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Show OO B THEY DENY THE I MATCH WAS I FRAME UP I To contradict the statements that pi have been circulated throughout the P city to tho effect that the matoh be- .j, tween Jack Harbertson and Henry Gehring was a "frameup, ' T. B Kel- f. ly. his manager, and Jack Harbertson f called at the Standard office today. jf Mr. Kelly emphatically denies that. there was any "crookedness" connect- I ed with the match and 6tates that L the calling off of bets rested with 1 him, and this was done in justice to K the friends of Harbertson, w?ho had f' I staked large amounts on the result t' of the contest. Mr. Kelly's statements t are supported by all connected with I the match and who were close oh- t servers of the contest. I. Jack Chllds. the referee, who is 1 known to be a judge of such con- tests, regrets the assertions made rt- f gardlng the match "There were times when I thought the wrestling was slow," said Mr. t Childs, "hut at no stage of the game I was stalling deliberately indulged in I by either man. It was a strong, I straight and square wrestling maicn Manager Joseph Ooss of the Orphe-um Orphe-um theater declared: I "The mat battle was on the square. j If it had not been I would have called call-ed off the whole thing and returned tho money to the audience." I Mr. Kelly refers to the contests be- 1 tween Yokel and Gehring previous to the final match when Yokel se- j cured the championship and pointjs out that in the first match neither secured a decision and that no fall was secured In the second contest. In ij the contest Wednesday night, he said, neither man understood the tactics of tho other and was determined to take no chances He predicts that if another match Is arranged betweer the two men the battle will be as live- j ly as the recent contest between Yo kel and Gehring. m A possible reason for the wrestlers keeping a position on their feet foi such a time may have been because of the great amount of re6ln on the mat Each contact with the eanvo? Covered the bodies of the wrestlers with the sticky substance, causing a very disagreeable condition, and placing plac-ing either man down on the mat In danger of a fall I Jack Harbertson said he would prefer pre-fer to go back to firing an engine thar to continue in the wrestling game un-der un-der a cloud. |