WRESTLING TO-MORROW

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 140, 30 June 1937, Page 7

WRESTLING TO-MORROW

Introduces the Man with a Cheery Grin "Steve Savage has the rugged e.-r terior of the professional wTestler. His left ear is pretty well ripe for whito butterflies and liis face has ,been cut many times during bouts. But he has an assot possessed by few others of his clan, the ability to smile with a spontaneous cheerfulness in ' the toughest situation. Because of it, he made one of the most remarkable impfessions during the week of any wrestler to visit Wellington in years. Tall, immensely strong, and possessing, in hia toohold, one of the bcst holds in tho Wrestling world, liis retnrn visit to New Zealand undcr tliq auspices of tho Teeently-organised New Zealand Athletic Club is welcome.,; Thus a Wellington wrxter's summing up of oue of tho principals at to-mor-row night 's wrestling in the Hastings Municipal Theatre. Savage is due to Open the Pioncet Wrestling Club's feeason by meeting Tony Felice, the Italian Hercules, and "rough-house artist," and he is just the nlan to tono dotvn tbe llery and tewperamenia] Italian. it is oue of the tenets of Savage "s philosophy tha,t a "wrestler is a trained athlete; and that he lUUst, to fulfil his part of the contract Avilh the .public which paid to see him iu actioli, be flt aud Well trained. That's What disgusts him about n lot of ihe youngstors of tho game. "TheyVe got big stomachs, just like a bag," he says. "You can't wrcstle that '«*ay. Wrestlinj » tough sport. You have to be hard as nails. ' ' Not that Steve goes entircly for straight wrestling, though that'a his preference, He ean, hs he has sliowed in Wellington reeoutly, throW a nifly jolt, alid if tlle othet man stkrts niakiiig thiugs lough, Stevfe has his ovVn methods 6f relalialioii. And hb alwaya smiJds; hence Ihe uickna-no "Sniiling" Steve Four umateur bouts nie to be mchided in to-morrow 's prograintno which will couiinenco sharp at 8 p.m.