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Show 1RASSLERS TO SETTLE HONOR THURSDAY EVE Dern and Ray in Perfect Condition For Gala Mat Fracas. I k L '- . ..--In Dern, worlds middleweight r-f Itii'- i'Ii.') mplon . w 1 1 iikt I m Huv -f Omaha In dn- fnstnm event if the Livestock Show aildctlr ml st tin- Alhanibra thentre Thursday, evening. Wrestling fans of all sections of the west will sco a rare game Thurs- I'Juy evening when Jra Derji 01 l.ake anil Tom Ray of Omaha tanglo for the world's middleweight championship. cham-pionship. Both men worked out last night and Bald they are In the pink of condition for their big match. Ray arrived In Ogdcn Into yesterday yester-day and immcdlatcdy got Into his wrestling togs and went through 30 minutes of fast work. 11" report! that he is In the beat of condition. The Omaha youth has met and defeated de-feated some of the best men In tho cast and Is anslous to add Dern's scalp to his list. He has had several I ears of experience and Is out now to grab the world's middleweight championship. cham-pionship. RAY EN Ml i ; At tho conclusion of the workout Ray stated that he felt fine and woula enter tho ring confident of taking victory vic-tory from the Salt LaKor Dern was slated to work out on the mat at the Wasatch Athletic club but after Inspecting tho mat It was advised ad-vised by officials of the stock show not to appear on the mat until better ' undercoverlng" could bo secured Dern was on the scene, however. This evening the two men will con- elude their training. Dern is to appear ap-pear In the padded arena at 7 o'clock while Ray will follow tho champion .a T.3o o'clock. Dern staged a fast workout last night at Salt Lake before hundreds of fans. He went through the paces with several trainers He Is In the best of condition duo to the fact that he wrestled Pinkie Gardner of Boston Bos-ton at Salt Lake Inst week. The champion, however," Is taking no chances of being defeated and is working In an effort to keep fit. 1A Is Mi l l s BARNES. Although tho Dern-Ray contest will be tho feature event others of Importance Im-portance will bo booked. Promoter Kred Mortensn announced toda that he had signed Leslie Davis, classy Ogden middleweight, to meet George Barneo of Roundup. Montana, in a one-fall finish match. Barnes holds the Montana state championship and Is eajfT to defeat the L'lahn. Da I la out after a match with Dern and if lie displays his ability In tho match I Thursday he will no doubt get a , crack at tho champion. Farmer Burns, the "daddy" of em i all. will referee the main event. Bum.; arrived In Ogden early today from Omaha. He said that Ray will give Dern one of the toughest mutches of his career. The Farmer" will also demonstrate tho old and tho ncv. holds in the wrestling game. He will also give a short talk on physical development. Two other preliminaries will also be listed on the card. Tho first number on the card is elated to start at 8 30 p. m. sharp oo |