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Show NELSON WINS j LOGAN MATCH Jack Harbertson Loses Bout to Northerner After Get ing One Fall Before One f the largest crowds lhat evor witnessed an athletic caml vai in Cache Valley. George Nelson of Preston. Idaho, last night at Logan i won a decision over Jack Harbcrteonj of Ogden after two hours of fast work; on the mat A vowd estimated at l.SO'i attended the contest .'cl?on wis awarded 'he decision over th" r.pden man at the 'nd of th two-hour limit by two judges and the referee after each man had secured a fall. Nelson, who had bren seeking a match with Harbertson for the oast four venrs had aco'-cs of backers present, pres-ent, and was n heavy favorite prior to the staging of the contest ..l TS l tVvi I Kelson secured the first fall In 88 minutes after working like a Trojan with the Ogdentte-aiul finally pinned the shoulders of Harbertson with a reveres body hold. Ai the end "f tn4 first twenty minutes min-utes Nelson had k reverse body hold ..n Harbertson and after holding it for 'six minutes was forced to break Ins hold when Harbertson secured a toe hold. During the firr bOur and three nam-' nam-' utes of the contest Nelson was the I aggressor. Up until ten minutes bc- fore the second fall. Nelson led the Way and it was ie early lead on points that won the contest for him. I However, he wjs pinned by Harbert-'son Harbert-'son for the second fall at the end Of 1 6 minutes of wrestling. The two men rruined to the ring 'after life second full, both eager for victory. Harbertson during the final 38 minutes of the match was the aggressor ag-gressor and several times during this 'period had Nelson In danger During jthe final half hour of the contest Nelson Nel-son appeared to he weakening and '.showed the result of his last work ; during the early prt of the match. Twice during the final ten minutes :of the match Nelson was within a frac-Ition frac-Ition of an Inch of being pinned by ! Harbertson but each time wiggled I free. The match was announced a9 a two-hour affair by the promoters; but the two timekeepers evidently went to sleep at their I oats, as the mutch went five minutes over. U &RD M M l II At the conclusion of the time limit the two Judges Carl Poultex of Logan Lo-gan and H. H. Bloed of Preston con-1 filTrd with Referee Leslie In '.'I all unanimously ag'd on the decision' in favor of Nelson The defeat last night al I-ogn was the third straight -halked up agains'. this local man. Several challenges from various mat ; dobj k'els in different parts of the coun-l U .r.' It id and It Is probable that' Promoters Bert Danford and Klamj t'roninU-t will match Nclsofi against Jim Londos in the near future Hundreds of fann from Cache Val-, lej attended the contest, more than: twenty women being listed ill the! large 'aUitii-nce. f 'n until 1 1 irt-rt.-oti secured his fall. Nelson app ued to be the big favorite among the fans preai nl i";i after Jack pinned the Idaho Ida-ho star, the tide of rooting evened up. PA81 PRE1 IMv Two fast prelims were also on the card, in the curilu raises ROSS Cres- bU ,.t Logan and Sidney Chatterton of Preston fought a 6pcedy four-round four-round draw. Both men were lightweights. light-weights. In th other nut contest BddlC Burns of gden won out over Jack JV --ui' Ol MlllvUie 'n the third round of i six-round tilt via the knockout. ;Burns clearly outclassed his oppon-. oppon-. en: Ip ill .( pin t t ern - of 1 h.- ga ne- and displayed considerable cleverness ! v. ith the glov es Jim Downing ol Ogden was the reference ref-erence In the boxing contests. More than T". Ogdenlte attended Dip show and all pronounced it one of the best ever witnessed in this section sec-tion of the coumr:-. Whlie some of ithe fans disagreed over 'he decision. th majority thought it was Just. |