Wrestling
BEFORE THE BATTLE If Walter.. Johansson’s work-outs at the "Palmerston North Fire Brigado station can bo taken as any indication, he should .be in fine fettle for his ..clash with Tom Alley on Monday. Johansson is too experienced a man to over-train and as far as physical fitness can, achieve anything, he means to leave nothing undone that may tell in his favour against the formidable 4t Mormon Mat Man.”
He will need all the wily tricks of the wrestler to match Alley, who has the benefit of over 90 professional contests behind ‘ him. Of these he has won. 78, and- holds eight American State championships in the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles of Utah, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. He is a man of remarkable physique and endurance who must certainly be considered among the first ten wrestlers in the world at the present time.
The previous meeting between Johansson and Alley was a fast and desperate battle, which promises to bo repeated on Monday. Alloy arrives in Falmerston IJorth to-day, while Johansson is continuing his training operations.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7061, 8 November 1929, Page 6
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179Wrestling Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7061, 8 November 1929, Page 6
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