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Show I VISSER GETS A MESSAGE ASSURING APPEARANCE OF 'STRANGLER' LEWIS i Last night, the following tclr-gram was received fixmi "Strangier" LewlSj which assures tho management of the H! j Orpheum that hp will bo hero for his match with Pete Visser on the 15th I of this month: "Pete Visser. Ogden, Utah: Con-iract, Con-iract, cuts and other advertising ma-tcrlal ma-tcrlal mailed this morning. Will be Hl in Ogdrn in plenty of time for the i bout on January 15th. (Signed) Lew-' I After seeing this last night, the I O-l cal wresllpr immediately made ar-III ar-III rangements for moro wrestling part- H ners and hp statps that, if hp loses Hf the match, it will not be from the lack of condition. This bout nipans everything to Vis-ser Vis-ser as a win ovpr Lewis would really make him the champion of the world. Lewis has wrpstlpd two draws with Joe Steehor. the recognized champion of the world The last match between thp champion and Lewis went Are hours to a draw in Omaha last fall. Hj From this bout, both arc recognized I mpion.-. ; i n 1 1 . with . banco at Lwis. V'- s ih'lorminod to win. as j it would mpan much for himself and HI al.-c Ogden. H This match will be watched with interest all over the country, as Vis- H ri pond r -pi 1 1 a t i( m a- a v f. I ler, which is borne out by the fact that he received two challenges yes-Hj yes-Hj tprday, one from Pat Connolly of Butte, Mont., and the other from Mort Hpnderson. better known as the j "Masked Marvel." of New York City. Last Tupsday right, in San Fran-H Fran-H nsro. Lewie wrestled two ami one half hours to a draw with Ad Samcd. the iight-heaTjweight champion of thp world. This makes Vissers chance H with LpwIs vpry Strong as it took B Santel the same time to set a fle- Bj cision over the Ogden wrestler last i year. This adds intprest to the com-, Hj ing match as does the fact that to seel B a man of Lewis' stature and powers j B p. action is no small privilege, for ai H city of Ogden's size. The local fans j arc looking forward with no small de-1 H gree of exppctancy to the night of Bj January |