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Show ::I!EL fflll Usui en ....Mike Determined to Take Honors in Game at His Weight By Steve Moloney -".. A MBITION knows no age. Mike Yokel is out again after the middleweight crown in 'v wrestling and, what is more, he ,1! is determined to get it. allk. arrived n Salt I .eke Ih other T er Trffl-wnoti.Wys.rhr li "lias ..ranch and wher. h. punrhe. caul, and ,doe all that sort of thine. Mlks, as ' "everyone knows, enjoy, his farm and does th ranch work for th. pleasure, a. w.u aa the money and health there la In -4t.. "-MIKS BETTER. TVsplt. his yeara of aervlce In the rln -yeara In which othera irrow old and dis-e dis-e appear. Mlka la back again for another - en great year on the mat. He la not back to net a little atack on hie paet reputation to tide him over for enother veer. The Jack- son Hole farmer does not need the money. He Is back because be likes the game and because he has all the confidence In the. world that he can beat the boys who tave sprung up and are claiming all of the championships In the woria. K Already In condition, Mike is getting back to the mat work by dally workouts . la the gymnasium, and Is putting in some Hard licks at road work. Mike expects to ftMake on all of the middleweight tn this -auction in the next few months In preparation prepara-tion for his match with Ira Dern, which he expects to get In a month or so. When 'he and Dern meet he expects to go ' nast with the scalps of all the biff-wrestlers In his belt. r THRU Ana GOOD. Mike believes that there are only three greet middleweight wrestlers In the world. They are Mike Yokel, Ira Dern and Waino Ketonen, He believes that he haa the Indian sign on the other two and that " tf he can take Ira Jem he can go Rast and beet all of the claimants of the chsm-pionshine. chsm-pionshine. Among them is Johnny Meyers, who Mike believes to be pickings for any , of the three he mentioned. Mike seeme to be In better condition ,rjHan he has for years. He looks great! He haa no surplus flesh, ia full of pep, nd haa a bright keen eye that denotes -general good health. MJke has always been among the best of them -and If he tops off his present good health by some hard training, any of them, even Ira Dern hlmeelf. will have to etep to beat the ' "Wyoming farmer. |