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Show YOKEL THROWS HIS II AFTER n OF WRESTLING Yokel wins first fall In 59 minutes 10 seconds. Yokel wins second fall in 19 minutes min-utes .5 seconds. Well, another challenger for the world's middleweight wrestling championship cham-pionship haB come Into the spotlight and is gone again therefrom. AValno Ketonen. Finnish wTestler. last night undertook to take the world's title away from Mike Yokel, but he didn't even come close. It was genuine wrestling that twice set Kctonen's shoulders to the mat, and just before he was counted down Ketonen put up the greatest exhibition exhibi-tion of bridging that has ever been seen in Salt Lake. Ketonen 's celebrated "roll ' did not have much chanco to show itself last night, for the good and sufficient reason rea-son that when the" time came to roll Ketonen's head was firmly fixed between be-tween Yokel's sturdy legs, and to roll under those conditions would have meant that the roller would literally have rolled his head off. Shoulder Hurt. Announcement was made before the beginning of work for the second fall that Ketonen, in the first fall, hd received an Injury to his right shoulder, shoul-der, which shoulder had been hurt In a recent match at Dululh, according to the announcement. Possibly Ketonen's shoulder was hurt. If that be so, then indeed he is a wonder, for any wrestler who could have put up the game battle that he did to save himself from the second fall, with an injured shoulder, would easily be entitled to the title of "king of the Iron men." To the inexpert, last night's match looked just about as all of Yokel's j matches look Yokel's opponent was outclassed In all the attributes of a I wrestler In strength, skill and knowledge of the game, Yokel last night showed his superiority. But it was superiority in degree only, for let no man permit himself to be led into the error of thinking that Ketonen Keto-nen is not a wre3tler The Fin-lander Fin-lander certainly is that he simply isn't as good a wrestler as Yokel. The wrestling for the first fall lasted last-ed 59 minutes and 10 seconds. Yokel was on the aggressive throughout, with possibly a total of five mlrjutes when Ketonen was "behind." Repeatedly Re-peatedly Yokel tried for the legs, but the Finlander was lightning on .hi3 feet and the champion missed. Head to head the two men worked, first on their feet and then on their knees. Occasionally Yokel essayed a body hold, but Ketonen invariably broke it. After twenty-five minutes of wrestling wrest-ling Ketonen began to perspire freely, and it was therefore out of the ques tion for Yokel to do much else than wait for the moisture to disappear, meanwhile keeping things moving. After fifty minutes of work Ketonen began to "dry," and Yokel le.t out a link or two. He tried a body hold, and then, for the first time. Ketonen used his "roll" to escape, which he did successfully. After fifty-six minutes Yokel got a crotch and body and heaved his opponent op-ponent to the mat. The hold was repeated at fifty-eight minutes. To the crowd the falls did noL appear extraordinarily heavy, and Ketonen showed no sign of fatigue or injury. An Instant later, Yokel set to work in real' earnest. First there was a crotch and bar lock, and then began the series or holds that spelled' defeat for the challenger. The fatal holds were something of an evolution, one slipping into another with much rapidity. Yokel had his hands full when the test came, but he went through with it like the master he Is. Ketonen's undoing began with a bar. which Yokel Yo-kel turned into a hammerlock. Being unable to bring his full weight to bear upon his opponent. Yokol crossed to the front of Ketonen and took the hammerlock from that position. Presontly he added to the hammerlock hammer-lock a head chancery and bar, and the trick was done. The ' fall was obtained after 59 minutes and 10 seconds. sec-onds. There was jio escape for the Fin-lander Fin-lander with that combination, although he fought gamely until the referee indicated Yokel the winner in the first fall. When the men appeared for the second sec-ond fall, Announcer Jim Stanley told the crowd that Ketonen's shoulder had been Injured but that he did not wish to forfeit the match. Consequently Conse-quently said Stanley Ketonen promised prom-ised to do the best he could. After six minutes, a combination of holds such as resulted in the first fall was again evolved by Yokel. It was then that Ketonen showed his wonderful adeptness at bridging. For minutes on end, the Finlander held himself suspended on head and heels, and, labor as he might. Yokel could not put him down. Ketonen. broke the holds at length and was again free. At fourteen minutes the performance perform-ance was gone through again, and once more Ketonen resorted to the bridge with success. Down for Keeps. Three minutes and a half later the identical situation once again . presented pre-sented itself, with this diffcrencer Yokel had got hlmBelf more firmly planted for the final effort. Again Ketonen hung suspended until un-til tho terribly painful hammerlock was pushed and pulled home, the Finlander Fin-lander suffering torture with each yank. Determinedly gritting his teeth, ketonen hung on. So desperate was the battle that the referee's hand hovered above oY-kc-l's back for fully a minute and a half before it fell at last, the action proclaiming Yokel the winner ot the fall and the match. A minute and a half Is a mighty long time when the excitement is tense. The snme combination that pinned Ketonen for the first fall was employed em-ployed in obtaining the second. The resistance of the challenger In the latter, lat-ter, however, was more picturesque, if such a term may be used. Yokel was the recipient or an ovation ova-tion when he appeared at the beginning begin-ning of the match. The applause again was loud and prolonged after the first fall and was repeated after the second. Ketonen was also received re-ceived with a liberal outburst when' . iWif, . he appeared. The crowd was large, and, while naturally It was with Yokel, Ketonen was received with manifestations of approval and was given repeated demonstrations dem-onstrations as he showed speed and cleverness. Ben Harkcr of the Deseret gymnasium gymnasi-um was the referee and his work was of the highest order of excellence. |