WRESTLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12869, 23 May 1936, Page 11

WRESTLING.

WILL WRESTLE ANYONE! SAVAGE- WAS PUPIL of gotct-t Steve Savage started off on the wrestling game when he first saw Frank Got eh, the great American champion., in action. Ho later took lcusnn.s from Gotcli. who took a fancy to the lad, arid taught him- the deadly'tie-holds which had made him champion, of the world. 'Gotcli, too, frequently took young Savage with him on wrestling tours throughout the States, and in this way lie gained much valuable experience. -Sieve Savage- lias’ beaten, at one time or another all the mat men who are at Hid fop of the ladder to-day.

In 1024, ho defeated- Z-yhsko iri the Chicago Coliseum in 28 minutes. The, following year lie'beat Jim London at Sioux Fails, South Dakota, in 42 minutes. In U.2G Savage' heat Dick gliiknt in 28 minutes ; in 1933 he- accounted: for Dan Koloff at Seattle, Washington, securing two falls- fit •s‘x. rounds; and in 1934 Marion Piustiwii called enough at Kansas City after 42 minutes in tiro ring.

ifl, is not surprising that thesewrestlers, once they reached the- top of ihv tree, took good care to sidestep “Smiling -Stove,’’ as- Savage was dubbed in the States.

,ln. 1-933 Savage- made- a- 1000 dollar offer to wrestle any man in the world, but none of the champions was anxious- to pick up t his tidy purse. After Shikat- beat, O’Mahoney for the-world championship a few months ago: a Kansas City promoter offered Shikat 25,000 dollars if lie would, meet Savage for the world: championship, hut.even tlv-s huger pursei would not tempt Shikat. to risk his- title with this dangerous opponent. Savage made his first appearance in Now Zealand at Auckland last Saturday night, when he had-an easy victory. He will appear at. Auckland again on Monday night. • Savage is entirely ill dependent; he jig his own maha-gerand declared that lib is open to wrestle any nian in the world.

It should not bo long before., the gauntlet- ho has thrown, down is picked up by one of 'the) ..many wbrld-rc-howned mat men who- will be in the Dominion this- season. :^