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Show HARBERTSON DEFEATS JONES OF MALI IN SHORT ORDER Jack Harbertson of Ogden Is still tho champion middle-weight wrestler of the world, according to the decision decis-ion of Jack Child who slapped him on the back twic in an hour last night, while the local wrestler held David Jones' shoulders tightly to the mat, each time with a head and leg lock. The first fall came in 45 minutes and the second in 13 minutes and, though Jones showed quite an amount of strength and skill, considering his brief professional experience, Harbertson Har-bertson was not in danger at any point of the match. As a result of the bout, Jones went back to his home at Malad with some good experience, while tho local man pocketed the net gate receipts and a good-sized side bet. Incidentally, a big crowd of Malad fans went home somewhat shorter In pocket than when they arrived and somo Ogden fans got back the money they loat on the handicap match staged by Harbertson and Jones at Malad, several weeks ago. The main bout began at 9:40 o'clock and after two minutes of sparring a mixup was staged and Jones wont behind. be-hind. He failed in several efforts to secure a hold and a minute later Harbertson Har-bertson broke away and both went to their feet. FaBt sparring followed for several minutes and then the two wrestlers worked cautiously. At the 9:50 point, Jones again secured the advantage and put tho local man on the defensive. Harbertson 6tayed on the mat for the next three minutes, keeping Jones vainly trying for a hold, and then worked to a sitting position and struggled to his feet, with the Malad man after hlra. Head to head wreBtllng ensued until the 9:57 mark was reached, when Jones again went behind. With lightning-like lightning-like speed Harbertson changed positions posi-tions with his opponent a few seconds later and the fans then witnessed a fast struggle, in which Jones mixed things with the champion willingly. At 10 o'clock, Jack was still behind and working punishing holds. He finally fin-ally managed to Becure a body scissors scis-sors tout good defensive work by Jones caused him to lose It and another an-other fast mixup followed. This ended end-ed with the Malad man breaking out of a bad hold and taking the upper position. At 10:10, the local man again secured secur-ed the advantage and held it for several sev-eral minutes despite strenuous efforts on the part of his opponent to break loose. The work of the wrestlers during this period brought calls of approval and applause for both, from the crow"d The 40 minute mark found both men on their feet, but tho champion cham-pion soon went behind again. Securing Secur-ing an arm and crotch hold, he spun tho contender clear of his clutches and then caught him again before he could recover. The Malad man continued con-tinued strong under the disadvantage of his (position, breaking out of anoth er body scissors hold and taking pun ishment with a good display of en durance. Harbertson now meant business, however, and continued the pressure of strength and offensive skill without with-out letting up for a second. He finally final-ly secured a head and leg lock and Jones' shoulders went to the mat for the first time. The fall was secured in 45 minutes and after a ten minute rest, the second sec-ond go was called Four minutes of head to head work followed the call of time and in tho next minute both grapplers took a turn at the offensive on the mat. Jones got the second turn and stayed behind for a couple of minutes by a hard effort, but Harbertson Har-bertson proved too strong for him and broke loose before any damage was done. Head to head work followed fol-lowed the break-away and Harbertson took the next turn on top. He secured secur-ed a body sclssorB hold that appeared to be the Malad man's finish, but Jones surprised everybody by breaking break-ing loose and going behind, after an exciting mixup. At this point, Harbertson Har-bertson showed that he was almost as fresh as when the bout started and that the visitor was not in his class. With quick work, he again had Jones on the defensive and at the 13 minute point again clamped on a head and leg lock, -putting the younger man's shoulders to the mat, with his feet In tho air. In the preliminaries, Preshaw and Rady went 20 minutes to a draw and a battle royal was staged, with Art Smalley, Brig Harbertson, Lou Roberts, Rob-erts, Scott Wallace and Fted Denny on tho mat This was also a draw, the only man put down, being Carl Poulter, the referee. Poulter also acted as announcer and handled the job like a veteran. Jack Child, who referred the main bout, as usual satisfied satis-fied everybody. The weights of v Harbertson and Jones were 158 3 and 153 pounds, ro spectlvely, and tho formor convino ingly proved that he could make the middleweight limit and still be in the pink of condition. |
