Show yokel fails to throw swanson at the opera house in this city last monday evening about people wit hessed the first wrestling match of any importance that has ever been pulled off in the match was beav between een mike yokel who holds the middle weight championship and ales alex swanson and otto ross yokel falling down in his attempt to throw both men within one atour hour ross was the first man to go upon the mat with yokel and he lasted eighteen teen minu tes riss while being a very clever wrestler for his weight V as hardly a 0 match for yokel batby but by placing plaCID ghim him self upon the defens ne and taking absolutely no cli chances 1 ancey he succeeded in giving the c champion eighteen mm min utes of hard work swanson anc are quite even ly matched as 0 0 alight and the con test was a spirit elone from start to finish the I 1 U at ten minutes of the match was I 1 fas a hd d furious and while yokel had his man weakened at the close of the hour the time was too short many of the local people who wit ness the tout lout expected 1 I okel to score an easy victory not taking into con the fact that swanson is a top in the wrestling game or making allowance for the fact that swanson was making little or no effort to throw his opponent simply being content with protecting him self and staying until the end of the hour all mho witnessed the wrestling match were highly pleased with the tile exhibition yokel stated before going upon the mat that he had come to cureka to wrestle two unknowns and was surprised to find swanson and ross while he felt that he could not ac comp com ligh the feat of throw both in in an hour he was willing to take a chance |