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Show for a hard match, and gave the public pub-lic a flue exhibition of what he can do. MIKE YOKEL WINS . THE CHAMPIONSHIP Salt Lake. Feb. 26. Mike Yokel of the Y. M. C. A. threw Al Ackerman twice in forty-five minutes of wrestling wrest-ling at the Salt Lake Theater Friday night, thereby winning the national welterweight wrestling championship. Yokel secured the first fall with a toehold toe-hold at' the end of forty-three iniuutes of aggressive wrestling, nearly breaking break-ing Acke-rman'a leg before tho latter had time to yell enough. The second fall was secured after two minutes of wrestling. Yokel securing a combination combina-tion leg and head lock, in which Ackerman Ack-erman was he-Id an If In a vice, and acaln he had to take off his "cap" to Mike Yokel, who Is without doubt the best wrestler of his inches in the world at present. Tho match was disappointing in that Ackerman came here as the world's champion, and showed absolutely abso-lutely nftblng. For forty-three minutes min-utes he crowlod arcuud on the mat on his hands and knees, preferring probably compelled to tho floor to mixing things. When Ackerman attempted at-tempted io work e-n Yoked he was thrown oh -ally'i.s a schoedboy. Ackerman Ack-erman was on the de-fenlve at all times, which, of curso, made It hard for Yolu-1, but the latter was prepared |