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Show I VISSER MEETS CHAMPION I OFSCANDINAVUN TONIGHT ' Peter Visser of Ogden. IPete Visser Lou Christiansen of Ogden. Champ of Scandinavia 24 Age 29 6 feet Height 5 feet 9 inches 3SS pounds Weight 202 pounds 17 Inches Neck IS 1-2 inches 45 inches Chest, normal 42 inches 47 inches Chest, exp'd. 47 inches 14 3-4 Inches Biceps 15 1-2 Inches 12 3-4 Inches Forearm 13 1-2 Inches 8 Inches Wrist 9 inches 24 Inches Thigh 2G Inches oJ 15 inches Calf 1G 1-2 Inches jj fl 10 1-2 inches Ankle 11 Inches ' I i At the Orpheum theater tonight, ; ' Pete Visser, the Ogden llght-heavy- ; weight wrestler, -will meet Lou Chris- , j , tiansen, the Scandinavian champion, m I in a finish bout, two falls out of three, , catch-as catch-can style. Both men ' are in splendid condition and the local fans who have taken tho oppor- j tunity of sizing them up, since Chris tiansen came to Ogden, anticipate an ! interesting entertainment when the ' two get together on the mat. S From boyhood, Visser has desired II to become a champion wrestler and J has lived his life cleanly and consist I ently to attain that ambition. His first lessons in the art were taken ' on a Dutch sailing vessel, before ho was fifteen years old. When he reached reach-ed that age, he came to America and settled In Ogden about nine years ago He first came into prominence as a wrestler, three years ago, when, in an intercity contest between Salt Lake and Ogden, he won the bout in which he participated, putting his opponent's op-ponent's shoulders to the mat, twice , in ten minutes Since then, he has lost only one match, to Champion Ad Santel. In hs first professional bout. Visser went up against Henry Webber of Kansas City, one of tho top-notchers of tho middle west. He put Webber's shoulders to tho mat twice in four minutes and, by the "victory, won a chance to meet Alex Chnstopherson, U1L' 1-4(4111 &IH.11L, uuuu v.uuaiucicu UllW of the comers. He defeated Christo-pherson Christo-pherson in a half hour, spoiling tho "Swede's" opportunity of accepting a contract to go to Chicago to meet all comers, for one of the big promoters of the "Windy" city. Next, Pete met Romanoff, the Russian Rus-sian who kept Ad Santel busy for two hours. Romanoff went down to defeat de-feat In the short space of ten minutes and the Ogden wrestler then and there decided he would. wait no longer for the big men to come to him, but would get -out and prove to himself and his friends that he was as good a man abroad as he was at home. That his purpose was made good during tho three months he passed on tho Pacific coast, after making his decision to leavo Ogden, 1b well known and tonight to-night he will endeavor, ho says, to show tho local fans that he is worthy of their confidence. Christiansen has been wrestling 11 3 ears and won his championship title In an elimination tournament, five years ago. The tournament lasted nearly a month and of 27 contestants, the stalwart "Dane" wrestled with 11, defeating them all. His last opponont was Axel Krock, the Swedish champion cham-pion and this grappler went down under un-der Christiansen's superior strength and skill in leBs than an hour According Ac-cording to "Lou's" tabulated record, few of the wrestlers he has met stayed stay-ed with him an hour. During his re cent visit to uaiirornia he, like VisBer, waB defeated by Ad Santel, but he Is going east, ho says.to get some more experience and will then have another go at the champion. Yesterday, the Dane wont to the Utah Hot Springs and passed the major part of the day swimming and diving in the big pool at tho resort and In climbing the mountains Today, To-day, he went to tho Lagoon resort for a swim, considering this form of exercise ex-ercise the best that can be had. Two good preliminaries have been arranged for tonight, the wrestlers booked to appear being John Smalley and Earl Plngree and Scott Wallace and Raty, four of the best amateurs in the state. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock and ladies will be admitted free. |
