Wrestling

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 12

Wrestling

SONNENBERG v. MEYER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Tho crowds which attended tho Walker-Patterson and Walkcr-Rumkolt contests last year should bo eclipsed by tho numbers of wrestling fans likely to turn up at tho Opera Houso on Wednesday night next on tho occasion of tho Sonnenbcrg-Mcyer match at Palmerston orth. Sonnenberli is only to bo in tho Dominion for a short period, and to get an opponent of such prominence as Dr. Freddio Meyer is again a tribute to tho local authorities governing the sport. Meyer has been tho stormy petrel of tho 1034 wrestlers, and is no moro popular with tho spectators than was his choleric countryman Jake Patterson, but, unliko Patterson, ho seldom comes off the man a loser. If tho crowd is not hooting him, ho thinks ho is not giving it a run for its money, so promptly puts in a bit of work to bring about tho desired effect and, to tho accompaniment of boohs and hoots, ho proceeds to demonstrate his box) of tricks. Froddio has a great sense of humour, and his habit of appealing to tho refereeMor protection against a gruelling hold after exploiting every possible trick in tho tug-and-twist game, is ono of his pet jokes. Ho knows ho will have a demonstration against him by tho paying public, but ho still persists with his protests. Sonnonborg will enter tho ring at about tho same weight as tho Hebrew, but to a man who beat ‘‘‘Strangler” Lewis at’least six times, it proves that ho can hold his own with real heavy-weights. Sonnenberg was not beaten in Australia, but by tho reports of the Mamos-Son-nenberg contest it looked as though tho Greek had tho worst of the luck. There should bo an unprecedented rush for scats when the box plans open at tho Central Booking Office on Monday morning.