WRESTLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 197, 21 July 1937, Page 6

WRESTLING

LITTLE WOLF AND MARSHALL. Two great names in the wrestling world —Little Wolf and Marshall. Chief Little Woll, a Navajo Indian, who conies into the ring with a Navajo blanket round his broad shoulders and an Indian’s headgear of eagle’s feathers above his smiling face, has been long enough in New Zealand for followers of this sport to know in what class to place him. To diaw with Earl McC'ready and to get a decision over Blomfield shows where ho belongs, and these feats have boon performed within i*ie last week, so his form must be at its hard. The lied Indian is only 25 years of age. short, in height but with an enormous torso and great limb muscles. He will weigli in at 16 stone or u hit over, and is known to bo one of (ho fastest and most colourful wrestlers wo have hnd in flic Dominion. The other principal. Floyd Marshall, in the hardest trainer of the professional wrestlers in New Zealand. This man from Arizona ’admits that he is not a graduate from any college or university, but naively states that lie has knocked about the world more than most people and roughed it often enough that bis experience has been in the school of hard knocks. His height is nearly 6ft 3in; ho is 17 stone in weight, and in the pink of condition as proved by his oven drawn bout last week with I3lomfield. .Marshall has not been long enough in our country for us to know all about him, but those who have seen him say he can entertain. Certainly his performances in America, where he has beaten all the Diificks, and wins looking for more of the family, have placed him amongst the first ten in the world, so all I’almerston North followers of the sport will want to sec him against his Indian countryman to-morrow night, at. the Opera House. The liox plain at, Collinson and Cimninghame’s indicate more than usual interest in this match, which is likely to lie more .spectacular than the last one or two. as both the principals have a penchant for unorthodoxy.

MARSHALL BEATS SPELLMAN

Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 20. At Oamnni to-night Floyd Marshall defeated John Spellman on points after a bout characterised by hard wrestling and devoid of showmanship. Each gained a fall and the decision to Marshall met with a mixed reception. WORLD’S TITLE. In an effort to regain five world’s championship which Dean Detton won from him Dave Levin recently met the titleliolder for their fourth encounter. It took Detton an hour and 23min. to toss Levin, who gave the champion a tough time of it during the early part of the bout. Detton came back with a vengeance as the match progressed, and was able to pii his man after by far the best exhibition of real wrestling seen in New York in many moons. Detton put up a rather remarkable performance against Man Mountain Dean, pinning him with a body press in Bnnn. 37 sec. Man Mountain Dean had been bowling over all opposition in New York before he met Detton, who tossed him with comparative ease.