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Show J THE LOSER (Chris Jordan, After Losing the First Fall 'tin Three Minutes, (Comes Back and fTakes the Championship Champion-ship From the Utah Boy P FSalt Lake. July 26 Chris Jordan ras proclaimed the winner of the ihamplonship match with Mike Yokel jt the Majestic park arena last night Fhen Yokel went through the ropes torn sheer exhaustion and was unable 0 come back and continue the match 1 The climax came after an hour and piny -seven minutes of wrestling, the st twenty minutes of which was the stest and roughest ever seen in this jection of the country 4 Yokel had won the first fall in 3 pinutes and 41 seconds with a refers re-fers bar and head chancery. 4 After an Intermission of ten min- lies loiiowing ine ursi mil, me men lame back on the mat for the second pll and after an hour and thlrty-(hree thlrty-(hree minutes, and after both men lad gone through the ropes and off i if the mat numerous times. Yokel j rent through the ropes and off of the platform on the west side and was finable to come back, thereby for-Itlng for-Itlng his championship title to .lor-lin .lor-lin f After a little more than an hour nd R quarter's wrestling for the sec-ind sec-ind fall, Yokel began plainly to show :ireakncss It was clear that he was lther not in condition or that the terrific gruelling which the Greek kHve him with his head holds Inflicted Jlevere punishment There Is good feason to believe that Yokel was not .(n condition fit to buck up agalnsi man like Jordan, yet the local 6nan was probably as fit as most wrestlers are when they go on the tear i Whatever Yokel's condition, there feas uo question about Jordan's flt-e68 flt-e68 As Mike grew weaker, the 0reek appeared by contrast to grow Stronger, and when the finish came the Chicago man was apparently as fresh as a lark Mike Almost Winner. If fter an hour and fifteen minutes work for the second fall the drowd thought the match was Yo-Kel'l Yo-Kel'l The champion had the Greek ialmosi shoulder down, but Jordan broke away by supreme effort. The extraordinary demand on Yokels Strength for this series of holds seemingly seem-ingly was too great, and the point Smarked the moment when Yokel s endurance en-durance began clearly to wane The bout was witnessed by -dOO wrestling fans The stand contained ! itnany women, who were as deeply in- Aerested in the match as were the I jmen. Jordan came on the mat first a' $12 and took the corner that he had iwhen he beat Kartje here some time' jego. He nac given a bit of a cheer, ee he entered Le6s than a minute la-ner la-ner Yokel came upon the mat and was j Worded an ovation. They were at jfcjLe introduced. Yokel again being jpif n a rousing cheer. Ben Harker. the referee, was then I jlntroduced. and at 9:17 the gong sent .fthem on their way. Both men came to the center of the j feat briskly and tugged head to head, iter a few minutes At three minutes Ikckel succeeded in getting behind the Greek, and as he tried to bridge out of Idle bold Yokel slipped over him and Jcaught his old favorite bold, a reverse fbtr and head chancery and at .V. 41 I Ihe bad the Greek's shoulders to the j Jmet for the first fall. Go at It Again. After an Intermission of ten mm- Intee they came back for the second jjfall. Jordan appearing first still smli-,'lng smli-,'lng and apparently as confident as Jordan tried for his famous head jibek-several times in succession, but "Vfhev apparentlv had no effect on Yo- :Jke'"at this time After tifteen minutes 3of wrebtling. Yokel looked to be Hcontlderable the stronger and Jordan 'Jlwae apparently content to wrestle 'Jlhead to head without much effort to lget behind Yokel S After twenty-nine minutes Jordan succeeded in getttlng behind Yokel for the rat time Yokel apparently did not object very much and let him remain there for a few minutes, all S the time lookin around for a chance Sto get a good hold, hut the opportunity l did not present Itself and Yokel shook 0 him off and both were on their feet again In the next few minutes they alternated alter-nated positions, first Yokel was behind, be-hind, then Jordan was behind for a brief period. At thirty-six minutes Jordan was behind and tried the first real hold on Yokel, a body scissors and a bead lock, but he was unable to get Mike In any danger, although Yokel crawled off the mat and they were brought back by the referee Yokel immediately imme-diately got up and at forty-five minutes min-utes they were both on their feet and apparently fresh Rushes Yokel Off Platform. In attempting to get a head hold on Yokel, Jordan rushed Yokel through the ropes and off of the platform. They were up Immediately and apparently ap-parently unhurt Then followed some of the fastest wrestling of the evening, even-ing, with Yokel doing the forcing Jordan got behind for an instant, and at fifty-three minutes Yokel was again behind and as he straightened up his nose was bleeding, from what cause could not be determined. Yokel played with Jordan's toe for a while, but the Greek only smiled and shortly afterwards kicked loose and regained his feet. At 1:10 Jordan got a head hold on Yokel as they were Btandlng head to head and apparently had Yokel In trouble, but Mike got hiB arms around the Greek's back and by sheer strength broke loose. A mixup followed fol-lowed and Yokel emerged on top. Immediately Im-mediately afterwards he grabbed a hammerlock and crotch hold, but Jordan Jor-dan broke loose Jordan at this time appeared as iresn as wnen no sianeu and did some clever blocking. Looks Like Yokel's Match At 1:15 Yokel got a head chancery and body scissors and for a few seconds sec-onds it looked as though the match was over Yokel was either weakening weaken-ing or Jordan was exceptionally strong, for the latter slipped out of what looked like a sure fall. Both men got on their feet and Yokel Yo-kel rushed Jordan through the ropes and over the press box. both falling to the ground, with Jordan on top. They had no sooner got back on the mat when Jordan rushed Yokel and In an endeavor to get a hold they again went off of the platform and as they came back they were warned by Referee Harker. At this stage of the game Yokel was J weakening very' fast and the Greek tore after him like a bulldog, never allowing his opponent a second 8 rest As Jordan grappled with Yokel the latter backed to the ropes and stepped off of the mat In an endeavor to gain time. This ruse Invariably resulted In both men going off of the platfrom and onto the ground, from which falls Yokel appeared to grow more and more tired After one of these falls , Jordan picked Yokel up bodily, and j lifting him high in the air. threw him to the mat with terrific force As Jordan got behind him, Yokel suc- ceeded In crawling off of the mat. Shortly after thle occurrence, the I referee warned Yokel that he was stepping off the mat and that he would not disqualify Jordan, as numerous num-erous Yokel admirers demanded. Yokel Seizes Ropes. IftT-Hor. ttion nichoH Vnlrot nnln the ropes on the west side of hte platform plat-form and grabbing a crotch hold lifted him bodily in the air Yokel grabbed the ropes and held on. Jordan held film in the air and, turning to the referee, told him to make Yokel let go. The referee told Yokel to do so, hut Yokel refused. Jordan then attempted at-tempted to carry Yokel towards the center of the mat, but when he had gone as far as the rope would stretch he released his hold and the reaction of the lines catapulted Yokel through the ropes and off the stand onto the ground several feet below. From this tumble he never returned and after a few minutes' wait the referee stepped step-ped into the rlnc and hold uu Jordan's Jor-dan's hand, proclaiming him the winner. |