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Show 'YOKEL DEFEATS THE FAMOUS GREEK IN SIT LAKE Salt Lake, Oct. 28 Mike Yokel lasain the middleweight wrestling ; champion of the world. Yokel defeated Chris Jordan last nlcht or, rather, last night and this morning, In straight falls The first tame after three hours and thirl y-slx minutes of grueling work, which was notable for the absence of spectacular spectacu-lar wrestling. The sernnd came in one minute, Jordan deeming it more convenient to put up only a show of reslstanc-e than to ko another route whose end would undoubfedl hae lound him down again. Six thousand wrestllnc fans saw the match, which was staged In the Auditorium In Richards street. They were frequently demanded that Ref-i Ref-i eree Billy Husrhes jrhe Yokel the firBt fall on fouls When Yokel downed his man the first time the air war-fairiv war-fairiv split with yelling, the cheering continuing for fully ton minutes. Frequently during the first fall Jordan Jor-dan attempted a headlock, said to he a special favorite with Jordan and FYed Beell, and used hy those two, and thofro two only, with success The manner of applying the headlock, uwnnicti ru uiauiit'ii noi accord inc to the strictest ethics of wrestling, inasmuch as each time Jordan laid his arms in position for the headlock he took occasion to poke Yokel in the nose and rub that member heartily. heart-ily. In one of these periods of excessi1 exuberance on Ionian's part the Greek sent his fist into Yokel's richt eye aud turned the Hd completely back. The referee interrupted the bout lour; enough to pull the displaced lid back into place The act on the part of Jordan would have been sufficient fr giving Yokel the match on a foul There were also many other Instances" when the crowd demanded rhat Hughes declare de-clare Yokel winner of at least the first fall. Hughes figured, however, that Jordan Jor-dan might be playing for Just that sort of a decision, for it certainly is more to a wrestler's credit to get an aderse decision of foul than It is to be tumbled on his back. Therefore the referee declined to accede to the demands of the crowd and let the men fight it out. When the fall was Obtained Hughes was the most popular pop-ular man In town with that crowd so fickle is sentiment at a wrestling match In i he wrestling for the first fall.' the men, as predicted, made it a ques tion of endurance. Neither tried for holds with any degree of frequency, and when they did they made the attempt at-tempt with caution. The result of this sort of wrestling generalship and con-serration con-serration of energ va- that there was Just about one minute of real i wrestling before the tussle came that resulted in Yokel's getting the deadly i hold for the first fall Tn the inixup Yokel first got his I man in the grip of a head BCiesore and bod. lock. Jordan, with a magnifi eeni display of strength and skill, broke that hold, but he Immediately fell info another, a single hamm"r lock, whi'h Yokel threw on him with wonderful adroitness and which he clinched with an exhibition of strength that as truly pr)arveou fier the men came back for the second fall. Jordan declared that I Yokel bad thrown him squarely and j falrh, but that, inasmuch as all his: holds were barred by the referee and that 5000 people were agalnct him, he' did not Intend to wrestle himself to j death Bv that statement he meant the ban that had bfin put on his somewhat extraordinary manner of adjusti't? his headlocks In connection with Jordan s manner man-ner of wrestling last night It may also al-so be said that he devoted much time ! to pinching Yokel s muscles, which Is probably all right, but which did not please the crowd Also Jordan's thumb was always busy as a sort' of jabber. This did not please the! crowd, either Only once did Yokel resort to an semblance of "rough I stuff " That wafi Just before his eye was almost poked out, when Jordan 1 landed a stiff one in his face Yokel came back right lustily, but as .lor-' dan started It, the crowd was more than ever with Mike. The second fall was obtained so Quickly that half the crowd had not I settled In their seats hefore It was! over. It was made with a bar and head scissors. Yokel was clearly in better condition condi-tion when time for the second fall was called, although Jordan by no means could be said to be greatly weakened Last night's work left no doubt In the minds of the Salt Lake wrestling) fans that Yokel was nowise near! right when he wrestled Jordan before. be-fore. His condition last night was! superb. The same i6 true of Jordan. 1 The result of the match Is a vindication vindica-tion of the assertion made by Yokel's i friend3 after the previous bout that' Mike was in no shape to contend with J the husky Greek. It is also certainly a vindication of Yokel himself The Dutr.hman proved that he could come bacK. The manner! of his coming back was magnificent. He redeemed himself gloriously In the eyes of his friends and in the eyes of the world. Preceding th main bout, Jimmy Sullivan, a giant in stature, and George Nolson wrestled a preliminary. prelimin-ary. It was action all the way. Nelson Nel-son won the first fall in twenty-one minutes and the second in five aud one-half minutes. There was some delay In opening the doors at the appointed time. It was explained that this was due to the fact that Promoter Fted Crabbe had not expected to be overwhelmed 1 with such a throng and that -he was compolled to add numerously to his force of ushers and somewhat to alter his seating arrangements The crowd that awaited the opening of the doors at 8-30 o'clock jammed Richards street from South Temple to First South and extended even into those streets. It was a good-natured gathering, gath-ering, however, and they accepted the delay without complaint Jordan entered the ring at IT 45 o'clock and was followed lmmedately by Yokel. As the Greek received a few cheers and handclaps the crowd went into throes of cheering when "Our Mike," B0 acclaimed, crowded through the ropes. Wayne Ketonea and Jack Harbert-son Harbert-son challenged the winner Also Clarence Bdklnnd, Canadian champion, cham-pion, was among those mentioned They were sent nway at 0:61 o'clock They went head to head Both wore cautious and did not attempt anything, The Greek did not have his usual smile, whilo Mike wore his sain1 dodged expression. Yokel tried for legs at four minutes and was successful, going behind the Greek despite a frantic attempt to break out. They were up In about a minute and went head to bead again Yokel was very wary, giving Jordan no show to use the headlock or any of his punishing holds. Jordan's shoes were not holding on the canvas. Chris' leather soles kept slipping, forcing him to go to the canraa with his knees, whilo Yokel's I new rubber-soled shoes held at all time6. At fifteen minutes both were on their knees head to bead After about two minutes they went to their feet, still head-on Yokel tried for legs, but failed. They went to their I Liilsd nrrnt.. 1 .mmm . t . A .1 TV,,.,. I gained their fet at twenty minutes. Yokel showed he was ready for the least opening when at twenty-three j minutes Jordan In barkinc away, gave him an opening l.iKe a flash j the Dutchman tried, but missed. I Then they stayed on their feet until j the thirty-minute period had passed Greek Attempts Speed At the forty-minute mark the , Greek attempted to speed up. but , Yokel waited patiently and forced I him to come head to head It ap-' ap-' peared as if Mike was attempting to wear down Jordan Yokel jerked the Greek with a headlock whilo thoy were on their , feet This lb the Greek's favorite and he looked very surprised when it I was ued against him They were I Mill head to head at forty-five mln-I mln-I utes, and for the next fifteen mln- utes, or until the close of the ho ir. 'bey kept the same position The Greek started to rough Yokel's Yo-kel's face at an hour and ten minutes min-utes The Greek tr'ed desperately i for a headlock, but failed. Then they settled down again, head to head Yokel let Jordan do all the work here There was not a trace of a smile on the Greek's face t one hour and twenty minutes Jordan attempted at headlock. but didn't seem to hae much luck. The crowd arose as a man as Jordan Jor-dan stuck his fingers into Yokel's Byes Us was warned by Referee Hughes s the hour and a half wa? announced the crowd pulled B "seventh "sev-enth Inning VII aro-c nnd stretched. Tries for Logs. Yokel tried for legs at one hour and forty minutes, but Jordan broke away And then It was head to head again until the hour and three-quarters mark was passed. Yokel tried his "elbow flip" for the first time and the Greek went acro-s the canvas. can-vas. They went ' round and round'' just before the two hour mark. Yokel Yo-kel being close to "legs." but the Creek kept away The Greek was rubbing his knuckles across Yokel s face while the crowd jeered. At the two hour mark thej were still on their feet head to head. Hughes stopped the match and examined Yokel's eye, where Jordan had stuck a finger. At two hours and twenty minutes Jordan secured legs and then in a flipflop they went under the rope, Jordan riding Yokel with a body scissors, only one heel hooked, and back to the mat the went head tn head, again. Both men w er0 w r i 1 1 in good shape At two and a half hour they wre til head to head. The rrowd again accused Jordan of putting a thumb In Yokel's eye. They were "plledriving" at two hours and three-quarters. Referee Hughes flopped to the mat so he could get better view rf the Greek 'g hands. At the three hour mark both men were In good condition, with neither having an advantage. In this time Yokel and Jordan had be-n off their feet less than two minutes. The crowd was lea ing going after the last gondola Yokel appeared willing to mix it. but the Greek na caullous and rough At three hours, ten minutes the milled a bit and then settled down Neither appeared particularly tired, at three hours and a half the crowd yelled as Jordan switched Mike across the ring, claiming foul. At three hours, thlrt-two minutes Jordan got legs and had Yokel in close quarters but Mike broke out ' and went behind Yokel was trying j hurd and at 3 36, with a single ham- I merlock, he took the first fall Yokel started the hold with a head scis- j 6ors djad then switched. Jordan was first to return to the I ring. Yokel, a few moments later, was greeted with thunderous applause. ap-plause. Theq went away at 1:46 a. m, In one minute and thirty seconds sec-onds Yokel won the second fall and match with bar and head scissors. To the accompaniment of the crash of glass doors, something like two thousand wrestling fans "rushed the gate" at the Auditorium for more than an hour last night, and before the meleo was over, twenty uniformed uniform-ed policemen, thirteen firemen and five deputy sheriffs with employes of the Auditorium, were exhausted and crushed, though they held the barrier. One man in the crowd pressed against the brick walls b the surging masses, fainted but was soon rovlved The holding of the line was an Illustration Il-lustration of police fitness for the football gridiron. The doors were held closed till nearly 8 o'clock. Meanwhile, from 7 o'clock on, a mass of humans had congregated In Richards Rich-ards street They stood with some Patience, In spots, but when the ticket tick-et takers got irU" line and those outside saw the employes making ready to open tht doors, a roar went up and, aa a football team siario forward on signal, the human mass went at the doors |
