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Show S. L WPLEH TOPPLES BURNS Heagren Presents "Great Shot-at Shot-at the Salt Lake Theatre .jjr . By Mose StUfet I'VE traveled all over the 1 country in my time, but never have I been upaftainst as tough a proposition as this man " Dern. If there is a. maa in the world at hi weight who can pin Ilia houlderstothemat, I would like to see him. He is the gTeaiesT"wren?TItII weight that I have ever met." This was the statement made by Frank (Cyclone) Burns last night after Ira Dern, local mat champion, had pinned the Chicago man' shoulders to the mat In two consecutive falls. Dern aecured the flrt fall after twenty-nine twenty-nine and a half mlnutea of wrestling. Bums. was caught In a vise-llke scissors, together with a distressing ami lock from which he could not break loose. His shoulders shoul-ders were soon touching the mat. The second fall came quickly. Four minutes after the men returned to the mat, Dern slipped on a toe hold. Burns stood the punishing hold for a minute and a half, but waa soon forced to give up lo the local lo-cal grappler. PLENTY OF ACTION. The fans were well pleased with the bout last night. It was one In which both wrestlers meant business, and they dm not wait for a couple of hours before starting thinmi. From the time that the bell ranc, both men waded In. The arnart-nesa arnart-nesa of Burn was exhibited right off the reel, when he tantalised Dern by "pulling" "pull-ing" a little rough stuff. However his object was not sccomplished. as Ahe local "rasaler" took things calmly (much more so than the fans), and when the time came, he began to work. Kight mlnutea had elapsed when Iern got behind his man. Soon a painful expression ex-pression crept over the countenance of Hums, who at this time had one shoulder on the mat. Dern had hia opponent s toe In a death-like grip, and was punishing Burns lo the utmost. Burns craftiness was again exhibited. Realizing that he could not break loose from Dern's grip, the Chicago man bfjtan squirming for the edge of the mat. ffi three Jumps he had reached his destination, and the men were sent back to the center of the mat wltn Bum underneath and Dern on top. SCISSORS DOES TRICK. Dern attempted to put on the scissors, but Burns was crafty enough to keep out of this hole. However, as the men went to the mat Dern slipped his legs around the "Cyclone'a" midsection and began to squeeze. At. the same time he locked his opponent's arms In a peculiar armlock. and Burns became helpless. The pain became be-came great and Burns began reeling for the referee In order to give up The second fall came,quickly with a plain toe hold. DEMPSEY REFEREE. A feature of the contest last evening waa the presence of Jack Dempsey. world's heavywegiht champion. Jack acted a referee In the main event. He was greeted with an outburst of applause when he was introduced to rhe fans. Manager Harry Heagren showed a lot of discretion in his choice of prelimlns-ries prelimlns-ries K. Talagmo and B. Kowmura tangled tan-gled In a jiu-Jllsu contest. From the way the men began, it looked as though they might knock each other out before Ihev came together. They began the match by turning two or three somersaults in the center of the mst, lighting on their back on the canvas with no light force. Taiagmo won two out of threo falls and the match. PRELIMS ENTERTAINING. O. Sasaki of this city and Harry Sugei of Malad, Idaho, gave the fans a thrill when they pulled a Japanese fencing exhibition. ex-hibition. If anyone has the impression that wrestling, boxing or football is brutal. rhy need omy witness such ft duel a the one last night to change their minds. With a bamboo pole apiece, they Juat begin lo beat each other over the head. From the wav the men smote each other, it looked like the fans might witness a funeral before the main event of the evening began. However, the armor which the contestants wore served as partial protectors, and when the end came and the contest was declared a draw everyone was satisfied, - becsuse they didn't know any better. Royal Van Dusen and Art Senmerts wrestled ten minutes to a draw. The men put up a lively exhibition while it lasted, and the fans clamored fof more. The second preliminary, Kd-Shell and Jack Chapman, tussled fifteen minutes4o a draw decision. The head lock featured thia contest. Shell having his man in s a dangerous position three or four times. Since Mike Yokel and Ira Dern have been cleaning jip everything that re-I re-I sembled middleweight title contestants, fans of Salt l.ake will not feel satisfied until these two grspplers are matched for a finish go. Yokel would have to be given time to get into condition for such a match, but it would no doubt be a banner drawing card if same could be arranged ar-ranged in the near future. |