Show ATHLETIC CONTESTS FAST AND interesting yokel and downey victors Wrest wrestling linz and boxing bouts visitors to the big sevier county ienir were treated to to or of the best athletic contests ever witnessed in southern utah last friday and saturday da inight in the wrestling match between frank conley and mike yokel and the boxing bout between the montana kid and jack downey both contests were excellent exhibitions of clean sport and were warmly appreciated by those thoe who saw them the wrestling contest wis was won by mike hike yokel aho vho ho rained gained both falls alls otter after some of the tha fastest wrestling estling vor ever seen anivy here jack downey won from the monti ij ia kid in the thirteenth round of a scheduled wenty twenty round conte content qt flooring the montanan Uon mth aith a hard right to the thin chin no ditl anywhere has ever witnessed a more interesting and nore imore scientific becenti fie contest than the wrestling match the boxing contest was one of the first of ita kind ever seen tn in richfield etwas it was entirely free from brutality and was wag a fast and clean boxing exhibition in which the pir rici pals were among amone the tha cleverest cleN crest and nd most scientific boxers in the state in both the contests tho the victors victora are instructors at the salt lake YM C A yokel being beine the tha wrestling instructor tor and downey instructor in holing boxing both matches were held in the star pavilion the crowds were not as large as tle tl e excellence of the contests warranted and prof E W mooar who promoted the contests con testa lost money for his trouble but had the satisfaction of knowing that he had riven given the aport lovers of richfield some genuine aport ahe the wrestling match w was as held fit fi a ci C i J yoke abbout about twenty but yokel of curte wai wag morr more experienced ard more skillful yokel was waa under the further disadvantage of being unable under the conditions of the match to use the toe huld hold which he be had found necessary to use uge last spring pring f in order to throw conley both men were in the very best of condi gioi and each was vas eager for victory from the start yokel assumed the and continued on the cf offensive rensie during almost every moment of the match occasionally conley would be the aggressor but only for a brief moment and yokel had no difficulty in escaping front from conleys colleys Con leys holds at will time after time yokel fastened fust ened liolla on conley that appeared unbreakable but each time conleys Con leye leys strength and weight were sufficient to break the bold nev r was yokel in a better wrestling wrestling mood lie he never stopped for a seconds rest lint but was waa the aggressor always As soon as conley would break one hold yokel was waa re tnt lesy after him with another both men were fast but yokel was ve tle tl V e fater and his rapid and aggressive work told oi 0 ainley who began to how evidence of 0 fatigue ey by the tine e the hour mark wai reached the first fall came at the end ot of one hour and fifteen minutes lokel fastened a hammerlock ham on conley find and fin illy pinned him to the mat after conati had vainly endeavored to hek the hold the second fall fail came fifteen minutes later with the use of almost the identical hold used at first Corley Cor leys 9 arm was greatly weakened chen yokel secured tho the first fill and his big defense wa lera legs effective in the beconi appearance of the wrestlers wrest lers on tile the mat W greenwood refereed and gave good at the llie boxing contest the crot acrond d wis evenly in their prefer r between the two doan il w win i much the me heal heavier ier and the tha ad that size and strength gave him birn ds de nevertheless iiii 1 ia pru cd himself in ficher tiona 1 1 livar in a in lif ij 1 I noru n thu held ill opponent alip one it t even for tile the first mozli ion i bourdi thi th firt fire t ee EC aril or 11 rounds clearly clear I 1 y be lonald to tit montanan lle lie showed B r ore speed anil skill and landed many cl c I 1 an blous IP the feconda bourd ie montien boxer denied hard with t hoi to v to th pose w which brought tile the I 1 cd ad flais appeared to distress dis tresi denev unit aril 11 ive the montanan Van i i tic de aided advento RC ge in the tha first fe ounia Do dewile wile however proved to ba in superb condition and tand apparently upp be cime stroner etrone stron gr fr as the bout went on the Mon Monta iian set a fait pace bat b lt appeared arp eared to be earling ear ying as the bout at the beginning of the thirteenth round both boxers en tere terel I 1 tile the artra frish fash c cautiously a for a coment ro ment then as the fontan i bo lit ionn his guard in downey flashed a fast fact ore to the ji jm which dropped tile the montana kid he sank to hib bib krites but did not appear to lia be out however the blow dazed him to such in extent that ln was to resume the contest while referee lre lee pair benki slowly counted him out there were excellent preliminaries to loth both contests and eve everlie roie via well satisfied fied with loth both evenings cven niKa en it la is to be opeal that during ohp fall all ind anti winter there will be many fuch eneli cont conteas con teits ets which will do much to promote interest hereabouts in ill gcoy clein clean cle in athletics ath letice |