WRESTLING.
LEWIS BEATS SHIKAT. NEW YORK, June 9. In the inaugural programme at the Madison Square Garden Corporation's new outdoor arena, "Strangler" Lewis won the" so-called catch-as-catch-can world's heavy-weight wrestling championship, throwing Dick Shikat (Germany) with a headlock after a hour, lasting one hour and six minutes. Twenty-five thousand spectators witnessed the contest. The arena was built to accommodate 80,000, and will lie used for the Jack Sharkey - Max Schmeling heavy-weight championship prize fight on June 21.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 205, 11 June 1932, Page 2
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