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Show (TEXAS WRESTLER I OUT FOR COIN I j Sneezes at Salt Lake Offers for Bout With YokelTurns Down Propositions. Salt Lake, Dec. 9. Either Taylor Tex., is a phenomenal wrestling town or Mr. "Pet" Rrown has an inflated idea of his worth as a drawing card in Salt Lake, for the "Border Terror" ha3 sneezed at the offers mad him here for a bout with Mike Yokel and says he can make that much fwn week wrestling in his own back yard. Various and sundry propositions have been offered Mr Brown here, hut so far he has looked upon them with disfavor and has Intimated thai he will return home and wrestle where he can grab thr coin. If he can corral the amount he claims he can in Texas, that's the place to go. Also it will be a whole lot safer than monkeying with Mir Rocky mountain Hon in his own lair. Mr. Brown intimates that it is a poor ueek at home when he does not go south with numerous hundred pesos and he becomes wearied when the lowly and humble promoter of Salt Lake starts to talk business Mr Brown admits that right now Texas isn't as good as it might be and intimates in-timates he would like to give the home boys a rest on that ducat buying stunt aylor must be some live place when times ore good Mr. Brown further declares that a little matter of a fen pounds should not make any difference to Yokel or the Salt Lake public. Brown would like to wrestle at 158 pounds at 3 o'clock, give or take two pounds. This is most kiud of Mr Brown as it would allow Yokel to come in somewherv in the neighborhood of 164 or 165 pounds. Of course, it wouldn't make any difference dif-ference to Mr Brown as he can make the 158 pounds limit in Texas with ease and as it's easier to make weight here that question would not bother him in the least. But It would be a great help to any of his opponents !n this section Of course, the Salt Lake public in cllned to wrestling matches is Just "honin' " to see Mr. Brown on the mat. With winter here. Christmas but a couple of weeks away and the poor Belgians to feed, the local fans WOUld unquestionably step right up and plank down their last buck. They would let the Christmas kiddies be disappointed, the coal bin get empty and the Belgians starve, just to see Mr. Brown wrestle. To be BUre! Just now, however, it appears that the Sr.lt Lake fans are due to be disappointed, for none of the local promoters feel like hocking the family fam-ily plate to meet Mr Brown's demands. |
