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Show I I YOKEL WINS IN DULUTH i I Champion Gives Crowd Its Money's Worth in; Bout With Miller j ; Duluth, Minn.. Feb. 10 Mike Yo kel, world's middleweight champion L wrestler, toyed with Walter Miller one hour and eleven minutes tonight be fore he pinned Miller's shoulders la the mat for the first fall After that Mike concluded the crowd had been given Its money's worth so he took the j second fall in eighteen minutes. I One of the reasons the champion j j was so lenient was thai the moving picture machine was being operated II all through the match. First the vret!er8 posoil hefore the camera and then the wrestled before it. Yo koi apparent! wanted to make sure h would get his percentage on the pictures, so he did not terminate Hi-match Hi-match as soon as he might have done Yokel weighed' lo pounds, whllt Miller weighed only 161. Yokel won the first fall after one hour and eleven minutes of wrestling such as h:is ncer been seen here, us Ing to pin th shoulders of the little "Apostle City" man a reverse nolso:i and crotch hold The Becond fall came after but eighfe-ii minutes with a further nelson find arm Bcissors The men were introduced by Qeori Barton of St Paul, sporting writer an i president of th- new Northern ball league He acted as referee During Dur-ing the riral hour Miller aaaumed th aggressive continually, although it was apparent that the man from the Rock) mountains was the master ol the situation at all times He allowed Miller to wear himself out and after the first fall was In good fettle while Miller was dared and reeling Th; match offered p. Rood example In coa leasts. Yokel's apparently deliberate ness deceived the keenest observer, while Miller's flashy stylo was always in evidence. Milier used hendlocka and tackles repeatedly, bill .ill were of no avail against the stocky grappler fro'.Yi v'ne west. The champion permitted Miller to show all his fancy tricks Although Miller was behind Yokel during the greater part of the first period, the result was never in douht, as Yoki-1. , whenever ho chose, slipled out of holds that the crowd thought wcie not to be broken Miller Is quick and a clever wrestler, wrest-ler, but his pretensions to belnvc a classy as Yokel are absurd Yokel right arm was et 1 1 1 sore from his Geh-rlng Geh-rlng match end ho favored it all he COUld throughout Miller started roughing It early in the game, but before the match was over he became so afraid of Yokel Ihat once Yokel, on all foura, chased Miller, who was on his feet clear across the mat. Miller started roug'.i Ing It early r.nd was cautioned by the referee The first admonition did nol stop him and he was warned severely, after which he became slightly motc-docile. motc-docile. His c'uief tactics were Ughtling-like dlven for Yokel's ankles, but Yokel's bear-cat craftiness prevented Miller from getting any advantage the champion cham-pion did not want him to get Whei the match began. Miller was the favor Ue with the crowd, but Yokel's ab;l lty to keep his temper when Miller was roughing H f-nl bis clcAcr stral-egy stral-egy lnoviiably won him the favor of. the fan3. They saw after the fir; (all that Yokel mrnpured up to the Ireal requirements of B champion The ease with which he broke loose from 'Miller just when Miller's seconds were telling him that he was winning was laughable. Most of the first hour Yokel remained on the defensive, showing only now and then a flaBh ol I aggressiveness, but when he started In to finish the period he did It qulck-ly qulck-ly and surely. Yokel after tonight's match will always al-ways be a gTeat favorite here |