EXPERIENCED MATMEN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 173, 9 August 1937, Page 6

EXPERIENCED MATMEN

- ■ % m Six Professional Wrestlers In One Programme An entertaining all-professional wrestIing programme should be witnessed in the Hastings Municix?al Theatre next Thursday eArening Avhen the Pioneer Wrestling Glub will stage three special contests, to the exclusion of all amateur bouts. The leading attraction will be the meeting of Frank Judson and Marin Plentina. The former who arrivedL in the Dominion recently from the IJnited States, is 36 years of age, weighs over 16 stone, and is a very experieneed matman. A forme* Avrestling instructor at the famous Harvard University, he has drawn with Dean Detton, who until , just witliin the last week or so was recognised world, champion, beaten Dick Shikat and Ruby Dusek,' drawn with Gus Sonrieburg when'he was world titleholder, drawn with the late Jim Browning, and has two decisions over the great Da'n Koloff . J udson is unquestionahly an attractive wrestler, specialising in ilying taekles. liis opiionent, Plestina, is equally as pronnnent a member of the grappliug irateruity, and is a ividely experieneed and successful expouent, being ranked among the world. best. Since commg to New Zealand Plestina has proved a good box-office attraction, being popijr lar with the crowds. There are to be two preliminary prolessional bouts. The' first between "Bomber" Weils, of Napier, and Sid JLack, of Australia ; and the second between "Snovvy" Bartlett, who is said to be the coming Lofty Blomfield of New Zealand, and Pcter Veuter, the Soutli Al'rican. This Avill be tlie lirst occasion in tlie history of thc si>ort in Hawke's Bay that an all-professional programme ot wrestling will be presented and the Pioiieer Club is certainly living up to thc name in pioneering something new.