SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 June 1937, Page 13

SPORTS AND GAMES

COURSING.

MASTERTON, June 2.

The Wairarapa Coursing Club has been advised officially that the disqualification on tin speed coursing greyhounds hasmeen lifted unitl after the Waterloo Cup meeting at Masterton on June 17 to 19, when it is intended .to convene a national conference of New Zealand greyhound owners to discuss the matter.

WRESTLING I

AUCKLAND, June 1.

Regarded up to three years ago, when he retired from the ring, -as one of the cleverest wrestlers in the world, and now a leading promoter of wrestling in the United States, Ted Thye arrived in Auckland to-day by the Aorangi. He said he was more or less! on a. holiday, thence to India, probably taking with him Ed. “Strangler” Lewis.

Thye was met in Auckland to-day by Walter Miller, “agent” for the American wrestlers in the Dominion. “You are reputed to be a millionaire,” the interviewer said.

Thyre laughed. “The worst of those stories,” he said, “is one is expected to live up to them —and I can’t.” Asked about the stories told in New Zealand of percentages from wrestlers’ earnings being sent to their clubs in America, Thye said that had to have managers, whd had to get something out of it. They were the men who made the wrestling game. New Zealand, he said, had a good organisation. The association arranged the matches and there were no petty jealousies. BOXING CHRISTCHURCH, June 1. In a fast, exciting bout this evening C. Craib (South Canterbury champion) beat H. Fisher (New Zealand lightweight champion) on points. Both boxers fought strenuously at close quarters, and round followed round in a series of hectic rallies, rigorously applauded by the crowd. The bout ended amidst, great excitement, with the boxers standing toe to toe. exchanging blows to the head ami body.