Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-07-30 | Page 13 | Republican Club Succeeds to Promotion of Mat Tilt

Republican Club S Succeeds To Th M t Tilt Iowans Iowan's Battle With Toots Mandt Off for Present at Least Will Wrestle Dern Handicap In the tle merry little game of Ii h more now stand at one oneall all Harry Heagren Salt Lake mat impresario wOn tho the fist fisl set sat when he match matched d Howard Cantonwine the Iowa strong boy to meet Joe Toots the Colorado cowboy in a finish finish- wrestling match Dern Derr took the second set when he dared Cantonwine into a match accepted a handicap offer and lured the Iowan lowan away from the promotional wing of Heagren As it Stands stand Dern is doing the tree freezing in out net not Heagren having secured the tile Young Mens Men's Republican club as promoters of the match The new arrangement therefore I Is that Howard Cantonwine will meet Ira Dern Darn In an hour handicap handicap handicap handi handi- cap match agreeing to throw Dern twice within the hour It will be bethe bethe be bethe the principal entertainment feature of th the Young Mens Men's Republican day at the Saltair resort The rhe match will willbe be promoted by the committee commit commit- I tee in charge Promoter Harry Heagren has nothing to do with it The move according to Cantonwine Cantonwine Canton Canton- wine vine is the best for all concerned I dont don't want you to think he said that Im I'm de deserting Heagren Der Dern I It seems has a habit of challenging everybody Heagren secures to wrestle Theres There's no use of arguing it out in m the papers The only thing to do is to restle and beat Dern and then Heagren can go on with his matches without further inter inter- ference I 1 want to beat Dem Derri before before be be- ue- ue fore I do anything else and then Ulen Im I'm willing to go on OIl for Heagren against any man in the world Heagren last night wired of or the propos proposed d bout canceled all preliminary arrangements and re released released re re- leased a tentative date he had on the Salt Lake theatre about all there Is to it so far as Im I'm concerned I offered to reopen wrestling hero here and signed a match Canton Cantonwine wine ran out on I me although I will say for him he asked my permission to meet Dern first Of course I gave ga it to him He could have gone whether I didor didor did die or not for our only contract was wasa a verbal agreement Im I'm not withdrawing withdrawing withdrawing with with- drawing because of ot any differences with Darn Dem When I Irina rind rina 1 I believe would be hea bea a suitable and possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly profitable card with Dern Il Ill I'll make him an offer Im I'm Ima a promoter hes he's a wrestler He knows his business business business busi busi- ness and I know mine Either of ot ofus ofus otus us can do what we want Im I'm Under under under un un- der no obligations to him to promote promote promote pro pro- mote for him hes he's under no obligations obligations to me to wrestle for meMy me My managerial contract with him ran out three years ago and was never renewed As for tor me Im I'm going chicken shooting Ill I'll be back In time to see their match I I hope so It Itt should be a good one