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Show I JACK HARBERTSON WINS IN MM BATTLE WITH HIS I OLD-TIME RIVAL PETE VISSER II Jack Harbertson wins. I Pete Visser defeated, i First fall, 80 minutes. jj Double bar hold. ? Second fall, 6 minutes. Jack Harbertson, holder of the world's middleweight wrestling: championship cham-pionship ntle, broke into the light heavyweight class last night at the ai-hambra ai-hambra theater in electrifying fashion by defeating Pete Visser, intermoun-tain intermoun-tain heavyweight champion. The victory vic-tory was won In two straight falls, the first In 80 minutes with a double bar hold, and the second in six minutes, min-utes, with a body hold. Dy it Harbertson Harbert-son becomes the legitimate claimant of the intermountain light heavyweight heavy-weight title and will now probably seek higher honors. As in his past career, Jack proved that he is still the enigma of the intermountain wrestling world, an athlete whose limit lim-it of strength, skill and endurance is B mystery. In all Justice to the defeated gladiator, gladi-ator, Visser, it niust be said that he was seriously overtrained, this being clearly evident to close students of the game at the end of tho first hour. Pete is not a light heavyweight and it is probable that he will seek a return match with Harbertson at catch-weights, catch-weights, which should and very likely will be granted. In the first hour of the match last night the former fireman fire-man put up a wonderful aggressive, and defensive struggle, forcing Harbertson Har-bertson to put forth prodigious efforts to get out of his clutches. With the new light heavyweight working in like fashion the bout was equal from tho spectators' point of view to any event of the kind ever staged in the city. The great crowd thn witnessed the match, one of the largest ever gathered gath-ered for such a purpose, was evidence that wrestling is not a sport of the past in Ogden and that its two noted exponents have hundred! of friends. Both have been the suhject of much "knocking," but many of their "knock ers" were, nevertheless, at the Alham-bra Alham-bra last night to see the entertainment. entertain-ment. Harbertson's following was in the minority when the bout opened, but there was no alloy in the pande- I monlum of cheers, whistling and applause ap-plause that followed his act of pinning Vissor's shoulders to the mat, evidence that tho Ogden sports are ever ready to give credit where It is due. Vis Ber, too, was given an ovation of ap-plauso ap-plauso when he appeared on the mat for the second fall after answering the advice of his attendants in the dressing dress-ing room to default the fall with. "No. he can't mako me quit; I'm going on again." Harbertson appeared first on the mat, shortly after 9:30 o'clock, and was given a warm welcome of applause. ap-plause. This was doubled, however, for Visser, when he appeared a few seconds later. Eddie Dallas, the local boxing promoter, made the Introductions, Introduc-tions, which included that of Harlan Peyton as referee. Payton was also given a big "hand." Tho match was on at 9:45 o'clock and. with the lightning-like fashion which has ever characterized his work, Visser went to the attack and had Harbertson on the mat almost before be-fore the grip of their handshake was cold. This success sent his stock up to a manifest degree, as he appeared to be in a normal condition. He quickly quick-ly clamped a bod scissors hold on Harbertson. but Jack proved the faith of his backers, breaking the hold, flipping flip-ping away from Visser and going behind. be-hind. Another strugglo followed for the offensive position. Jack to keep it and Pete to get it, and ended by both men going to their feet. l'ete was again quickest, his superior super-ior reach also being an advantage, and Harbertson's body was encased again In the former fireman's legs. Visser h Id en for a minute or more, trying to add the necessary arm or wrist hold to make the scissors effective, but Jack's defense was too skillful. The tables were turned several times within with-in the next five minutes, Harbertson giving evidence of his strength by lifting lift-ing Pete clear of the floor and standing stand-ing him on his head and trying to put his shoulders to the mat. Visser was too strong for this, however, and when he broke out of Jack's clutches he also beat him to the "punch" and took the offensive position on the mat. amid cheers At this point both wrestlers began some punishing work, rubbing each other's heads on the mat and working half nelson holds. The next exciting moment was when Pete attempted his first arm scissors hold and Jack escaped it. Pete then changed his tactics quickly, wrapped Harbertson's body, head and right arm up. with his legs and arms. Out of this net Jack worked like an eel and again caught Visser with one of his body spinning holds. Pete again worked work-ed free, but Jack held the offensive position. At 10:05 o'clock the wrest lers were again on their feet. They worked head to head, both giving and receiving punishment, for a minute and in the next three minutes were on the mat and up again twice, Visser Vis-ser obtaining the advantage each time they went down. An interesting moment came at 10:20 o'clock, when Harbertson got his first real hold, a head and arm lock. All the strength at his command com-mand went into an attempt to obtain a fall, but Visser, struggling hard, got a toe hold with an over-leg leverage. "his forced Jack to give up his advance advan-ce and both men worked to their i rlenrly showing the effect of the ruelllng struggle. For a couple of nnutes Peto punished Harbertson ih head locks and then took to the mat. Jack tried for another head and ;irm lock, but Visser foiled him and, after a short struggle tho men arose to their feet. At this point Visser seemed the stronger, but Jack kept right aftor him. At 10:30 o'clock Pete again gave Jack some worrying moments. He obtained ob-tained an arm and wrist lock from a standing position, but Harbertson broke out of it as they fell to the mat. Peto followed fast and secured a head and arm lock. With the fans applauding applaud-ing the fast and spectacular work, Harbertson Har-bertson again demonstrated his defensive defen-sive power by slipping out of jeopardy and taking the offensive position. Twisting and turning, with never a minute wasted, tho gladiators continued contin-ued tho struggle, appearing not to care whether they were on the top or bottom bot-tom of the heap. Following a short period of gruelling gruel-ling head to head work, Jack went behind be-hind and again caught Pete in a head and body hold that had every appearance appear-ance of being fatal. Again Visser opposed op-posed with a toe hold and with a mighty heave and a flash of speed, took the offensive. A moment later Jack rose from the mat, keeping a hold on his opponent and attempted another anoth-er body spin. Peto fell right, however, how-ever, and the next play was head to head. The former fireman obtained a tight headlock and after working It in greuling fashion for a few seconds, lifted Jack up bodily and threw htm onto the mat. lie tried an arm hold, which Harbertson broke and they struggled to their feet. As the minute hand of the timekeeper's timekeep-er's watch passed the hour mark, Pete made a dash for his opponent, caught and carried him to the mat. With kaleidoscopic ka-leidoscopic activity Harbertson reversed revers-ed his position and Pete grabbed a head hold. Jack worked his head free by a vigorous effort and they went to tbelr feet. This time Harbertson gained gain-ed the adantage, but Pete again so-cured so-cured a head lock from his under position. po-sition. Jack again broke loose, hold Ing his advantage and obtaining a head and arm took. This was soon broken by Visser and some head to head work followed. Pete went behind and put on an arm and bead scissors, but Jack broke the hold and followed up by securing a body scissors and arm hold. Harbertson Harbert-son again stood Pete on his head, but the latter went on the mat right side up and soon afterward they were on their feet again. More fast work followed, fol-lowed, Pete working a body and arm scissors to advantage and Jack then getting him in Jeopardy with a reverse body hold. At this point Visser began to annear as thouch he harl shni his bolt, being several times rushed against the ropes and coming back as though with swimming head. He struggled desperately, however, and until almost the last second kept tbe fans guessing. But the gruelling struggle finallv came to an end. With the speed of a tiger cat and displaying seemingly undiminished un-diminished strength, Harbertson picked pick-ed Pete up, thn w him hard to the mat. obtained a double bar hold and Blowfly Blow-fly forced bis shoulders down Waiting Wait-ing until the fall was unquestionably won, Referee Payton slapped Jack on the back and., with evident relief, the victor loosed his hold and made for his dressing room. Visser, completely dazed by the struggle, staggered to his feet, took a couple of steps and then fell back onto the mat, unable to move Several spectators quickly went to his assistance and after being partially revived re-vived he was helped to his dressing room. A twenty-minute Interval followed, while the fans wondered whether Visser Vis-ser would be able to come back. Har bertson returned early and received only a comparati ely small measure of applause, the sentiment of the crowd being withheld until the manner of his final treatment of Visser was assured. When Pete reappearer, displaying his Indomitable spirit of gameness in the face of certain defeat, he wa3 wildly cheered and applauded. Pete immediately took the offensive, following the handshake, but Jack pushed him off a couple of times until he had gaged his condition and then proceeded to finish tho bout in the most humane manner possible. This he did at the end of six minutes, with a body hold, avoiding many of the more dangerous holds at his command. The six minutes wore full of action, Visser doing his utmost to avoid the inevitable, inevit-able, and when It was found that he had not been materially injured by Harbertson the latter was given the credit he deserved, in the form of hearty applause. Harlan Payton proved that there is no need to send out of town for a wrestling referee and no criticism of his work was heard. Preceding the main event the fans were given some classy entertainment by Charles Raty of Marriott and Bruce Hamilton of the city fire department. Those boys put up a fast and hard match for fifteen ; minutes. This was followed by a less interesting twenty-minute bout between be-tween Ed Holes of Ogden valley and Roy Castle of Evanston. Holmes had the science, but Castle was too strong for him. Eddie DallaB refereed these bouts and gave satisfaction. The fact that there was no hitch of any kind In conectlon with the Harbertson Har-bertson Visser bout is a matter for which the promoter, Gardner O. Loom-is Loom-is of the Utah Bill Posting company, is entitled to congratulations and praise. He worked unostentatiously, placed the wrestlers under contract, had the referee agreed upon in plenty of time and afforded the fans a splendid splen-did entertainment |