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Show Ii YOKEL IS HEBE TO Til FOR THE ' BIG EVENT Mike Yokel, former champion mid- B dleweight wrcHtler of tho world, ar- 9 rived in Ogden this afternoon with his training partners. The use of the gymnasium at the fire station was I tendered him and accepted and the 1 locnl fans will be given the' privilege 1 of seoing him at work 1 Yokel, who is to meet Jack Harbort-j son in a finish bout next Wednesday night at the Alhambra theatre, had planned to come to Ogden Monday, but, on account of demands of fans from Salt Lake and Davis county fans to sco him In action, has passed the last three days, in giving exhibitions exhibi-tions with his training partners In a number of the county towns. The Ogden wrestler is holding steadily to the training table, keeping busy at Indoor and outdoor weight reducing re-ducing and muscle strengthening v ork. The question of the referee for the big bout is now in the air and this will be decided by tho two principals, it is thought, by the end of the week. ' Boxofflce reports are that several hundred seats have already been reserved re-served and there seems to be little qustion that the theatre will be filled to capacity on the night of the bout. uw NOT HIS FAULT. Mistress Mary, your young man has such an air of braggadocio about him. Mary Yls, pore lad; ho works in a livery stable |