UNUSUAL WRESTLING MATCH

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 1, 1 July 1935, Page 11

UNUSUAL WRESTLING MATCH

Exceptional interest has been aroused : by the professional heavyweight wrestling programme: which is to be pre- ; sented at the Wellington Town Hall tonight. It will comprise contests between Earl McCready, the big Canadian who is a claimant to the British Empire title, and Hardy Kruskamp and King Elliott, whom the Canadian will meet in turn. The book- ■ ing is much heavier than for any previous match this season, and those who wish to secure seats are advised either to reserve accommodation or be early at tbe halL In taking on two opponents in succession McCready will be undergoing, a severe test,1 and he i has spent the past week working him- : self into the best of condition, road ■ work being interspersed . with gym- . nasium training. Kruskamp, an .ex- ; tremely colourful performer, • and Elliott, a former New Zealand policeman who has become a wrestler of real class, can be expected to keep their joint opponent fully occupied, with the result that the unique contest should be full of wrestling thrills. Additional particulars will be found in the advertising columns. With six pevious convictions i'or drunkenness against him, William Anderson, a labourer, aged 52,, pleaded guilty to a similar offence before Mr. W. F. Stilwell, S.M., in the Magistrate's • Court today. On his own application : he was committed to Kotoroa Island, the period being fixed by the Magis- : trate at twelve month" J i