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Show HENRY IRSLINGER, MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION WRESTLER OF H EUROPE . HARBERTSON IS I NOW SOUGHT j BY YOKEL "The worm has turned" Mike Yokel's Yo-kel's attitude toward Jack Harbcrt 6on has undergone a decided change. Time was when Jack did everything but go down on his knees in an endeavor en-deavor to perKuade Yokel In mi i I on the wrestling mat. Because of re-H re-H cent events, however, Mike has seen j a light. Thursday evening the blonde j haired Salt Lake wrestler paid a visit to Ogden and hunted, up the promot- ers of the Irsllnger-Harbertson match and wanted to know if the European 3 was really going to meet the local man on March llij. On being inform ed that he was he expressed a wish Itj that It rould be postponed for he wanted to meet Jack just as soon u-a u-a he finished with Turner in Salt lake ' on the 18th of this month Learning that there was nothing dolne in that line he made it plain that he wanted Q to try conclusions with Harbertson ' . 1st as soon as Jack was In shape to Bt ti i in following the Irslln ger go. Yokel thinks highly of Irslluger's ibilily and expressed the opinion that Jack is going up against one of the best men at his weight who lias ever igurcd In the game. "But then," said Mike, "he will find that he has an exceedingly ex-ceedingly tough nut to crack in Harbertson. Har-bertson. 1 look for it to be one of the finest exhibitions of wrestling art ever witnessed In the iniennountaln country, coun-try, and the fact that It is a finish bout should make it doubly attractive." attrac-tive." Harbertson is putting in some bard licks up at his private gymnasium and lias a 1 'JO pound man with whom la-is la-is trying out his holds and in general toying with in the manner which has won for Jack so many admirer3 In this city. The fans are all agog with anticipation over the forthcoming battle bat-tle and while there has been some apprehension ap-prehension felt over the bigness of the grappler. yet the fact that he has agreed to meet every condition Insofar Inso-far as weight is concerned males them certain that there Is nothing to fear as far as Harbertson is concerned. concern-ed. All Jack wants Is to have a man meet his weight. After that he can be depended on to take good care of himself. The last word from Irslinger stated that he would leave New York for Og-len Og-len the latter part of next week. |