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Show YOKEL IS TO MEET KETONEN APRIL 2! Mike Yokel, champion middlew eight wrestler of the world, will wrestle Walno Ketoncn at the Auditorium in Salt Lake, Tuesday evening. April 21. Yokel wired his acceptanco of the terms for the match to Promoter Fred Crabbe yesterday, and Will Thornton, manager for Ketonen, signed the articles. ar-ticles. Yokel -will be given a guarantee of $1250 or an option of 35 per cent of the gross receipts for the match. Ke-tonen Ke-tonen will be given 25 per cent of the gross receipts. Yokel, who Is at his home in Jackson's Hole, Wyo., will arrive in Salt Lake early next week to begin training for the match. Ketonen, who Is in the east. Is expected ex-pected in Salt Lake within a week's time. Both wrestlers have agreed to deposit with tho promoter $200 each as a guarantee for weight and appearance. ap-pearance. The articles say that the match will be a finish one and that the title will go or remain with the winner. A referee will be selected later. Emil Klank, manager for Fred Beell. the Wisconsin wrestler, "has already al-ready challenged the winner and has asked Promoter Crabbe that the match be set for Decoration dav. Yokel and Ketonen have never before be-fore met in the ring. Ketonen, through his manager, issued a chal- lonce to the champion last August when Yokel threw Chris Jordan, winning win-ning back his title. oo |