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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, TlfURSl5AY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12 .V.-- ...... i .i r - Is Lightning Fast . From Beginning, to End; Scissors and Arm Hold Fatal to Visitors Chances in First Fall and Toe Hold in Second. DERN, who ta fast coming to be regarded aa Invincible,. tmqved an other obatacle from hla path to the middleweight championship of the world last night when he defeated Prank (Cyclone) Burns of" Chicago in '. straight falls. Pern obtained the first fall In twenty nine and.a half minutes, with a body scissors combined with an unusually vise like arm lock. The second fall came In four and a half minutes and was obtained with a punishing toe hpld.-,- . The contest was as swift, as the most r exacting wrestling : fan could ask for. Prom the time Fat Schuler called time for the opening of hostilities until the falls came the air was full of flying legs sod arms. .... Pern was the aggressor, although Burns Was not slow tn conducting an offense when his opportunities came to get be off' for Burns. Dern got a punishing toe hold on the Cyclone, and a fall or surren. dec seemed- Imminent. By supreme effort, however; Burns managed to get oft the mat and thus escaped the hold. The hold which pinned Burns for the flrtt faljwas rather an Intricate one. Tfle scissors waa combined with what really was a double arm. It was an extremely hold to Burns, and the visitor painful had to be assisted to his feet and walked to the dresetng-rooonly with difficulty. , hind.- - . The local mans extraordinary speed waa a revelatlon.fo the fans and probably ""also to Burns. Prom the beginning-i- In was apparent that Pern was superior ; agility, and the only doubt as to the outcome was as tp whether or not Burnss ... enormous fund of --wrestling lore and store of tricks could be made to prevail agalnat his less experienced though fast-- : er opponent The question was Indisputably decided In Pern's favor t . ' Jack Dempsey Referee. JL. feature of .the evening' entertain ment waa the presence of Jack Dempsey, champion pugilist of the world, who served ae referee of the main wrestling bout. Dempsey was greeted with prolonged cheers when he was Introduced." That ttys wrestling sport has regained e a great deal of Ita popularity throagh such matches aa those given by and Hanson Pern and Pern and Ouatavo g was clearly demonstrated last night, when the banner wrestling crowd of years went to the Salt Inks theater to See Pern and have it out The spectators were ' Burns not disappointed, for no more clever exhibition of the art of waa ever presented for their approval. After last nights match a good many of the fans expressed a hope that Promoter Harry H eagre n, who appears to be meeting with excellent success In putting the met game on its feet again, would be able to arrange a match between Pern and Mike Yokel. The. question of supremacy between : these two has never been determined. .A few years ago they ll wrestled to a draw after hours of effort. Tokel-Dern , Whether a match eoutd be at this time Is not known, but arranged It seems Inevitable that .Yokel and Pern must eventually come together. Yokel Is in Salt Lake now and la working diligent. condition. Posst- ly to get Into first-clably It might take some weeks for Mlks to attain a physical state necessary for such a match aa a bout with Pern would be. Meantime,- - another match for Pern might be arranged, with one of the top notchera of the east- It Is quits certain, however, that the local wrestling fans will never be wholly satisfied until Pern and Yokel have It out. . one-tim- no-fa- ' ss - Full of Action. The tussle between Pern end Burns last bight opened with action and closed ditto. Tbe two men waded Into each other with a hearty good will, and qulcklv proved to the spectators the truth or the favorite assertion of BUI Thornton, authority, that wrestling la no parlor gyme." At eight minutes an Incident that made ltfek ss though the developed stuff wees well-kno- A m Second Comes Quickly. ' Burnt waa partially to blame for falling Into; the hold that lost him .theaeoond fall and the match. In an attempt at tripping and the recovery Immediately following. Burns ran into the waiting arms of Dern and era he had time to perfect a defence he was dowrvwtt Jr Perns hands gripping his toe, the fulcrum provided ; by the shin. Burns withstood tn punishment for what, tn the ctrcumstancea, waa really a remarkably long time, but he waa helpless, and each Ume JDern "bore diJwnt a spasm of pain crossed , ; g Burns's face. As soon as Burns was able to maintain a, standing posture he made a brief talk to the crowd, In the course of which he said that he had" been long in the game and had wrestled the best of them, and that he waa hero to say that this man who beat me tonight Is sure a tough man." Thp announced weights were; Pern, ISO;. Bums, 16Sit Variety of Prelims. , Ths first preliminary waa a contest between ri. Taiagmo end B. Kowmura, tussling In style. These men worked fast and showed a great assortment of holds, which were all quickly applied and, for the most part, quickly broken. The contest resulted In.Tatagmo winning the match after getting the two fall O. Sasaki of this city and Sugel of Malad, Idaho, gave the fansHarry a real nov. elty In the fencing game. After fifteen minutes the contest was declared a draw This being something new to the spectators, the contestants were gives much encouragement throughout the bout.Royal Van- Pusen antTXrt Smerti wres. tied ten minutes to a draw decision. The bout was good, as both boys were on the mat 'fully eight minutes out qf the ten. Smerti was the aggressor throughout the bout, and, although not scoring any dangerous holds, put on enough to make the bout good. Van Pusen was the stronger of the two, but the cleverness went to ; Smerti'' Ed Shell wrestled Jack Chapman fifteen minutes to a draw. Chapman took the place of Charlie Mason of Midvale and proved to be Shells equal In both and ability to apply holds. Shell strength had hi man In a dangerous place when he got a headlock which Chapman had to use every ounce of strength In order to break. . William Thornton refereed the two preliminary bouts and Jim Stanley was the official announcer. Jiu-Jit- - L.AMV BEATS M'QOWAN. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Feb. 14 Ed Lamy of Saranac Lake defeated Ever, ett McOoWan of Kt. Paul, Minn., tn two out of three skating races today,- - duplicating the westerner's feat of yesterday The two were tied at the end of the meet FRANCE'lS DAVIS CHALLENQER.- NEW YORK, Feb. 16 France filed a challenge for, the Davis cup at the the United States Lawn Tennis eaaorlation here today. Entries close ) 15. March (Copyright,. lWl. by B. Trad Mark Eft. V. 8. - - Four-foun- .. Brookfield.-lightweight ten-rou- Appointees Board Accept Placet ten-rou- four-rou- PORTLAND Or., Feb. 16. Pitcher Dan Tipple, formerly with Indianapolis and Baltimore has accepted terms offered by the Portland . Beavers. Tipple, who la a southpaw, was a member of the Syracuse club last year The addition of Tipple to the Beaver roster gives McCrCdle a total of thirty-nin- e ball players fifteen of whom will be dropped before the club entming for Santa Marla March 6. McCredle plans to place a number of them with ' the Regina and ' Moose Jaw cluba. The signing of Gus Fisher as second-strin- g catcher may mean the disposal of , Art Koehler, i Small Fortune Awarded Bowling Tourney Victors ST. PAUL-- , Minn., Feb. 16 Prise money totaling nearly 116,000 was distributed to high men In the International Bowling association tourney which opened Fehru. sry 4 and closed here last, night, after one of the most successful meets In Its . history. Winners of the places in aarh event their scores and. prlae with together money, are aa follows; Five-meevent Himes Cafe, St PauL 325. MSP, H. Van Hoven, St PauL 650. 161, Two-me- n event D, Devlto-F- , Dubv . Chicago, 1303. 1M. Individual event W. Ileerman, Chicago, 75, 1110. nt Lake Tribune Leased Wirt, 16 Feb. Little Johnny CHICAGO, Coulon Is passing through the Alps counhis exhibition of try this month doing CbtreKrTrlboae-gel- at Brooklyn - t 'first you see it and then you don't." The. letter from John was postmarked g Berne. He now saya that after through 8w!txerland he will visit a London promoter who wanted to match him with Jimmy Wllde .fqr the flyweight championship. ,., BASEBALL BRIEFS ' CHICAGO, Feb. II. Everett Yaryan. a catcher, who led th Western league in home runs, with forty-tw- o, and who was purchased from th Wichita club, today signed a contract with the Chicago Ameri eana. the senate,- - . ST. LOUIS, Feb.14 Bert Bbotton. out fielder, today signed a 1921 contract with the St Louis Nationals,-- . and It was announced h again would act as field captain of the team. .. ..... a a Salt take Tritma Cbtrege-Tribun- LetseWIt CHICAGO, Feb. 1. - Grover Alexander Jln Vaughn have- been at work for two weeks on Catalina island, playing golf, chasing goats, fishing and mountain climbing. Big Jim wrote President Veeck that Alex looks In midseason form. and "Matty'FItxpa trick is sendnlg ona of hla protoges out to make a name thla spring and ha promises big league result for th He la Frank Tobin, ypungater whf played with a Chicago north aide club last year. Tobin goes to Mem-P- h mm on Snake' J rfliiiai b River - Yellowstone v k League Will Operate on a Less Costly Basis. Special te Th Triboa. . POCATELLO, Idaho. Feb. 16. Claud Blstllne of the Pocatello baseball club returned yesterday, from Idaho Falls, where a meeting was called to talk over the Snake Baseball league 7 prospect for th coming summer. Blstllne says the the meeting was an a enthusiastic one and that there-owa- s unanimous opinion that all clubs In ths league, spent too miieh money last sea- -son In the aelection of George Edginton bf Idaho Falls as president of the league, Blstllne feels that confidence will be given tn the proper management of the business r affairs of the league by all of the fans of (he various sections. Two professionals will be allowed each club and the re- -. malnder of the team must be amateurs. Bistlin Is well pleased at th chance for Pocatello winning; the pennant this and will no doubt sign up Winn seven year each the of will be chosen from Noyes, the hnrler who Is now In Pocaother cluba to play Louisville, for tello. ths leadership of ths team. Noyes Revival of th old custom of a ball park Is not only a real ball player, but last feu waa not adopted. , the team successfully year managed SIOUX FALLS. S. D Feb. 16 Tbe toward the close of the season. baseball eighth club in the South Dakota twin Man league will be that ofqh -Red river and Brecken-ridg- e, cities, Wahpeton, N. D.c- word4a Mtoit according today from M. E. Cantlllon of Minneapo, r t lis, president of the league. Hed-do- n CLEVELAND, Feb. sched Adoption of a of Dowaglae, Mich., won the national ule la expected aoon; amateur 18.1 balk line billiard champlon-Rhi- p last' Percy Colling of Chicago, who had held the title, 20 to 247. Men Heddon; who, In the early rounds, had missed many easy shots, suddenly re- - I and In the thirteenth, gained, : KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16. Frank Hughe, frame hehlaHad'formrtiri of 4?, " He continued" Mobridge, S. D., and Art Killam, St Louie, to cut the CSilca goan's lead until th professional, were high men today at the twenty-fourwhen he tied him seventeenth annual Interstate trap tour- with a run of Inning, fifty-sinament here- today. Hughes defeated even on With with him, Heddpn nlnsty-el- x other contestants In the 150 Collins seemed do crack.terms It was not 141. Killam scored until target by breaking thirty-firwhen he had the inning 143. but, could not qualify because of the a run of thirty, that he regained anything amateur rule. aflrd usual form hen the' gam William Hoon, Jewell, Iowa, finished like hlalike anybody's But Heddon wae teconch with 140. and C. L. Waggoner, looked to runs be and denied not of 61. 87 and Diner, Neb-- , 'waa third with 138. 24 kept him In the lead. EC. Wheeler, Pawhuska, Okla., won cup from the interstate amateur wing-shD- K. Dickinson, Kansas City. In winning-th-e Will Wheeler-defeate- d Frank Troeh, cup Vancouver, Wash., when they shot off Cup, Says . . - ' Captures Michigan - Amateur Billard Title d ninety-eight-ga- night;:-defeatin- Hughes and Killam High in Trap Tournament th x. , : Buck Hereof lx negotiating for a Job with th Reds. However, as Moran la searching for young blood. Buck has a very slim chance of catching on with th Redlegs. fry Cobb will take thirty athlete to San Antonio when he lend th Tiger south for spring training. A number of aspiring youngster who were elated for th trip have had their heads clipped and sent back to tbe sticks. The Iitdlans will get away to it disadvantageous start tn 1921. Manager Lee Fohl of th Browne haa announced Urban Shocker, hla spltball star, will be given th opportunity of beating th world's champions on opening day. - i , Roy ("Dixie") Walker has been pur- Solly .Friedman, 'west sids lightweight, chased the New from Orleans club by through his managef, Al Miller, came to the Cardinals. Walker has been going terma last night with Promoter Frank Itke ror whlrlwind S two' year down In Milwaukee-f' of Mulkem a the Southern association. He was up bout with Lew Tcndler, February 26. once before, but lacked experienca at th time. v .... , ' IVord haa been received In Paris by post No. 1 of the American legion from Jack Dempsey that be will make his Manager Robinson haa cut the Dodger first appearance In a boxing exhibition men, all of quad down to thlrty-o- n before a post of veterans a few day whom ' will' leave for New Orleans on arrival next month. The bene- March X Thirteen pitcher and four after hla the .legion endowment fund, catcher nr on the list. fit 'Tx-f- or to carry on Its work of caring for the graves af American aoMlera and to aid ' Josh Billings of th Cards wants to men In. Franc. go to the Coast league. Billings Is sat. tailed with St. Louis, but says he would Dsn Morgan, manager of Jack Britton, enjoy 'conditions Jtetter out In the far world's welterweight champion, la plan- weet , ning a busy campaign for the tit) holder. Bouts to be signed are with Lou CHICAGO. Feb. 15. American associaJohnny Wilson. Mlks O'Dowd and tion club owners today finished a two Joe Gans, colored boxer. A Boeton pro- days' session of their annual meeting moter t trying to land Britton to bat- with th adoption of a resolution calling tle Jo Siegel for a date th latter part for a benefit ball a a testimonial gam ' . of th month. , for Louis Knapp. Knapp, who officiated In th association for six year, tiled last Onljlo Garcia. Japanese welterweight fall. Th proceeds will go to hla widow. has been granted a license by the New It wee agreed to play th gam In York commission. He will appear In hla Louisville early In the season. Two men ..... ' ten-rou- , ' ..... h, i ' sight-teein- or Feb.-1- 6 CHICAGO, The Indicted baseball players who are to be tried on March 16 in connection with the 1919 world's eerie today won their preliminary move, when Judge Wil- -. Ilam E. Dover granted them a bill of particulars. A motion which sought to have The tat designate on which count of the indictments the state would proceed td trial waa denied by the Judge. Three of th players, Joe Jackson, Claud- Williams and George Weaver, were li. court and heard Assistant State's Attorney Gorman read extracts from a confession which Jackson and Williams are alleged to have mad to th grand Jury. ... A statement by Jticksori, In which he 1 alleged to have said that h wae promised 526,000, but only received $5000, was read to the court by Prosecutor Gorman, which aroused the defendants' attorneys, one. of whom asked: Why don't you Indict them for perto a jury? jury? Are you arguing The prosecutor exclaimed loudtyr T to want tell you that they are running dangerously dose to the. border line of perjury. It was said that counsel for Weaver wtll ask for a separate trial for that, player. Weaver, over alnce thfirai disclosures, has professed his Innocence. - new YORK, Feb. H Back from Havana, where he spent several weeks Charles A. Stontham, praaldent of the New York National leagua baseball club, was busy today arranging details of the Olants' spring training In Texaa He predicted that the Olants would capture thi pennant this season. He expects the hard eat opposition to com from Pittsburg and Clnolnnatl. bup-fishe- INDICTED PLAYERS WIN FIRST . ROUND IN SCANDAL CASES Jock Malone or St Paul and Soldier Bartfield of New jyork,- - welterweights, have been matched for a bout at Minneapolis February 25. PHILADELPHIA, Fab. 1. Al Llppe. Philadelphia boxing promoter, tonight announced he had accepted an offer of 0 for Jeff Smith, contender for. the world's middleweight-- , championship;- to box Georges Carpentler twenty rounds to a decision In Monts Carlo, March 11. The Offer, according to Llppel came from Paul Lanier of Paris. Smith and Carpentler boxed twenty rounds in- - Paris Just before th world V.waf. to. BROOKFIELD, Mo., Feb 16 Harry boxer. HainUton,. who was knocked out In the eighth round of a scheduled bout here last night, died at hla home at 6:15 o'clock . thla morning. , , to Golf Attending physicians said death was caused by. overexertion, during th fight and not as a result of the knockout blow. Immediately after Frank Dean of Kansas City landed ths knockout blow .to NEW YORK. Feb.- 16. Secretary W. the Jaw, Hamilton was carried to hla corD. Vanderpool of the- United States Golf ner. After taking hla seat Jia collapsed. association, has received acceptances from .Dean has not been trrested. the four men recently appointed .extra member! of the executive committee, FOltT WORTH, Texas. Feb. II Joe These.ara .K. D. Lapham, San Francisco, Lynch, bantamweight champion, refused to box a president R..of the California Golf associaexhibition match here Demist, Denver, president of laet night when Dick Griffin of Fort J. tion; f he TrhnSrhlssisolppi association; Worth was Unable t'o Weight of W. H. Brooks, Cleveland, president of 118 pounds ringside. makefile In Griffin Golf Western the association, and A. T. at 121 15 pounds, while Lynch weighed the tipped Walker, Jr., New York, president of the beam at 11744 pounds. Intercollegiate Golf association. bout was advertised as a benefit for These appointments were made In ae theThe fbr European relief. .When this rordance with an amendment to article wae fund explained to Lynch he agreed to give V of the constitution, which Increased ths Griffin of tbe added poundage the committee membership from nlns to and box himbenefit a exhibition. In thirteen, the fourth round Lynch opened up with both hands and kept his left .In Griffin's fact throughout the round. Another Pitcher forA'lr' Beavers Accepts Terms night- - l; Off.) SALEM. Ore., Feb. II A bill making It a crime for a baseball player to conspire to win or lose baseball games fraudulently, was passed today by th'. house, of th state legislature. Tbe bill now goea BOXING NOTES -- .Mack,!. ' rtshr; Pat ten-rou- Boxing and wreatilng will bo forto the student body of the University of Utah thla after-- , noon, when Instructor Mack Dalton will stage a program in the gymnasium at 4 o'clock. The proceeds will be used In buying boxing equipment. d bouts wUl take place between the following; Harvey Garrlty and Cliff Dunham, Alton Papworth and Kid Monson, Al Chase and Walt Lillie and Jack Ensign and J. Fan-V- e II. ... Ths three-roun- d exhibitions Include -- the following; Blaine Murdock vs. Snell Roberts. J. Merrill vs. Vernon Green and Frank Showaker vs. Enos Stookey. Oscar Ferry and Aimer Marriott will wrestle five minutes. Mack Dalton wtll be the referee And Tommy Fltspafrlck and Seth Helm will be the Judges. The outcome of today's battles will decide which boxers will appear In the exhibition following the UtahB. Y. U. basketball game. Boxing was recntlylncluded In th curriculum at the U, when Dalton was engaged as Instructor. Classes are held dally' and a large number are availing themselves of the opportunity of foaming ths Art of ' Satordav a f- - -- mally Introduced Y)LAY8 in which the batsman Interferes with the catcher, are alwaye trouble makers. In a minor league game last summer the umplbe was twice forced to rule against the same player. In each the- Interference was Identical, i case Inrthe ruling different In the second yet ning, with one out and is runner on first, the runner started to steal second. The catcher called Tor a pitch out As he started his throw the batter managed to poke him with his bat In such a way that hla throw went wild and the runner went- to third. The umpire called the batsman out and sent the runner back to first. In the seventh Inning, with a runner on third and one out, the squeeze play was put on. Again the catcher called for a pitch out. The batsman failed to bunt the ball, but so Interfered with the catcher In making a play at the plate that the runner crossed the plate before being touched. In this case the umpire called the runner out. Thus, on Identical playa, two different rulings were- made. Wet "7 tbs umpire light? .'V ANSWER. The umpire wae right tn each ruling. , with interfered the When the batter catcher with a runner stealing second, the batsman waa out .under . the rules. and the runner was sent back to first. When the batsman Interfers with a play at the plate when a runner from third Is to icon t he penalty is swede all the trying more severe by killing the chance of th team at the bat to sucre the run by declaring the (tinner out. bout against, faults BOXING, WRESTLING BECOME PART OF CURRICULUM AT IT - Local Grappler Displays Superior Speed; Match -- first DERN BEATS BURNS IN STRAIGHT FALLS .'. .BEFORE BIG CROWD . v . , Jeff Perfecfs This Invention Tomorrow MU1T ANI) JEEF 17, 1921. st , - ot America Hold - ! 'w , .... - Ask American Golfers to Compete in Europe .. NEW YORK, Feb. 16 Ceptaln W. P. Matthews of the Royal St. George' Golf club, In a letter to the United States Golf association, states that May T has been - decided upon forthe annual St. George' cup competition at Sandwich, England. He suggests a team match between eight Americana and eight Royal and Ancient players, to be, decided over tbe Sandwich links May I. A. T. Kemp, representing the Fontainebleau Golf club, France, has written te the United States Golf association that ths club at Fontainebleau Is desirous of having as mahy American and British women ax possible to compete In the womens championship tournament of France, to start June 14. v V i1 Long Cornelison Is Graduate TrlboM-Sal- t Lake Tribal. Leased Wtr. SAN FRANCI8CO, Feb. 18 America will hold th Davis cup for many year,'' said William Tilden, II, here today. He has Just returned after an Invasion of Australia,- for the coveted International , trophy. Tilden' forecast of th future holding of the cup by this country Is based on the fact that In America there Is a com. Ing generation of young players of high merit; an essential In which Australia and the European countries seem to be lacking. The two champions played a aeries of exhibition matches here today. Tilden on Thursday leaves for Philadelphia morning. 6'am "Hardy and Richard Wash-bualso of the American team, have both gone to Japan for matches. Cldcs so . New Ordinance Aimed- - at Six-Da- Bike Racing y y NEW YORK, Feb. 16 bicycle racing would become a thing of th past her If an ordinance under consideration today by the committee on geaeral welfare of the board of alderman la passed and signed by th mayor. The ordinance would regulate the hour of bicycle racing, permitting each con- teetant to ride but els houra at a time and prohibiting racing. Violators of the ordinance would be subject to a fine of 8100 for each offense or thirty days In Jail. Six-da- Manager at Idaho U ' MOSCOW, Idaho,. Feb. 18 Royd W. Cornelison, a senior In the college cf arts and science a, has been chosen graduate manager of student activities at the University of Idaho, It was announced at the university today. He will succeed A. j. Priest! resigned March 1 Cornelison waa studentmanager of athletics In the college year of 1918-19. Tilden ht , ' |