Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-07-28 | Page 4 | Utah Doubles Champions Eliminated from Intermountain Meet

UTAH DOUBLES CHAMPIONS CAMOES ELIMINATED FROM Ir VET c 0 0 4 C TRA IRA DERN FORMER FORMER CHAMPION PEEVED AT FREEZOUT FREEZ UT BY HEAGREN sl I L MAN MA flEADY 1 IOWAN IOWA I It Dem Resents Being Left II in Cold in Mat i- i Program Ira Dern ern former worlds world's middleWeight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight championship a native of Salt Lake and for a number of yrs years rs the headliner In all mat atI attractions at- at I tractions In Sri Utah has protested against the Intrusion of heavyWeights heavyweights heavy- heavy Weights into Salt Lake without getting get get- ting a chance to show his stuff with t 19 intruders He has issued a det tc either Howard Cantonwine the giant Iowan lowan or to Joe Toots the Colorado cowboy both if 1 whom are to meet In a finish 1 the headliner of ot a wrestling i match to be staged stas-ed hero here August 5 The Te match is to be promoted by Harry Heagren veteran mat im im- pr pi The The match between and Cantonwine Dern alleges is a little game of by Promoter Heagren The two had differences er terms In n the last few matches i ip which Dern took part and Heagren Hea- Hea Bren gren promoted Dern alleges and Dern then deserted the promotional wing of Heagren for that of Doc R B Reid id who offered him a more glittering gIlt glit proposition For or o or that reason S Dern believes Heagren has left him the cold on th the the- present program There Is no reason why I shouldn't be in on the present match natch he charges I know that Ian can beat Canton Cantonwine wine and I 1 believe that Heagren knows it Granted at Cantonwine is b bigger and I stronger than I am he still isn't a cinch to win I have it all over Him mm In speed I 1 am as good a a. wres wres- tier as he is Is And furthermore I Iam Iam Iani am ani no weakling myself As for he ha also has size and strength the only thing that allowed him to hold out so long in his match against Lewis I 1 have more speed than Lewis Cantonwine and I am a better wrestler than either Cantonwine or and I am fully capable of handling handling han han- dung myself against Cantonwine's strength or well-known well rough handling Maybe either one of them could beat me That Is possible in any match with anybody But ut if I am to be defeated I would like to have haveit it done on the mat not in the of offices offices of of- flees o of a promoter by the old route If It Heagren doubts my ability to take care of ot myself Id I'd be glad to take either one on privately long enough to prove my fitness for a finish match with them If It that wont won't get me a match then Ill I'll challenge either one oneto oneto oneto to a a. private match for a decent side bet The protest of f Dern failed to arouse any resentment anger pleasure plea sure or anything else In the phlegmatic phlegmatic matic Heagren I I know my my business he said Ill pay my bills and Ill I'll pocket the loss If I lose on the match If Dern wants to tell Salt Lake who I Is going to wrestle In any given program then program then let him promote a match As long as I am responsible and as long as I am going to make the money on the match match or or lose It then then Ill I'll win it or lose it where I r please I think the public wants to see the heavyweights In ip action that's why I 1 am alU promoting the present present present pres pres- ent match Dern doesn't attempt to tell the Upstairs Clothes shop to sell hardware and pocket their own loss If it they lose lose and and hes he's not going to tell me what brand of of wrestling that I am to peddle And that's that In the meantime plans are going forward rapidly for the first Important Important Important tant wrestling match In two years The two title contenders are in good shape Cantonwine is already here and will soon be on his way I All that Is necessary for the coming com corn ing match is customers and unless I guess wrong they'll be there on the evening of August 5 6