WRESTLING.
TOM ALLEY'S DEPARTURE. - Booked to meet Wai Johansson at Palmerston North on Tuesday next, and Farmer Vance at Wellington on the following evening,' Tom • Alley, the Mormon wrestler, is to leave' Auckland' for the South this evening., Alley also.hopes to secure a title match.with Clarence Eklund at Dunedin, .but at. .present has not been. .a;ble .to. come to. terms.with the champion, who is asking for a £400; guarantee. • Alley is-willing for Eklund to take, 75 per cent of the profits, of the inatch, but so far the latter has not agreed to this. It is Alley's present intention to ' leave i 'Wellington ,for America • early ■■ in December,'but it is possible that he will delay' his departure for a fortnight's holiday and sail from .Auckland. Alley, , who jhas made many friends. in . Auckland, js uncertain whether he will revisit New Zealand next year.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 264, 7 November 1929, Page 10
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