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Show Ira Dern Beats Thye in Spokane SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 15 ) Ira Dern, 200, Salt Lake City, won two out of three falls to defeat Ted Thye, 194. Portland, in the rough and tumble tum-ble main event of a wrestling exhibition exhibi-tion here last night Dern won the deciding fall In the sixth round after he and Thye bounced out of the ring, almost too groggy to continue. While outside of the ring, Dern clipped Thye on the chin with a right and knocked him so groggy he waa unable to return for several minutes. Referee Marsinkee ruled Thye could remain outside of the ring until he was able to climb back in without help. Still practically prac-tically out on hi feet Thye came back, only to fill easy prey to a head lock. Dern won the first fall with a Boston Bos-ton crab in the second round, only to have Thye even the match in the fourth with a body block. In the semifinal Jack Kennedy, 159. St. Louis, defeated Stanlev Savage, 1 152, Chicago, In two straight falls. |