Show i I. I I MORNIN SALT LT LAKE TEL TELEGRAM GRAM SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 15 tY 1922 ID HOS' HOS BABE MAY MAY- GET tET CHANCE CACE WITH WT SALT LAKi iRA IRA DERV DERN IS READY TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST CHARLIE CHARLIEr n SALT UKE MAT AT r w w REUSH U BOUT 00 NEXT t Onesby Onesby Dern Satisfies Wise Ones by Weighing on Public Scales Before Bout months Ira Dern Bern During Dunns the last three has eras wrestled six aix times Umes and has defeated wrestlers in th the coun coun- five n five of ot the best I r try r He met Pink Gardner twice His seventh lIe match Is coming up with Charles which Is Scheduled for next night at the Salt Lake theatre and according to Promoter Harry Hea- Hea there Is more Interest displayed In tithe the coming contest than there has been rt 11 n shown hown In any of ot the previous matches tr has s beaten a g great many a wrestlers wrestlers wrest wrest- r t lers whom o Dern has never e met t men who are considered at the top of ot the list and a victory over O this man will help to I to boost oost Derns Dern's wrestling t stock which has been I already above par going like a saw buzz the past two vo I and over son e s year rears years and 1 has been tipping over some I wl of f the best men In tho the business He lIe Hes s a a legitimate r middleweight and can make 1 pounds ringside if n necessary e but Js is s not adverse d s to taking on much larger larger men than himself which his record record rec- rec ord shows In tact fact he wrestles has a standing anyone c es challenge that he will wrestle anyone for a side aide bet of ot 1000 if ringside weight of pounds is made by both men DERN WEIGHTS There was always a great deal 1 of talk a I ab about Bern's Berns weight weight i ht until nf ie he got tired of listening to the wise ones and weighed Himself in public U c showing o also that ho he i s rile Yg ra tan can easily I make t the middleweight limit 0 bf pounds While It is not gener- gener lly k known Bern Dern has weighed as s low as dd alp Nr pounds this winter 1 and he was a at his best at that weight He has been able to weigh in at every contest and is distance in case always within hailing of an nn argument Dern Dem has never been In as good condition as he Is at present during any time of his wrestling career and he is also becoming more proficient In every e match that he has Farmer st eth e f Burns Burns f likes ke him I BO so well that he has of- of ered ered to show him a lot of inside stuff t M-Dern M Dern will wUl but go to Omaha next sum- sum and the champion is so anxious to o f o. o that he can hardly wait walt for the wrestling season to close Burns Burns' says th that t with a a. few finishing g t touches touches' put on Dern he will be one of the hardest men In the country to beat e BURNS CURNS POPULAR e Since Farmer Burns' Burns arrival here he lias 1 as had so many offers from wrestling promoters to referee matches that it wo would ld be impossible for him to keep all engagements This week he will take a trip rip into Idaho going as far as Boise lo tact act as referee He lIe will return here in t time to referee the Dern match natch next Friday night an after after ji will return to his home In Omaha He came out to stay one day but will be iere er about a month before he gets away |