WRESTLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 258, 28 September 1935, Page 13

WRESTLING

McCREADY v. ANDRESEN. At tho Opera House next Friday night the man whom every sportsman wants to sco in the ring, McCrcady, will wrestle eight rounds with the Seandinavian-Anicri-can, Ole Andresen. McCrcady ranks as tho fifth best wrestler in the whole world, and Androsen has steadily climbed his way up tho ladder of fame, till he is knocking at the front door of absolute stardom. So, with such a couple, the public are to see tho really big men in this mat sport, men who can draw capacity houses in anv city in tho world. Andresen’s wonderful legs, which he uses like an octopus does its tentacles, will puzzle the big Canadian, and to tho, enthusiasts who were not present when Andresen fought his last bout hero it can be said that it is a performance that can only be believed by ocular demonstration. His legs arc more useful to him than most good wiestlers’ arms, and tho way he can wriggle out of what, to another man, would bo an awkward situation, makes him a most difficult man to pin. The box plans for this bout will be opened on Tuesday morning at Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame’s. ANDRESEN BEATS LABRIOLA. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Sept. 27. By two straight falls, gained in the sixth and seventh rounds, 010 Andresen (United States) 15st 81b, beat Leon Labriola (Italy), 16st. The bout was characterised by strenuous straight Westling, the Italian relying mainly upon his strength, but being unable effectively to counter the remarkable holds that Andresen applied with his legs.