ANOTHER INDIAN WRESTLER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 15

ANOTHER INDIAN WRESTLER

ROOKING FOR MATCHES IN N.Z. SUCCESSES IN SUVA Tlio wrestling boom in Auckland has .Ltracted yet another Rrappler to this " The newcomer is Ramzan Khan, rtindian light-heavy-weight wrestler, vho arrived by the Niagara on MonRamzan. who weighs list, is keen meet any of the wrestlers who are *® ijew Zealand. He bars no one. Ho rrived in Suva at the beginning of * ■ year, and has had five matches daring that time, winning them all. y. e issued a challenge to any wrestler the Islands, and this was accepted by two Indians and three Fijians. He tad no difficulty in defeating them all. one of his opponents was Pretum «ingh. whom he defeated in three minutes. Since a child, Ramzan, who is a Punjabi Moslem, has been engaged in wrestling contests, and at the age of it he turned professional. He performed in a number of tournaments, w hich he does not include in his record- Of his professional matches in the ring, he has won 37 nnd lost three. He is now 35 years of age, and as goon as he has recovered from his sea u-ip ho will be willing to get at grips vit& any wrestler in the dominion. GARDINI wants matches Maracc! Gardini, the American - Italian light-heavy-weight wrestler, came up from Wellington to see the Eklund -Vance contest, and to find out Tvhpn he is going to be matched again. Gardini's last match in Auckland tvas when he was* defeated by the Indian, Xaranjan Singh, and he considers that, as Vance nnd .Johansson l ive since been beaten by the Indian, • ie Ys entitled to another match, either in this city or in one of the other centres. It is expected that Gardini might yneet Ern Anderson nt Palmerston North next week, but there is a possi-

bility that he will substitute for Vance against Johansson at Wellington on October 16. If Vance has recovered from the throat injury he received on Monday evening, he will battle with Johansson, but otherwise Gardini may lake his place.