Show I Will mm TONIGHT idem FOR WORlDS WORlD'S lip TITLE MiKe YoKel and Al Acker man to Decide Cham T TAt At noon today Al Ackerman and Mike Yokel were In great shape and each ex expressed ex- ex pressed confidence In obtaining tonight the undisputed welter weight wrestling of 01 the world Each said that 1 if he lost the match he would have no excuses as Tie be felt In the best condition condition condi condi- tion of his life lite The match will be held at the Salt Lake theatre tonight At noon yesterday yesterday yester yester- day nearly every seat was gone and by tonight standing room will be sold The greatest crowd that ever gathered to see sea seea a wrestling match In a theatre will wUl be there to witness what will undoubtedly prove on one of the very best exhibitions of the wrestling game ever seen In Salt Lake This noon Mike Yokel said I am glad of the chance to meet Ackerman r I recognize him as the legitimate mate worlds world's welter weight Xa champion el lil He has lias almost a clear right to the title and if he beats me he will have a clear title to it I have never met a man of my weight whom I could not throw and I believe I can throw Ackerman although It is going to be a hard match I an anticipate an- an a much hd harder time than an I had f ga rm i with either Karp p or OConnell rC lI Al Ackerman said Farmer Burns told me that Mike Yokel was the best man of ot his weight in the world I am going to prove to tonight tonight to- to night that Yokel Is only the second best bestman bestman man at that weight It looks to me like a hard match but I am in great shape and I feel that I will win wn The wrestlers last night chose Wll- Wll lard Bean as referee Mr Bean has refereed refereed ref ref- several wrestling bouts here and has always given satisfaction The choice is s a good one The wrestling title which will be finally decided tonight is In dispute but the only two claimants who appear to have good grounds for tor their claims are Yokel and Ackerman Ackerman appears to have a little the best claim to it For ten years Harvey Parker was the undisputed champion welter weight wrestler wrestler wres wres- of the world In 1904 he was thrown by Alec Swanson who held the title for two years Ackerman threw Swanson In 1906 and has since claimed the championship championship cham cham- and has successfully defended his claim To complicate matters however how how- nell ever Immediately Harvey Parker after h lost losing to I Eddie to OCon OConnell O'Connell Swanson Swan Swan- son and Swanson lost to OConnell O'Connell Immediately Immediately Im Im- mediately after atter he lost to Ackerman Afterwards OConnell O'Connell threw everyone Inthe in inthe the west and claimed the worlds world's championship cham cham- although he never met Acker Acker- man Recently he was thrown b by Mike Yokel Stanley Karp prospered as a wrestler In the middle west and he announced himself as a claimant to the welter weIter welterweight weight title Gus Anderson who also threw most of the wrestlers of the middle middle mid mid- dle west was picked by Frank Gotch as the worlds world's welter weight I Karp rp threw Anderson and Yokel threw Karp leaving only Yokel and Ackerman left to contend for the title Preliminary to the big match will be bea a A. handicap bout between and Dean the former agreeing to throw Dean twice In half an hour |