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Show GOTCH WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE TONIGHT ' Champion of AH (taps is Here to Battle; fcr World s Wrestling Championship Witbi . Jack eon, the Russian Giant; Eij Match 7 at CcIorJa Premises to Draw Big House. i Frank Gotch, champion of all champion wrcstlera and absolutely on of I the moat eonairtaat athlttci the world has evw known, arrtrod In the city 7-tardav, 7-tardav, tho same wall conditioned athlete Salt Lake oaople have aeon befor and (till aa confident aa am that he can throw them all, irreapectiTa of weight natlnnallty as. amity. ' Ootch la aoeompanied her by. hla wife, Emil Klank, hia bustling bualneta manager, and Jim Asibell, the Kaiuaa City heavy weight, Gates etatae that he feela better than ever and hia record of Tictoriaa daring the peet two month would eaaily bear that oat. The champion took a aigbtaeeing trip yea terday in a big Pearl car fnrnlahed by the Shaxman Automobile company. bis, strong man that know. th gm can (five anv of thT m nib for at least fiftoon minute, and if h wina hi handicap h will pat himaelf on the-. the-. batk. . . Linflroos think hit n throw Yokl. Alex Swanitoa ami Ht to Roaa will he seen in a twenty-miiiui hunt u the r-nrtain raiwr. The' curtain ariaa at ft:15 p. m. i-'or th fii-it time io the history of Salt Lak? City BporU a world's heuvv ' weight wrrsthoff ehampioniihip content will be derided tonijfht, when, at the Colonial, Champion Frank Ootrh if called upon to defend hia title against e)ark l.eou, the Hnimmn pliant, who com' liete with a- lendiii record ot winning contents against the brat ot the east and of Kurope. It will be the: first time that (ntch his ever been een i in action weat ot Kansas itv in vau-tent vau-tent in which he will te forced to bia limit, if leon live, up to hia reputa tioa, and the firnt time ia over a year that (iotcb haa engaged in a champion ship match. The imrortaoce of the event i. shown bv the fact that in order to secure- it MaiiHpfer Harry Heagren had to outbid Bo. too and other eastern citie, all 01 which were anxious to secure the plum, in view nf the ituposihiliy of getting - (lotcti and Hackeuschmult together agaiu. i he match ha created widespread interest, as is evidenced by the great . demand for seats and the indications S are that the C'llwhial will be Used to itft capacity to hold those who winK to see tbe giants struggle tor the big end of the ure and the title that go with it. Both men finished their training iu the hrt of shape. Both sr confident ot winning and each feels that it is all over right now but the shouting. Naturally Ootch is an overwhelming favorite, doe to the possession of the title and the fact that he is better known here than the Russian. But those who have followed the game close ly believe that the young Russian, roar bed as he has been to a certain extent ex-tent by his famous countryman, Uack-enschniidt, Uack-enschniidt, will give the ehampioA the . battle of hia life. Lon and aia mnnager, lieorge v. Tuohey, feel eatiafied of the outcome, but the veteran manager, wbo has handled han-dled some of tbe world's greatest wrea- tiers, does not permit his protege to believe that he is to hare anything like a picnic In fact, he has drilled into lon at all tunes the fact that Ootch ia the champion, but that he is human and thnt he is liable to defeat at aay time. Leon feela the same way. lie is absolutely fearless of Gotch, a meet valuable attribute, and he will go to hia work agaiflst Ijotcb with the same idea .that he would tackle any second or third rater. Ootch, too, ia in great fettle. In fact, his manager, Emit Klank, snys that Kraak is better right sow tbaa ha has . been for a long time, due to tbe amount of work he'hae done. This morning Leon did some light work with the dumbclls led tbea later . walked about tha city, with which be ie delighted. Ootch did aotking except ta take a long walk about the foothills, returning to the hotel for aa early lunrk. rpenkiag of bis rbannes tonight I .eon aaid that ha had no reason to believe lhat Gotch ie any harrier tbaa some of v the men he haa tackled in the psat six Jt months, and especially Zhyecko, , with whom be wreatled for'a full boor with- out being thrown and tone winning the I decision over the mighty Pole. . I "I'm here to win if T can and I ' 1 think that f have at least an evea J chaaee," said Leon. "I am not ia the least underestimating what I have before me, but aneeeas in the past half rear haa made me feel confident thnt I have a good chance with anybody in , the world today. I may be mistaken, of course, but until the match ia aver J will feel ae I do right now." Thi morning the carpenter were -. busy with the arena scats which will ; occupy three aidee of the stage, aad these will evidently be needed, judging by the demand for tickets. These raise the rapacity of the boos by several hundred. - When the box office opened there wae a liae ready and a brisk sale followed, althongh Manager Heegren announces tbat there are plenty of first class seats atill oa haad. Willard Bean haa bee a chosen lo referee the big bout. , Aside from the big match, Mike Yokel 'a efforts to throw many Keith , -and Adolpa Lindmo witkia thirty minute ie a big drawing card. The fans tbiak Yokel eaa do it, but Mike himself sars thst he kae a tougher job j then be is credited w-ith. He asm a ' road after tomorrow's flghf. The fight ia scheduled to go fifteei rounds. There ore several prefimmanet and tbe men will probably aot get mt tbe ring until 4 o'clock. Edward W. 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