Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-11 | Page 10 | Romano Awarded Decision over Dern in Rough Fray

Romano Awarded Decision Over Dern in Rough Fray By BILL McCREA There are two tv things Ira Dern cant can't take First is another applying leg holds on him and second another er wrestler outside the ring giving him gen generous rous Bronx cheers and wolf calls caUs Friday night at McCulloughs McCullough's ough's arena aren a Mike Romano Romono was twisting Derns Dern's s legs les like a bowlful of ot pretzels an anDoe and d Doc Doe Reilly was calling Ira ever every everything everything thing from a to a chump This was too much for Ira After Romano and Dern each had won a fall lall with Mike piling up a tremendous advantage on points they rolled out of the ring rine on the north side Mike climbed limbed back in inthe inthe inthe the rin ring but Dern went after Doc Doe Referee R. R Verne McCullou McCuN lou lough h counted the local pride out for lor fEature to return in the required required required re re- time lime Ira smacked Doc on the side o othe of f the head and th then than n after alter a five minute five minute e wait waft retired to the dressing room amidst a mingled chorus of ot boos an and d cheers Romano Is no tea party wrestler and he be know what the score is H He Hewon Hewon e won the first fall taU in 28 23 minutes with ea a grapevine toehold Ira gained th the e second in seven minutes with a rIght t cross to the jaw and a body pr press s. s Mike packs an en abundance of ot strength in his husky shoulders P Pst Pat t OSho was disqualified for fo r slugging Little Boy Stewart in ra a 8 tray fray where no wrestling was conducted conduct ed at all aU Both performers slugged d and used their kne knees continually but bul t Pat did too much of his when Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- Stewart art was trying to climb back In th the e ring s sO he drew drev the disqualification Pat Fat Rem Reilly and Leo Papiano entertained entertained en en- for 30 minutes to a draw with stith 87 varieties of the choke hold three types of ear car pulling pulling- and the usual kicks slurs slugs And occasional bites Reilly Is Li a little balder and ond bolder bolde r than he was last spring and Is fin line fine e fan tan bait He has a finesse inese about hi hiso his hiso s so o called nefarious tactics which other wrestlers lack Papiano did th the e Little wrestling th that t was done in this thi s fracas Doc Do Reilly who leered Jeered Dern into socking him hint later later in m in the the- program and Sherm Christensen went vent 30 minutes min miri utes to a draw in the program opener Doc Doe spent most of his time crawling crawling crawling crawl crawl- ing out of and back into the ring