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Show YOKEL AS SEEN IN HIS LATEST SUIT Mike Yokel of Salt Lake City successfully suc-cessfully defended his title of world's middleweight wrestling champion at i the Auditorium. Duluth. February 10, , by throwing Walter Miller of St. Paul In two straight falls Yokel won the first fall with a reverse re-verse Nelson and a crotch hold aftfr I one hour and eleven minutes of wresi ling such as had never before been witnessed in Duluth The second In eighteen minutets with a further l son and arm scissors. George Barton of St Paul, who ref-ereed ref-ereed the match, Introduced the men yokel's weight was given as 158 pounds. Miller's 151. , GIANT RECRUIT DIES: NO CAME AT DALLA5 Mnrlln. Tex., March 9 Thomas 1 Hanley. one of the promising recruit pitchers of the Giant 9(iuad. died here this morning of appendicitis For u week Hanley had been suffering with pains in hi stomach, and when operated oper-ated upon yesterday it was found that he had appendicitis of long standing and gangrene had set in. Hanley was L'4 years old and lived in Marietta. O. He came to the Giants from tho Newark) O . club. The game scheduled between th? Giants and the Dallas team for toda was called off on account of rain, and as the manager of the Houston clui telephoned McGraw that the Field in Corslcan would not be In condition for tomorrow's game The New York squad returned to Marlin this evening. even-ing. McGrak is very well satisfied with the results already attained in the spring training. With the exception of Hanley's death and minor injuries to one or two players, the camp has served the purpose of getting the regulars into the same splendid condition and playing play-ing form which enabled the Giants to get the jump on their rivals last spring Practically all of the regular pitchers are rounding into wonderful form. |