WRESTLING MAKES FRESH START IN AUCKLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 533, 10 December 1928, Page 14

WRESTLING MAKES FRESH START IN AUCKLAND

TO-NIGHT’S BIG CONTEST Thrills are expected at the K Hall this evening, when J° h “ , .... the wrestling Greek, and rtt Cartliy, meet in a bout of eis minute rounds. n( j Both are first-class performers j their records prove that l ’ ‘ ~n •the goods” in the wrestUm, P ._ Kilonis, who is recognised a ~ p ,..- world’s champion, has had a - bm;; . ful season in Australia. in which he figured were m usually exciting and tl ?^ U ?f w)nt nts spectators, if not for his P McCarthy is hardly a \" a " y -tvei^ ; but he claims the liea J Irelandchampionship of Canada ana per* and he has put up soin ® . reco rd formances in the past. ‘“ohovetb* shows that he is a wi* es tl er . of ordinary, with a good know is the finer points of the same. over anxious to secure this dec Kilonis. . h ck scat Wrestling lias occupied a n0 * in this country for a long _ t jiave but those interested in the Py uswatched keenly its progress r obl*d tralia, where, in season, it R g €a son boxing of its popularity. 1 * goia now over and the wrestler *hen? ing back to the United Stat =>. the season is just commend If this bout brings the *’ d j; game into prominence in Au the is probable that next sea~ tfiou? sport will be seen more L u iariC it is not likely to gain the P _ th« it has in Australia. How ' uCfcbout this evening will en , eSi landers to judge for theinse