Show V ill MIKE YOKEL WINS ii GREAT CRT VICTORY VICTOR V OVER ital ts s VO LD'S CHAMPION Salt LaKe Lale Wrestler Now Holds Undisputed Welter WelterWeight WelterWeight Weight Title Miko Mike Yokel last night won the tho welter welter welter wel wel- ter weight championship of the world by defeating Al AI Ackerman the worlds world's champion at the weight in tw two straight falls The first fall fah fall was won by Yokel in three forty-three minutes and the Hie second by Yokel in two minutes With a famous Gotch too toe hold Mike Miko made Ackerman quit guit for the first fall falland falland and aud the second fall was gained by a a. combination tion head and le leg lock secured by Yokel after a few seconds of bril imant sparring for holds The match between Yokel and Ackerman Ackerman Ack Aek erman was not as brilliant as was expected expected ex ex- and the cham champion ion did not ot show the tho class against Yokel that was ex ex- Yokel with the exception o only a few moments toward the end endo o of the fall was always Ys on the ag aggressive aggressive es- es sive and was never in In danger Ackerman ACKerman Ackerman Acker- Acker man had bad an excellent defense breaking hard holds with comparative ease Shortly after the match was begun I Ackerman discovered that he had a a. ahard ahard 0 hard opponent in Yokel and decided to l remain on the defensive and let Yokel Yo Yo- YOkel kel wear himself out working Yokel V however isn't of the kind that wears r rout out and he was constantly on the job T experimenting with holds until he finally finally fin fin- ally got one that won the fall faIl s Yokel Ackerman Ackerm n in the V preliminary sparring for a hold and V 1 the men went to tho the mat with Yokel on top After fifteen minutes of wrestling wrest ling hag in this manner Ackerman displaying displaying displaying dis dis- dis- dis playing wonderful defensive tactics V the champion broke away and both men were on their feet again Once again Mike Miko was on top when the men went to the mat For nearly half an hour longer they wrestled Ackerman preventing preventing pre pre- venting Yokel from securing a good h hold Gets the Toe Hold V During the first fall Yokel sought continually for the toe hold Ackerma had a good defense for this hold however however how how- V ever and Mike had a hard time getting getting getting get- get ting it Finally Finlly Mike apparently got gota a good hold on on the toe and was forcing fore fore- V ing Ackerman to the mat The latter however by a double broke the hold and got on top Yokel was not on the defensive long Ackerman tried for a toe hold bold on Mike and al almost almost al- al a- a most immediately Yokel wriggled V away and secured a toe hold that was was' unbreakable With a vise-like vise grip on the champions champion's 8 toe Mike started td t twist the leg Ackerman wasn't in in a a position to go to the mat with his shoulders so he yelled that he had had enough h and Referee Bean awarded the tho fall to Yokel In In getting gettin the toe bold hold on Ackerman Ackerman Acker- Acker Acker- Acker man Yokel happened to get hold bold of tho the 1 leg that Ackerman had injured injured injured in in- and this added to the torture of tho the hold holdS The rhe second fall was accomplished quickly Ackerman and Yokel sparred for a few minutes and then roughed it Almost immediately Yokel got a head hE and leg lock and Ackerman was pinned to the mat losing for the first time limo in his career to a man of his own weight t A Great Crowd V The Salt Lake theatre where V the match was held was packed from pit to gallery and the great crowd cheered V wildly when they realized that Mike Yokel was now the undisputed welter welterweight welterweight welterweight weight champion of the world After the match Ackerman con congratulated at- at the new champion and then told the crowd he had no excuses to V offer He said Yokel was the best bestman bestman bestman man at the weight in the world His His injured leg he said contributed to his defeat but he said that without without- that handicap he did not believe that he could throw Yokel He did believe would would have have however that the match J been longer and that ho he would havo havo made a better showing V Preliminary to the tho main event wrestled fifteen Macke and minutes without a fall and Dale Dean threw Aleck Lloyd in five minutes V |