WRESTLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 23 September 1933, Page 8

WRESTLING.

PATTERSON-RUMBERG MATCH ON TUESDAY NIGHT. At the exceptionally low price of one shilling admission to the ringside to sec the amateur championship elimination bouts fought out on Monday night, the Opera House stage should bo crowded. Palmerston North amateurs have a very high reputation in the Dominion and this year there . are several now boys _ who should be hard to beat at their weights; with Ncwth, Do Clccnc, Benton, Anthony, Hart and Mercer still in the running the contests on Monday should bo more than usually interesting. The main interest, however, is focussed upon the match between Rumberg and Patterson on the Tuesday night. This promises to bo highly exciting, if the two previous encounters between this couple are any criterion. Patterson when on even terms with Rumberg last Wednesday night at Whangarci was disqualified for defying the refereo when asked to break and the intervention of the police was provoked by his attitude. At the next meeting of this doughty pair, referee Anderson may bo safely relied upon to handle the men, and steer them through the right channel. At it is getting near the end of the wrestling season, the contests become more keen as only four of the best of them can remain in the semi-finals for the New Zealand professional championship, held in 1931 by Stan Pinto and in 1932 by George Walker. With such wrestlers as Rumberg, Mamos, Varga. Pereira, and Walker all in the running, one at least must be eliminated and every loss counts against his chance of inclusion as a finalist. There are guarantees of tidy sums to the ultimate winner and runnerup in addition to a splendid gold modal, plus the honour for the champion. Rumberg has so far not been defeated in New Zealand and as he weighs nearly 16>jr stone, it is only a man of equal weight, strength and ability that can bo expected to beat him; the most likely to do it are Jack Patterson whoso avoidupois is within two pounds of Rumbcrg’s or the last year’s champion, George Walker. The box plans opened to-day at the Central Booking ollice. WALKER BEATS OSWALD. Per Press Association. NAPIER, Sept. 22. In a clean and exciting wrestling bout to-night, George Walker defeated Hank Oswald. Oswald secured a fall in the fourth round with a flying body scissors, but in the sixth Walker put his opponent out of action as a result of a back slam. Oswald was only badly winded and soon recovered.