Deseret Evening News | 1910-02-25 | Page 11 | Yokel Will Try for World Honors

YOKEL WILL TRY i ifOR fOR WORLD HONORS to Defend Ills of ChampIon Wrestler at Salt Lake Theater TonIght Al AJ Ackerman who claims the tho chum cham championship 0 of the tho division ot of wrestlers and Mike lIko Yokel In of the thc y lit AI C A moot to tonight tonight night on the mat at tho Salt Lake thea theater ter or WIllard Bean will act as referee In what promises to bo be the finest exhIbition ot of the game s seen n In Salt Lake In many years ears Doth Both men are arc trained to a hair Some doubt expressed In regard to the tho condition of Ackerman because ot of his hish late arrival in t city But t his s presence e eto h has dr dissipated t these rears as g lie looks to bo be In tilO tho best sort ot of shape He Is a arU rU rugged ged chap and looks to le time tho trained Hum from tho SilO tUO ground up UI Ackerman won the championshIp from Hum from tho SilO tUO ground up UI Ackerman won the championshIp from Alec Swanson ot of Now New York In 1 and lies held It sInce that time Swanson had imad been In hum possession of the honor for tor two oars lars prior to that time inning It from harvey Parker who had held It for 10 years Notwithstanding too the reputation ald ap evident class elass ot of Ackerman his opponent has a strong followIng who pin their faith on Oil Time The local man Is popular lam lar and says that ho he thinks lie ItO can wear his man mall down and get et him eventual eventually ly Iy No arrangements have an yet et been heen made for the tho preliminaries but It Is probable that a number ot or the tho Y H t C CA A mat artists will ivIll bo sell sen In their favor tavor favorIto It Ito sport Indications n rc tons point to a a 0 record hou house Practically alP all ot of the tho seats have been sold TIme men are at weIght weicht and will welch weigh In officially at a 3 this aft afternoon ot at the tho Y H 11 C A The Tho pro pre will go on at