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Show L Kid Hop&ins I Defeats JVIocuer I Brawny Blacksmith of Tremonton the Best I Man of the Two. The Strongest But Not I the Swiftest A Good Wrestling Match. There was more fun and excitement ex-citement at the old Pearl saloon building, Thursday night than is usually found at a Fourth of July celebration. Tho event was a splendid wrestling match between D. Mower of Lewiston and Kid Hopkins of Tremonton. Tremon-ton. Tns house was packed ' with rooters and spectators both from this city and Tremonton i and much enthusiasm was man ifested. Prior to tho big bout a contest con-test between Master Jones of Wollsville and Young Frisby of Tremonton greatly amused tho crowd. Kid Jones was a daisy, but Young Frisby floored him twice out of the three bouts. It was s close contest. iThen came the big match between be-tween Hopkins and Mower. Both men looked well, clad in tights and fit for tho fray. The iirst bout lasted twelve minutes. Hopkins demonstrated his strength and Mower his agility. Rooters rooted and money was plentiful. The sturdy blacksmith black-smith of Tremonton won tho first fall amid a burst of cheers. In the second bout Mower certainly did somo swift work and avoided going down on his back three different times by a sudden twist-over. This time Mower got tho cheers by putting put-ting Hopkins down for three counts. Time 10 minutes. Twice in tho third bout Mower Mow-er had a full Nelson hold on Hopkins and it looked bad for the Tremontor, but ho broke holds and after a hard struggle Mower went down for three counts and it was all over. Time 13 minutes. Our opinion of the wrestle is that Hopkins 7as tho strongest man and had the best endurance. Mower lacked strength and wind. After tho big wrestle came an hour and a half of real fun consisting con-sisting of various wrestling matches. First was a match between McCarty and Frisby. McCarty got two falls out of three. Second, Wood vs. Jones. Wood won out. Third, Tom Nogema vs. Frisby. Nogima downed Frisby twice. The last match was a Jap wrestle between be-tween Tom Nogima and McCarty, Mc-Carty, but somo misunderstanding misunderstand-ing arose in regard to holds and points and the match was called off. W. M. Wolsey acted as referee re-feree and gave splondid satisfaction satis-faction in his decisions. Wo were informed that Hopkins Hop-kins and Mower will be matched again soon. We'll tell you about Friday night's wrestle in our next issue. |