Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-12-19 | Page 10 | Hill, Kunkel Win Wrestling Tilts

Hill Kunkel Win Wrestling Tilts Both Kiman Kudo the Japanese heavyweight and Brother Jonathon's Jonathon's Jonathon's Jona- Jona I thons thon's rattlesnake failed to put in their appearance at McCulloughs McCullough's I arena Friday night Kudo it was announced balked at an air trip to Salt Lake City in stormy weather but Wild Man Zim Zirn had no such trepidations and he came along in Kudos Kudo's place finally losing to Del Kunkel local heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight in straight falls Nobody explained the absence of Brother Jonathan's Jonathans pet reptile Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps hap his good master felt the weather too chilly for his squirmy helpmate At any rate he essayed I a lone-handed lone start against Vic Vie Hill the Oakland heavyweight and was I knocked out of the ring and counted count count- I ed out in the only fall during their I encounter I Needed Reptile Perhaps the Brother will think better next time he has an appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- i ment with Mister Hill and bring his reptile along for help At least I he ought to Jo think twice before he I elects to engage Mister Hill in a a- a slugfest because Victor proved he i can sling a right husky punch on I his own account Promoter R. R Verne McCullough surveyed the situation with the holiday holiday holiday holi holi- day spirit in his heart The absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of Brother other Jonathans Jonathan's snake he felt th audience could stand but Kudos Kudo's refusal to keep the appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap was quite a different matter So he issued coupons coupon entitling entitling en en- titling Fridays Friday's customers to witness witness witness wit wit- ness the next arena show at half halt price Verne announced this rain check offer before Kunkel won the final fall from the haired bushy Wild Man Zim Had he delayed he perhaps would have forgotten all about the coupons In fact tact the gay little impresario came pretty close to losing all in interest interest interest in- in terest in activities as it was when Zim punched him with gusto in inthe inthe inthe the ribs Irks Wild Man ManIt It was all Kunkel's fault in the first place too because he irked his rival no end by planting his foot on the Wild Mans Man's trailing locks of bushy hair thereby pinning his head to the mat while he twisted and yanked Zim's arm until it threatened to come com out of the socket Once he got loose the Wild Man tore into Kunkel with all the fury of Tarzan wrestling with a jungle beast Referee McCullough objected object object- ed to some of his tactics and struggled to break Zim's Zini's hold Zim then punched the referee who tried to punch back only to crumple up in the corner and gasp for breath while Kunkel ended the fracas with witha a ver which threatened to poke pOk Zim's head right through ugh the ring floor Hy Sharman and Abdul Kahn drew in a lively time limit encounter encounter ter Jacques the Eskimo beat Bill Powers with a reverse reverse surf board hold and King Kong Clayton a colored boy beat Jack Romero of M Minneapolis in a a. rough curtain- curtain raiser