WRESTLING
A Return "Battle of Giants" A major wrestling attraetiou will be presented at Hastings to-morrow night when BiomlieJcl will elasb with "Rusty" Wescoatt. , Wescoatt is one of the inust iuteresLmg of tlie ^eason's visitors to the Doniinion. He captained a Llonoliilu university lootball team on a tour oi the United States, aud he esLablished a long distance swimniing record wlten he elipped timo off for the swim across tlie Golden Gate, the eutranee to San Franciseo liarbour. But it is iu wrestling that he has made the biggest name J'or himself and with his great size, weight and strength he can acliieve, very convincing results when he adopts his usual practice of putting everything he has into a matcli. He gained instant popularity with the Auckland fans 011 his first appearance there and left Ihe riug to tlio accompaniment qf loud applaiise and cl\ecring. Wescoatt can pack them in with any wrestlbr and with "Lofty" as an opponent- a capacity houae is assured. The amateur preiiminaries will be as follow:— Jack Stewart v. J. Beaumont, Palmerston North ; VV. Whittaker v. G. •lolmson, Palmerston North; C. R. C'rouclier v. Noel AVebby; G. Allingham v. W. Bennett. Emergency, Alf Skudder y, Haftka,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 6
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201WRESTLING Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 6
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