Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-06 | Page 2 | Edwards Wants Return Contest

EDWARDS WANTS RETURN CONTEST Australian Anxious to feet Ira Dern Bern Hero Hera HeraIn HeroIn In September Billy Edwards Australian light heavyweight wrestler well wall known In Ogden Is anxious to meet Ira Darn Dern here In a fInish finish match match early In September Edwards Is e now In Ohio preparing for matches In Inthe the Hawaiian Islands He met Dern here In two con con- contests contests test tests during the early summer The first Dern won on a foul and andIn andin andIn In the second Edwards was pro pro- pronounced pronounced pronounced the victor after nearly two hours of ot brilliant wrestling Im ready to meet meef Dern Deco on any terms Edwards wires The mat season st under present plans of the tho Disabled Veterans of the World War nr will open August lG 16 Efforts are being made to secure tho the services ot of o four tour high class mat men for tor this bout Ira Dern will be bo one ono of ot the themen themen themen men In the tha main event Fromal From Fromal III al he will oppose Pat M McGill the Nebraska cyclone Strangler Lewis considered the worlds world's champion heavyweight I will III meet a 1 logical opponent here ten days das later Ogden promises to become one of the leading mat cities of ot the nation this coming season Wrest Wrest- Wrestlers Wrestlers lers from all sections are avail avail- available available able for tor finish bouts It Is announced an- an announced an announced