Show MIKE YOKELS YOKEL'S FUTURE HANGS ON BROWN TILT One of the the fler fiercest est matches matches' ever staged In Salt Lake is the forecast forthe forthe for forthe the Mike Yokel Pet Brown fracas The two will meet April 14 In the Salt Lake theatre for the worlds world's middle weight championship and it may be the thelast thelast last worlds world's championship battle local local will see for some time Yokel Is determined to win back his lost laurels all laurels all the fighting blood in his body is Is' aroused Pet Brown of Taylor Texas declares he is going to show the country he he- e 13 no fluke fluk champion an and that he hc can beat Mike Yokel I at his lIs best The two will wrestle at pounds ringside in order to make the I bout bouta a worlds world's championship affair Harry Heagren Is promoting the bout declares that all he wants Is to give Salt Lake the he best wrestling match It has ever seen He has staged some sterling affairs Inthe in inthe inthe the past past- but avers that this meeting of the two leading middle weights of the country will be the best beet he has ever been behind Close observers observer of Yokel declare him to be in the best condition he has been in for tor a long time or since the time ho lie he began t to take a slump He Ite has jias spent several weeks preparing himself lf for Brown by taking on many matches and keeping In continual training all aU the while He Hes is s abo about t four tour pounds above the stipulated weight and Brown also is about four tour pounds over Neither should have any trouble getting off oft tIle the extra tonnage Brown took up active training here her Saturday y in hi the fire station He lIe Ie is training under George Nelson The first breach between Yokel and the Texan occurred over who should have Nelson and Yokel gave In declaring Brown had conic come such such such-a a great distance h he he- could have the former local light heavy weight to help him along Yokel Is doing his Indoor training In Coxs Cox's gymnasium using all available material in the city to train with Both the champ and the champ ex-champ are doing considerable road work and will be o out t In the mountain paths much of the the- time this week Brown made his first trip to Ensign peak Friday and climbed the pole This wilt will be his daily dally wind producer until th the day of ot the match Yok Yokel l also intends to keep up his his' dally daily runs into the mountains Mikes Mike's whole future hinges on the outcome of the test with Pet Brown His friends declare they never saw him working for tor a match in more earnest earnest- ness Since Since- he signed to meet the Texan Yokel has received upward of twenty offers for matches In different parts of the country providing he wins If It the Dutchman loses he realizes he must content himself with I matches of at less Importance Brown says he turned down several offers for matches much more moie flatterIng flattering flattering flatter flatter- ing from a financial viewpoint than the one here with Yokel because he wants wants' to pin Mikes Mike's shoulders to the canvas once and for all aU time so that there can be no dispute about his title Mike told me that there was never nevera never nevera a 1 pound 8 wrestler who had pinned his shoulders to the he mat when he was wasn in n condition and that Pet Brown cant can't do It says Heagren He is so dead in n earnest that I cant can't see how he can b be beaten But then on the other hand when I talked to Brown he was sure and so emphatic In his declarations that he had traveled all an the distance between Taylor Tex and Salt Lake just to show Utah people that he could trim Mike Yokel when the latter is in his best condition that it left me bewildered bewildered be be- All that I have to say Is that lovers of wrestling will see one of the classiest bouts ever ever- waged in this city by two thoroughly trained athletes woo who intend to put all they b have baie ve Into the match to win I I |