Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-01-25 | Page 14 | "Pink" Gardner Turns Rough as His Mat Prestige Increases

0 4 II- II 0 PINK GARDNER TURNS ROUGH AS HIS MAT PRESTIGE INCREASES GREAT BATTlE IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ED Dern Will Be Ready for foi Any Hostile Tossing on Gardners Gardner's Part By Steve Munn Since Wayne Big worlds world's heavyweight wrestling champion picked up Ej Strangler Lewis former champion and calmly tossed him him out of the ring to win the worlds world's title in the crush bone ing art art it has become quite the fad for the grapplers to hoist their companions ns over the r ropes pes Into info the audience onto concrete floors and anywhere the they will stay GARDNER GETS ROUGH I I Pink Gardner rated as one of the cleanest wrestlers w who ever evel appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap I here and idol of the local fans seems to have hae been affected by the virulent bug that has bitten the wrestling fraternity In a match with Ira Dern worlds world's middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight wrestling champion held in Salt Lake several weeks ago ho he tossed Dern Dem over the ropes into the footlights and crashing down into the or orchestra hestra pit where he fell unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- un- un conscious after smashing a standard stand staad- ard for kettle-drums kettle and demolishing demolish demolish- ing a music stand Local fans figured the affair affair- purely purel an accident and probably It was sas However Dern who forgave Gardner for his lois part in the unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate match sees some significance significance cance in the fact that Boston light-heavyweight light of Portland was vas defeated by Gardner in a similar manner last Friday night was thrown off the mat in such a forceful manner that he was knocked unconscious and was forced to concede the match to Gardner DERN is WARY It may be that Gardner Is the victim vie vic tim of circumstances but Dern doesn't believe In taking any more chances with circumstances He lie will wili willbe be ready to thwart any roughness upon the part of ot Gardner I Fans locally are loath to believe that Gardner Is intentionally rough He has always b been en the highest type of ot sportsman in this city and while tossing an opponent about may be fair they sometimes do dp not like to tb see it especially It-especially if th the local hero is the Dern and Gardner meet in a re return return return re- re turn match at the Salt Lake theatre theatre theatre the the- atre next Wednesday and Gardner who is on a a. protracted winning streak will be rearing to go He HeIs Heis Heis is anxious to beat Dern again at weights catch and make his former victory decisive GREAT MATCH Gardner may may win n. n Hes He's a very clev clever r wr Hes He's a powerful man and he knows his stuff However however How how- ever eer if he does win its it's a 3 safe bet that he wont won't win again by tossing Dern from the ring 1 Some argue that Gardners Gardner's tossIng tossing toss toss- toss toss' I I Ing of Dern and others is no more I brutal than Derns Dern's airplane hold and while the local mans man's pet stunt I I is be no doubt a crusher bone it Jt must be remembered that he lands his hisman hisman hisman I man on a padded mat I Fans can expect to see plenty of keen action when the pair clash again