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Show the match in straight falls, the lira in one hour and thirty-two minutes and tho second in even and one-ha'J minutes. It was Yokel all the way frorn the time the two wreatlera went on the mat until Referee eBnn awarded tbe first fall to the champion. The- result was ever apparent and the questrn was only how lon,y O'Connell, by his clever defensive work, could prevent Yokel from throwing him The match was somewhat tedloas and lacked the speed and the spectacular spectac-ular features of the match between th? two a year apo. Neither WB9 la a hurry and It was soon evident that both men were prepared for a long, hHrd struggle. O'Connell was content to remain on the defensive throuhoJt the match and was never tho aggressor aggress-or at any time. Ykel was patient a d worked his lng wearing-down process with telling, though gradual, effect. Only once or twice did ho make any 6erlous attempt to secure a hold t'at might result in a fall. O'Connell was kept rather busy watching Yokel and displayed unusual cleverness In breaking break-ing holds. YOKEL THROWS POltTUl HUN Defeats Eddie O'Connell In Straight Falls, After an Hour and a Half. Salt Lake, Dec. 3. Mike Yokel, world's champion welter-weight wrestler, wrest-ler, ogain successfully defended his title Friday night at the Salt Lake theater in a hard fought wrestling match with Eddie O'Connell, the star Multnomah club wrestler. Yokel won |