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Show I Interest Centers in Mai Contest 3e sb ar 'am am . am am Keen Competition To Be Big Phase I Considerable Interest has been manifested man-ifested In the coming mai -onu st in Ogden between Juck Harbertson of this city and Jim Londos, Greek heavyweight heavy-weight champion The contest will bo staged at the Orpheum theatre December De-cember 7 and should be one r the greatest matches ever staged in this neck of the woods. Both Londos and Harbertson ar i work training for the coming tilt. II. n -berlfon is working out daily the Pingree gymnasium and IS covering more than 10 miles per day in the road limbering up his muscles and placing bis wind in the best of condition condi-tion for the contest. He is out to m hand the veteran Londos a trimming and has hundreds .t fans back of him II londos signed to meet the local man I 1 two weeks ago and has agreed to I j throw Harbertson. at catch weights, I J twice In ninety minutes. This feat IJ necessitate some fasi vii-siiim on tin 1! part of both men .umI while sqm ol I the fans arc of the opinion thul I nn- dos will turn th( trick, there -re just l as many others who can see nothing but a Harbertson victory. ' ogden in last years has been the mecca for first class mat contests, and I of all of the contests staged here, this J one should ! thq best, At least, that I is what the spnri fans are chattering I in all section of t he i it v WKLI. KNOWN I Londos is known from one end of I the mat world to the other as f res- I tier of ability, and will no doubt cause I Harbertson plenty of trouble before the contest comes to an end. Those who attended the Vaser-Lond09 'match a u w y(ars ago i"nuBmlier the class displ yed i the Greek champion. hlb- local Intereal has been created cre-ated Over the coming ma'teh, IntereSl In all parts of the west is also at frer pitch. Requests from Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada for tickets for the contest nave ulrcadj been received hert by Promptei Ears Peterson and from present indications the theatre should be packed when the two men clasp hands. Promoter Peterson started today that h-- would In in the bes-. men In the United .Stales to ogden during the early pari bf the new year to meet Harbertson on the mat. Ho :, lo stated thai only the best men available would be matched with the local star. Harbertson will tour th east for . month following the contest with Londoa and will meet the heyt that section of th country hns to jffei". Three flratclaas prelims Will l,c fea-tured fea-tured at the sno;s here I e-einier 7. Two maj contests and a unique event will b- on the program ami from "II indications t!ip show should he a hummer. hum-mer. 1 Tbe referee for the contest will br chosen tv hours h-fore the contest bj 'seven men of ogden en:l named fElghi men are candidates for fua; honor, two being from Idaho, two from Wyoming and " r rei frorn Utah. The seal sa'.e for the big match will open (it th, oiphcum t.'iralr,. Hecein- ber l. |