AMERICAN WRESTLING TITLE
LEWIS DEFEATS GERMAN. (United Pres*} Association —By Electric Telcgr&pb Popyrisrht.l NEW YORK, June 9. In the , inaugural programme of. the Madison Garden Corporation’s new outdoor arena Strangler Lewis won the so-called catch-as-catch-can world’s heavyweight wrestling championship, throwing Dick Shikat, the ■German, with a headlock after one hour six minutes. Twenty-five thousand people witnessed the contest. The arena was built to accommodate 80,069 and will be used for the Jack Sharkey-Max Schmeling heavyweight championship prize fight on June 21.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 9
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81AMERICAN WRESTLING TITLE Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 9
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