MATMEN MEET

Evening Star, Issue 23354, 25 August 1939, Page 7

MATMEN MEET

M’CREADY V. WRIGHT Earl M'Cready, the British Empire wrestling champion, does not have to look far for worth-while opponents this year. After his title engagement with Bhu Pinder at Auckland, he will be seen in the Dunedin Town Hall against another recent addition to the Dominion Union’s forces, Rube Wright, the mat giant from Texas. Wright is all the evidence that could be required that the standard of the-men under the union’s control is being kept at an unusually high level right to the end of the year, and he can be depended upon to make matters more than interesting for the Canadian. Wright has an old score to settle with M'Cready, as he feels that the win which the latter secured against him in London was largely due to the fact that the bout was decided under pure catch-as-catch-can conditions without the latitude that is allowed in respect to more rugged measures in this country. Wright has done very well under restricted rules, having beaten several European champions under conditions differing very little from those observed at the Olympic Games, but the American all-in style is the one at which he does best. Local followers of the sport, however, will agree that he will find M'Cready a tough proposition in any circumstances. The big Canadian has had experience against all sorts of opponents, and it is not necessary to go past his performances against “ King Kong ” Cox to clear up any doubts that there may be about his ability to deal with men who depend upon ruggedness.