Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-27 | Page 8 | Customers Well Pleased with Jim Browning

Customers Y Well Plea Pleased sed With Jim Brownt Browni d CHAMP DEFEATS DEFEA 18 NICK LUTZE BY SCISSORS HOLD Capacity Crowd on Hand for Arena Program Longson Long- Long son Triumphs By BILL BIrL McCREA Much water has run under the bridge since local fens fellS have tasted tested such a choice bit of wrestling stew as was served at McCulloughs McCullough's arena Friday night nigh by Jim Browning and Nick Lutzo in the role of waiters Browning who was WL announced as being worlds world's heavyweight wrestling champ tied Lutze up in knots to r re retain tam tain his title but at that the Baby Fa Face co displayed the best besL he has hIlS produced here to give Jim a worthy ba battle Ue from start to finish It was Wll Brownings Browning's famous airplane scissors applied with deftness and almost superhuman strength which brought Nicks Nick's downfall Jim won both the first and third falls with this mighty weapon Lutze Lutza won the second with a Q back body flip Capacity Crowd A capacity audience l of ot fans roared its approval at seeing big time stuff until th the iron rafters echoed as the two gladiators glAdIator kept kep fans standing on seats and in the aisles for 45 min mm- utes It was wes a tired lung weary crowd that flIed filed out of the arena at 1130 p. p m. m Browning knows knovs his wrestling holds holch like Aunt Emma knows her crocheting stitches Nick retaliated time after time with a 11 Japanese arm strangle which had Jim almost wheezing as much o. o as es the snorting Mr Lutze As M a whole the match malch was was' devoid of the rough stuff an and and l usual clowning clowning clown clown- ing tag but the tilt was anything but a pink tea te-J. Fans looked on in m glee alee as Browning would wrap his bulky legs around Lutze's tummy and then squeeze until Nicks Nick's groaning could be he heard d to the top wI row of or the gal gal- lery Admire Jim lim Cheer Lutze While Nick was the favorite with the fans especially with the women who squealed for him and with him Jim won their admiration tion for his ring ability but the customers saved their plaudits and cheers for Lutze the underdog Thre is power in Jims Jim's legs and his hia black curly head rests on ona a pair of strong shoulders Then too Jim has an intelligent look on his hb map en attribute which many of his professional colleague colleagues sadly sedly lack The boy from Missouri who has hu made good in a big wn way made a hit with the fans despite their partisanship for the skinned bronze Lute Lutze Jims Jim's airplane scissors arc are spectacular Jar lar to see see and although both tall falls were won with them Nick h had d a fairy fairly effective defense by folding up his body and end locking his hi arms under his own knees On two occasions occasIon however this didn't work and then it was curtains for Nickie From the standpoint of class clas and skill the me melee ce was far superior r to the one between Stein and L LU Lutze j held h here re recently and a majority of fans went home convinced that Browning att after r oil all h has s a rightful claim to the tho heavyweight championship champion ship along with Jim Londos and tw two or three others Johnson in Draw The semifinal between Jack Johnson Johnson John John- son and Bill Hanson terminated in a adraw a adraw draw f each ch battler battier winning one fall Jack used his flying tackle to submerge submerge sub sub- merge rosy checked cheeked Bill for the first fall and Hanson won the second with witha a r reverse vere headlock Wild Bill L Longson defeated Sherm Christensen in a one fall fracas Sherm the policemen's policemen pride showed more wr wrestling than UnC than Bill BUl did but WIlie Wit Wil lie He is a better give and take artist so he won L Longson socked Sherm on the beak and Immediately th thereupon r Upon b started to flow from Christensen's schnozzle This made him mad so he worked on Bills Bill's nose but the latter's lat lat- ter's smeller seemed immune from bleeding so Chris ch changed to other tactics Reynolds Triumphs The cop Is showing improvement in In every appearance but In Bill BUI he found a little too much experience Longson won the fall tall in 19 minutes with a 1 crotch and body slam In th the opener Dave Reynolds Renolds and Arthur Hedin wen went at each other like two fighting cocks cockS' and after some thrilling minutes Dave won with a reverse double