Wrestling
WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Received Friday, 8.40 p.b. NEW YORK, June 9. In the inaugural programme at Madison Square Garden corporation’s now outdoor arena, Strangler Lewis won so-called catch-as-catch-can world s heavyweight wrestling championship, throwing Dick Shikat (German) with a hcadlock after one hour and six minutes. Twenty-five thousand witnesser the contest. . . The arena was built to accommodate 80,000 and will be used for the Jack Sharkey-Max Swindling heavyweight championship prize fight on June
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1932, Page 7
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74Wrestling Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1932, Page 7
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