WRESTLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 108, 7 April 1936, Page 10

WRESTLING.

KENT VERSUS WADE. Harry Kent, Oregon State University football and wrestling star, is to make his first appearance in lalmerston North at the Opera House to-morrow night, when he will be opposed to the formidable Nebraskan, Glenn Wade, in the opening match of the local season. When Kent stepped into the rmg with Lofty Blomfielcl at Auckland, last week, there was a look in his eye that boded ill for his opponent. It told very clcany that he was ready for anything the New Zoalandei might start and that lie would meet any play on Blbmfield’sc part by employing something from his own repertoire of tricks. His subsequent actions snowed that ho meant business. From a torrid beginning the match continued . at a last clip and when it was all over Blomfield—second only to McCready in last season s ranking—lay fiat, cn the mat with Kent pressing his shoulders down. On that occasion Kent showed that he possessed a wide range of attacking moves and the strength and speed necessary to employ them to the fullest extent. However, m Wade he will bo meeting a tried and proved campaigner whose shrewdness and agility in the ring makes him particularly formidable when opposed to a flying tackle expert. There are not many better wrestlers in the world than the Nebraskan, and if Kent can add his scalp to his belt it will be a highly meritorious effort. Preceding the big professional bout will be four preliminaries in which the best known amateurs will figui'c. J. kckerslcy (Apollo), 9.5 will oppose W. Brighouse (Dannevirke), 9.3; J. Clark (Downes’s Gym), 10.3 will meet W. Roill (Rata), 10.1; A. Karema (Dannevirke) 11.6 will try conclusions with J. McConachy (Downes s Gym), 11.6, while T. Waldron (Rata) 11 3 will be matched with W. Coldstream (Dannevirke), 11.3. The emergencies are 31. Edhousc, H. Growcott, E. Pinker and G. Graham. These amateurs have been judiciously selected and four keon struggles arc predicted. Owing to Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame’s being closed on Wednesday afternoon, the box plan will be transferred to the'Opera House to-morrow afternoon.