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Show ; IVIIDVALE FANS GE1 GREAT SPORT PROGRAM Ira Dern Topple Cliff Lewi in Speedy Match By Steve Moloney IRA DERN, holder of hundreds of titles which he has captured from hundreds of middleweight title bearers, defeated de-feated CI iff Lewis of Twin Falls, Ida., in straight falls last night at wrestling and boxing show held by the Mid-vale Mid-vale volunteer "Tire deparlmcnC Lewis and Dern gave the fi1vnlo farta pretty an exhibition of the gentle art of grappling as one would car. to .e. and lern had to .how considerable con-siderable fljrht aatlafy th patrons of the show, who demanded plenty of action. ac-tion. CLIFF WILLING. While Dern haa probably met harder men than Lwla. ha haa .eJdom met any more willing than the Twin Fall bay. Clifr was ready to so to the mat with the local favorite at any time. At time, the sntpplera grew roug-h and had the fan. on a keen edge all of tha way. Dern obtained the flrat fall In twenty-one twenty-one minute, flat with hla old rarorlte. the body scissor, and reverse body. The econd fall came In twenty-seven minute, with a reverse body. SPEEDY OO. Despite the speed of the match there was nothing one sided about the affair. Tlie boi'l were going .o f..t that It w a case of one or the other winning quickly. . M Owlnr to bad booking. lwla wrestled Inst night after wrestling lyeslle Davis the night before In preaton. Therefore he wa. not In the best of ehape. PETERS IHOWI. ' In the aemtwindup. Royal Van rusen. local lightweight grappling champ, agreed to throw Young Peters of Salt Lke twice In fifteen minutes. Vsn Dusen obtained the only fall ha was able to get In Just fifteen mlnutea flat. Young peters, who is Just 17 years old. showed all kinds of dsn:. He haa all the chimes In the world of becoming a first ctaa grapple r. Peter Corak deotstoned John Corak la a four-round boxing contest held aa preliminary pre-liminary to the wreatllng matches. Both were Mldvnle boys. Max Kelly snd Oeorge Will lame fought a three-round battle to a draw. Pug Meyer and Her bert Horrell went to the mat in a ten-minut ten-minut wreatllng preliminary; Kach obtained ob-tained one full. The referee called the affair a draw. Young Albert and Marvin Hansen of Salt Lake wrestled ten minutes min-utes to a draw. GREAT PROGRAM. The firemen seem determined to fir the snort fiine of Midvale a good program, pro-gram, and despite the fsct that all of the contests held In ths steel mill town are for the benefit of the department, the fans there sr getting a run for thMr money, The program last night was as classy aa could be seen anywhere at any prtrt. |