IN THE RING

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 23

IN THE RING

EIVAL PEOMOTEES

GENERAL1 WRESTLING NEWS

(By "Aeneas.")

I) G Latest advices from the United States give the impression that although a 2 number of big promoting organisations, 2 hitherto in violent opposition to one 2 another, merged into one big combiria--2 tion about a year ago, there has dell veloped a new menace not altogether 8 foreseen by the "Big Five." le- This takes the form of an everr growing virility on the .part of the I "small men" whose activities are 2, proving very troublesome to the :4' powers that be. This is becoming very noticeable along the West Coast, right away up to the Canadian centres. It •r is generally admitted that, by virtue ? of the combination of these men, much ■? potential danger to the "Big Five" is A exposed, and it would not be surprising |J to find them beating a retreat. Scores ■s of wrestlers, for good reasons or bad. 8 have found themselves out of favour, i and out in the cold. Any good men from this section are quickly taken in 6 hand by one or other.of the everII existent horde of speculators, and so • the nucleus of a new promotion is 1 established. >4 Recent information is to the effect \\ that Dan Koloff, who led the party in il New Zealand last season, has sold his |jj business and has found new quarters '!■ in Paris, with.a bunch of ring-mates from the States. France seems to have i come into the game prominently during [2 the past year or two and many, like L 2 Koloff, are going there instead of il coming to New Zealand. 24 JO BIG MATCHES IN THE WEST. In a letter to a friend in New ZeaL 2 land, Tony Felice, the big Italian mat--11 man who was the last to arrive in New 04 4 Zealand last season, reports that he * has joined the Thye-Hamlin syndicate and is working with some success in IB the Californian territory. Felice will later go to the north-west in " the Canadian area. 'i Jim Londos, the present holder of the heavyweight title, is on the West ; ns Coast in the Calif ornian area. Promotor Virgil Hamlin, who is associated with ss; Ted Thye and regarded as one of the smaller promoters outside of the trust, or secured Londos for a match against " Joe Savoldi. :\. : ;''.''' ~ . 12 The matching of this pair outside of s» the big stadiums in New York' caused H a sensation and was regarded as a tri--36 bute to Hamlin's growing popularity 48 as a wrestling promoter. Savoldi is generally regarded as a serious conle« tender for the title held by Londos, and, being younger than the Greek, is 24 given plenty of encouragement; and 24 backing. The match will no doubt go ;jj> down in history as one of the biggest ever to be staged on the west coast. Savoldi—"Jumping Joe" is the nick- * name earned by his ring tactics—is the is only heavyweight wrestler who has 24 taken a win over the champion during If- the past two years. That was in a match held in Chicago before a very big house and, though he did not score a clean-cut victory, Savoldi got on top. 12 Hence the interest in the return match. 3fi THE DOUBLE DROPKICK. 60 ... * ■ "■ '■■.-.•! 60 Londos's principal hold is the aerolea plane spin, while Savoldi employs a specialty of his own known as the cr double droplock. Those who saw Dean 24 Detton try the single dropkick can ss realise the difficulty of applying the 60 double kick while up in the air. As might be expected Londos's terms were ISS> high. He was to receive £300 in addi--12 tion to a 40 per cent, cut from the 12 gross receipts. Savoldi received a 12 similar set sum but with a much \i smaller percentage of the gate. ■■■■'■ Hamlin's next big feature will be a 183' match between the Russian nobleman, 36 Count Zarynoff, and Pat Reilly, from 36 Boston. ■ 36 36 AROUND NEW ZEALAND. 36 . . ■ ?| Reports from Auckland, Hawke's 60 Bay, and Canterbury indicate that the local troubles referred to last week are by no means being disposed of as : amicably as had been hoped. For the present, it is probably in the best in- , terests of everybody •to say '■ little of lJ'* the differences which seem to have ° a s cropped up in some of the Dominion's for controlling bodies, ale It is too early to guess what the to position will be in Wellington. On the " 9 face of it, those in charge of promo- : ~ tion here seem quite satisfied with the is. support offering for this season. During - the 1933 season this could not be said, J as there was ample evidence of an 7% attempt to split the membership of the „ executive in charge of local wrestling. This opposition has now , apparently t> died down and confidence restored. i There has been no attempt as yet to revive the activities of the rival organi- * sation, which was promoted under the nd auspices of the Winter Show Association. During the week four wrestlers arrived to the order of the New Zealand Wrestling Union—Kruskamp, Pereira, Williams, and Narberes. Three of them have taken quarters* in Wellington and the other,, Williams, is awaiting a matchi at Auckland. Al 0 . Pereira was in New Zealand for the 1933 season and was in Brazil last year. . ■ '■■■■■. : AUSTRALIAN, TOPICS.. lly Harry Mamos who, as previously xy, stated in this column, had intimated ■d- his intention of going to China with ad', Wong Buk Cheung, and who had been 1. ' in Perth for a couple of months, is m, back in Sydney. The Greek has not ma found conditions in the Commoner > wealth very prosperous and the last ia ' heard of him was that he had taken t _ on the duties of referee. It is under•he stood that Mamos had definitely broken of with the Koloff-Ganson party and had as. been trying to do some promoting busi;he ness on his own account. in South Africa seems to be the place at where worked-out or pushed-ou^ men ey seem to make for, from New Zealand °t and Australia. Reports from that lie country, however, are not very ende couraging. There are not many centres ed staging wrestling and outside of Johannesburg the game has not taken a good hold. Complaint has been made that there were too many men |j^ of a mediocre class all waiting, as it a^_ were, in. a queue. [^ ALLEY RETURNS HOME. at Tom Alley was one of those who found a visit to South Africa of little — use and he is now back in the States. For the present, the Lurich-Meeske reunited combination holds the floor at the Leichardt Stadium. The National Boxing Club's attempt to make • a come-back for wrestling at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium was a "wash-out" and that club has given it up as a bad job. Jack Munro, the new manager, f3 has given no indication of a future '■" policy. It will probably be found that " the poor prospects in Australia will ' react to the detriment of the game in y.- New. Zealandg as a fpllow-pa yisit to

Australia was regarded as a factoi when men took passage for New Zea« land last year. .

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