WRESTLING TO-NIGHT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 112, 24 April 1936, Page 2

WRESTLING TO-NIGHT

McCready and Mehringer To-night, at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings, the Hawke’s Bay Wrestling Association opens the new season with a most attractive, programme. The main attraction is the appearance of these two stalwarts, Earl McCready and Pete Mehringer, both recognised as spectacular awl scientific exponents of the sport. It is just on the cards that this will be the last opportunity for Hawke’s Bay enthusiasts to witness McCready in action His fame has brought him numerous and tempting offers, both from Australia and the states. The

promoters of the latter country are keen to back him fur the world’s eliampioiv.hip, and arrangements are already in trim for his departure from New Zealand in about two months’ time. All the main centres have been keen to annex this fixture and Hastings must be considered very fortunate in securing it for the opening match. .Mehringer has already won favour with New Zealanders and is reckoned on as being the likely man to upset McCready’s long record of victories. Sime turning professional, after winning the Olympic Games Championship in 1932 as an amateur. Pete has only suffered one defeat and that at the hands of the redoubtable Strangler Lewis, a very fine record and possibly every bit as good as that of McCready. Patrons are requested to note that the preliminaries commence at 8.15 p.m. owing to the retailers bolding their laic shopping night to-nigh’ hi lieu of Saturday.