Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-01-14 | Page 14 | Kunkel Favored over Alaskan in Friday Night Mat Bout

Kunkel Favored Over Alaskan in Friday Night Mat Boiit Dapper Dal Kunkel, the well conditioned con-ditioned Salt Laker, will be favored ta trim Jacques Eku, tha Alaskan, la tha semifinal attraction at Mc-Ca Mc-Ca Hough's arena Friday night an a card that headlinaa an encounter between Chief Little Wolf and Vic Hill Few tusslers have a mora versatile versa-tile command of the w reading gam than. Kunkel, who haa grown Into tha heavyweight ranks after a brilliant session In tha lighter weights. Hs watchsa hia diet closely, works out regularly and generally manages man-ages to employ aa "many different holds as any tusslsr on arena pro-grama. pro-grama. Moreover, he Is hard physically physi-cally and can take a lot of punishment punish-ment - and diah it out, too, if his opponent Is inclined for a little 1 rough stuff. i Eku haa bean a popular trooper at the local emporium this season, impressing fans with hia general technique, but ha la not aa apeedy aa Kunkel, nor doaa ha give the impaession of carrying aa much stamina aa the Salt Laker. The Hill-Chief Little Wolf scrap promises to be a gem. The Colorado Colo-rado Redskin haa a real torture hold la his drat block, but he is not tha only fellow with a leg spe- cialty. Hill Is one of tha game's moat proficient men whan It cornea to applying tha rolling toe hold. World Champion Daan Datton fell Into tha grip twice last week and it will probably work on Little Wolf, too. Two other ' attractions present King Kong Clayton against Abdul Khan and Jack Conway against Wall Thompson. j