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Show MIKE YOKEL THROWS BOTHER. FORMER INSTROCTOR Salt !alce. Feb. 4. Yokel wins first fall in I hour. 6 minutes, P.o seconds, with hnlf nelson and crotch; Yokel wins second fall In 22 minutes 80 Fcconds with reverse body and crotch. Arthur Macke and Georce McLeod draw in 80-minute preliminary The greatest exemplification of the art of wrestling ever given in Salt l-ake was the work in the match last: night between Mike Yokel of Salt Uako and George Bothner of New York If there are any holds In the book Of wrestling that were not attempted last night, they must Indeed be on some obscure pages of that book. Those wh saw the whirlwind match a ear ago between Yokel and Joe Turner of Washington, D. C, declared that match to have been the limit of speed It wasn't. Last night's affair af-fair was the fastest thing in wrestling matches that ever crossed the river. Not only was the wrestling unremittingly unre-mittingly fast, but also it was clean-cut clean-cut and graceful. Never wae there a suggestion of "rough stuff " Neither was there a hint of gouging or pinching, pinch-ing, such a6 has been frequently seen in recent matches. The match, In brief, was the cleanest and most sportsmanlike bout that has ever been seen in Salt Lake, the only possible pos-sible exception to that broad statement state-ment being the Yokel-Turner bout. Yokel won the match In straight falls. The first came after one hour, six minutes and thirty seconds of fierce going, and the second after twenty-two minutes and thirty seconds sec-onds of the same Bothner is a wonderful wrestler He clearly showed the people last night that what has been said of hlra regarding re-garding skill Is strictest truth. An amazing storv preceded Bothner to Salt Lake, to the effect that there were only practically three holds known in wrestling which Bothner could not apply with his legs an feet as well as with his hands. The story last night was proved true, for Bothner Both-ner appeared to have the same use of his arms and hands. And it was the legs and feet that bothered Yokel most. Time after time a dozen times at least Mike screwed on the deadly hammerlock and half nelson, only to find that his usual foothold and leg pressure were lacking to 6eud them home because Bothner's nether limbs were somewhat entwined about him with a crip of iron One man in the crowd said that Bothner's legs were like steel rods. That man ex pressed the things m two words. Bothner was on the defensive throughout He let Yoke do the work, and the world's champion worked work-ed like a good fellow Twenty times It appeared to the crowd that Yokel was about to pin the New Yorker, when 'he latter, with a head spin or ;t bridge, slipped out of the hold which Mike had so carefully built. A peculiar roll proved an effective escape es-cape irom the repeated hammeiiocks I and half nelson, and so swift was the action that the spectators were lost in bewilderment. Of course. Yokel's fellow townsmen never for a moment believed that Bothner could tumble their Idol and, of course, again their belief was well founded Yokel looked the heavier in the ring and the stronger, but the men were about of equal weight Yokel is stocks, while Bothner is the taller Both were in excellent condition. condi-tion. This was clearly proved by the fact that. In spite of an hour of cease-actlTity cease-actlTity neither man was appreciably appre-ciably weaker than ho wag when the ' match started. In fact, it is safe to say that both men could have gone another hour without their endurance having been brought to the breaking break-ing point. |