WEIGHT OR PACE?

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 22

WEIGHT OR PACE?

WRESTLING PREFERENCES

It would be hard to say whether the average wrestling enthusiast prefers a bout in which the pace is a cracker from start to finish, or one in which, although the pace may be not quite so hot, the contestants are able to throw more weight into the proceedings. 'In Wellington Andy Moen and: Jack Kennedy recently figured in ■ bout as fast as any, other that,has. been seen here and, last Tuesday, "Lofty" Blomfield and Pat McKay provided • sample of the heavier battery in actioil.

However, an important aspect of th# force which the Dominion Union no\r has at its command is that the difference between the fastest and the slowest, and between the heaviest and the lightest, is really not sufficient to make a material difference. What wai largely responsible for the Moen-Ken-nedy encounter arousing so much enthusiasm was that these two, perhaps better than any others, strike the happy, medium. They have all the weight1 that is necessary, in addition to rare speed. Such displays as these men provided three weeks ago can only be given by men who are perfectly fit and, in order that they may be in perfect fettle,. Moen and Kennedy have been training strenuously all this week for their re- ■ turn match on Monday night. ',