Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 6 | Ira Dern Retains His Middleweight Crown

Ira ra Dern Retains His Middleweight Crown Local Champion Defeats Defeat Young Sampson in Fast Go Newey and Kearney Draw in Exhibition IU DERN retained his middleweight middle middle- I IRA weight wrestling championship of ot tho the world last night b by defeating Youn Young Sampson of Denver in tho the feature event of ot tho the Elks Elks' boxing and wrestling show at nl Saltair Tho The match was ono one of or tho the tas fastest that tho the fans havo have scon seon to for 1 son une nn and It was only after tho hardest kind of ot work that Ira succeeded In beating the Denver Denvor Den Den- ver YOI bo boy FIRST BOUT Tho The tussle was fast tast and furious all tho the wn way with both men taking lots of ot chances In order to obtain their favorite fa fn- fn holds Tho They continued this 1111 paco pace for twenty five minutes when Dern suddenly hUrl hurled his opponent through the ropes Sampsons Sampson's head hend struck tho the edgo of the platform knocking him un un- conscious it was fifteen minutes be before be- be fore toro ho could return for tho second tr try ry It appeared from tho the way that sampson worked after coming back that his shoulder was Injured as ho lie was unable to use usa tho the member Bern Dern won the second fall taB In four tour minutes and twenty five seconds Despite his defeat Sampson showed tho the fans that he le Is a real wrestler and can give tho the local champ a a. good gOO run JO VAX VAN unA In the tho main preliminary to the championship cham chain boutS bout lI Henry hear nr Jones Joncs of oC Provo and Royal Hoal Van Dusen DUgen of or Salt s. Lake put on a fast minute fifteen tussle to a 0 draw dra Both boys wore and appeared evenly matched In tho tim first prelim Chapman and Shell wrestled w ton minutes to a n. draw raw Will Thornton refereed the wrestling matches nox ns DRAW In the tho main boxing event c of ot tho the eVening evening evening eve eVe- ning Red lIed Newey of ot Ogden and Phil Kearney of Denver fought four fast rounds to a draw Both Doth boys boye wore were willing and went In for blood It was oven all tho the wa way Walt aIt Hart lt kayoed oed Johnnie Wood Wood- In tho the final canto of or their four four- our our- round bout with a right to the wind Up Un until tho the fatal blow neither fighter had an nn nd anta advantage c. c In tho the second preliminary Sailor 81 Jack and Red lIed Perry fought a n. fast ast four four- four I round draw Tho The bell saved sn tho the Sailor front from a knockout In tho last laRt roun round Scott Scotty McSwain knocked c 1 out True Sullivan Sul Sul- 1 livan lI In tho the second round of ot their scheduled round four bout