms or ankles and arid slowly draw them Into reaching distance dis db tance lance of his fingers much like a cowboy cowboy cowboy cow cow- boy drags a bawling calf to the branding branding brand brand- ing inS fire Ire It was a practice that might not be beso beso beso so successful again That coupled with the groggy ending in which both reeled about the ring and wanted to keep on wrestling w even after Pro Referee moter-Referee R. R Verne McCullough had declared the deciding fall gives Hy re reason on to believe hed he'd profit by bya a return ma match tc-h. tc Hy precipitated the headlong plunge from the ring as much as Jones did He was trying to make a flying headlock Jones tried to push Hy away but little Hyrum was determined determined de de- de and made a running lunge with Henry trailing along behind They sailed between the second and third ropes Front row customers untangled them and pointed to the ring Jones was the first to tumble Inside again He toppled Hy backward with a football football foot foot- ball rush and put on the finishing touches with his and head scissors COSTLY DIFFERENCES Jones and McCullough have been at odds for many moons which on the face of this weeks week's card looks like mighty poor business for both parties Henrys Henry's scrap with Hy steamed the fans up to a higher pitch than any I recent battle at the arena has Personally Personally Personally Per Per- wed we'd rather watch Sharman and Jones in an encounter such as zu they put on Friday Friday no no matter who wins than wins than to see lots of the Imported bone crushers in action In fact it was one of these Imported Import Import- ed perl performers that proved a huge disappointment Friday in the semifinal semifinal semi semi- final as Ira Dern won an easy victory with a body slam Hans Stohl Continued n. n on Following Fo Pasel