WRESTLING.
PINTO HONOURED. N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 3. At a combined meeting of tbe New Zealand Wrestling Union and the Wellington Association, Staincy Pinto was presented with a gold medal in honour of his winning (the, New Zealand 1931 professional wrestling championship. The president (Mr H. 1). Bennett), in making the presentation, congratulated Pinto on having emerged from tho series of championship matches without a defeat.
Mr Bennett said that the union had already opened negotiations for a new team of men for next season, and if present negotiations were successful the Dominion would be favoured next year not only with a majority of new men who have not previously visited this country, but also wrestlers rankfrig at tho top in world-wide reputation. 'Such men, he said, had a very big earning and drawing power, and could ,oniy be induced to visit Now '“Hand bv the offer of a circuit to include Australia and, perhaps, {v.utn Africa. He hoped that Pinto, this year’s champion, would be amonc.-t •those coming . again, but with Die exception perhaps of Tom Aliev, whom they recognised as a -good, alVroun-1 steady wrestler, the 1932 American team would consist of new men, drawn from different sources, and each under a definite’ contract to the union. The “10 per cent, cut” on the stakes for the final of the New Zealand championship . between Pinto and Alley amounted to £35. The wrestlers named j have agreed to the disposal of th s money to charity, and half of it is being paid over each to the Island Bay Home of Compassion .and the Fiel len Tayior Tarapaki Street - Mission S r the purposes of giving immediate relief.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1931, Page 3
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