Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 14 | Mike Romano Battles Ira Dern in Return Melee Friday Night

Mike Romano Battles Ira Dern In Return Melee Friday Night Mike Romano the Italian mat gentleman who arm struck Ed d Strangler Lewis to an hours hour's draw last week grapples Ira Dern rn in a return fracas Friday night at McCulloughs McCullough's arena I R Romano won v his first fray with ith ern D-ern two weeks ago when the Utah heavyweIght kingpin took too long longin longn in n returning to the ring after he had climbed limbed out to take a smack at Doe Doc Reilly Reilly another wrestler had hadeen been een booing Dern during the progress of f the bout Pat meets a newcomer Hugh Clapham of oC London in a semi semi- windup Clapham has been beoo competing compel comp ing ng in the international elimination tournament on the Pacific coast and andIs Is supposed to be a fair sort of a wrestler Cr who is gradually taking away way roughhouse honors from Leo Papiano won last week over Pat Reilly with several elbow jabs to the jaw aw and a body slam George Meeker Spokane heavyweight heavy heavyweight weight who has been wrestling on ona ona a number of Ogden programs is billed to meet Papiano Meeker recently recently re- re defeated Sherm Christensen He Ic weighs pounds Dave Reynolds returns to compe compe- competition this week against Frank Backey Back Back- Backley ley ey Des Moines t Backley was defeated last week by Danny h but ut was many pounds lighter than the former ormer University of Utah confer all-confer- ence nee guard The Romano Romano-Dem and Clapham lapham frays will be two two- out of three iree falls faUs The others arc are one fall meetings