WRESTLING PROSPECTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 22

WRESTLING PROSPECTS

KOLOFF AND SONNENBURC

Tho position in Tegard to the second lialf \ of the wrestling season is, still rather piquant, but there are prospects that it'will prove more interesting than' tho.first'period. It all .depeads. :■ .

Gus Sonnenburg, the former world's champion, whose visit has constituted one of tho most alluring prospects of the season, is expected to arrive at Auckland by the Monterey ,on August .10, and thero is a possibility that he will be accompanied by another man. By that time Dan Koloff mil have returned from his flying visit to Australia, whither he went more to spy out the land than to seek engagements at this juncture, and with these two stars in the country tho material will bo available for tho'biggest attraction in tho history of wrestling in .the Dominion. ; "• y

'As has been pointed out;before, developments from that stage depend upon the financial side off.the game. Will it be possible to- place.Koloff a3>4 Sonnenburg in the ring before a crowd paying sufficient in gate money to giv« the wrestling stars a monetary return* commensurate with, their ability and reputation? So far as the local association is concerned there will be some Monday nights,nest month on which the Town. HaU tHII not be available, and if bouts are to be staged in those weeks it .will be necessary to go eleswhero. A suggestion has been made that the Kilbirnie Stadium should be the scene ofan open-air meeting between KolofE and) SOnnenburg, but in view of the uncertainty of the weather-at this time of the year, tho proposal must be ruled out. The other alternative is. the Winter Show building and, if full advantage wero taken of the accommodation space offering, the biggest crowd" to witness a wrestling match in this country could be assembled there. ; Further itenis on page 23.