Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-21 | Page 9 | Wrestling Copper Wins Decision over Fighters with 'Jail' Hold

WRESTLING COPPER WINS DECISION OVER FIGHTERS WITH HOLD Patrolman Sherman L. L Christensen Chris Chris- may be their idol in the wrestling ring but on the street hes he's just another cop And that's why three men were in city jail Saturday each facing a day five sentence Their names are Don Clark 37 Bruce Moody 32 and Jerry Johnson 21 After wrestling in a feature match Friday night Patrolman Christensen was cruising homeward home home- ward on his motorcycle when he saw two t men engaged in a heated fist fight at State and Fifth South I streets street Not realizing he was the pro pro- I wrestler whom they had been cheering at the arena the two men forgot their troubles and I both flung their fists at the of- of I fleer tS as he stopped to investigate They were soon joined b by a third man mall Whipping a jack knife on one a flying mare marc on another and on nn arm lock on the other the officer took the three into custody Pleading guilty to charges of disturbing the peace before beCore Judge I Daniel Harrington in police court Moody and Johnson were asked the cause of at the melee You see judge Moody explained ex- ex we had been to the wrestling match and just got ot in inan inan an argument over the bouts Unmoved by their pleas pIcas the judge ordered Moody and Johnson John John- son to pay a line fine of 10 each or 01 go to jail for five days The same I sentence was imposed on Clark when he admitted drunkenness charges AU All three chose the jail sell sen-