Wrestling

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 168, 17 July 1937, Page 10

Wrestling

t, ro CHIEF LITTLE WOLF v. MARSHALL V- ; Two of tho latest additions to the , Dominion Wrestling Union’s forces will • meet in the bout which is to bo staged id at the Palmerston North Opera House 10 next Thursday night. They arc Floyd Marshall, a giant from Arizona, and 'Chief Little Wolf, a Navajo Indian so brave, both of whom are expected to er play a prominent part in Now Zealand p- wrestling from now on. Chief Little u, Wolf, who has been one of the l'oreii, most contenders for the world title durill ing the past two or three years, is a ir- most colourful personality whether in or out of tho ring. His wrestling has many unorthodox measures but everything he docs is marked by speed, skill and strength. Ho is a master in the use of the Indian death lock, an inven tion of his ancestors, which ho introduced to the wrestling ring and which 1 he used in a sensational fashion to win 2 a submission fall against Earl Meq Cready in one of the most thrilling, o matches ever seen in Wellington. Of ; j ideal wrestling build, Little Wolf ' weighs 16 stone. Ho is one of the 7 greatest showmen this country has seen. 5 Marshall is a wrestling giant, being - 6ft. 2-Un. in height and weighing 17 o stone. He has been wrestling as a pro- * fessional for the past eight years in the southern and eastern regions of the ■ United States as well as in Canada and ' South America. He holds decisions 'over Jim McMillen and All .Baba, and ! S has also beaten all the four Dusek * 0 brothers, famous as wrestling’s '‘riot | q squad." Ho is an expert in the use of scissors holds and, in pursuing nigged -60. tactics, makes deadly use of his elbows $ « and forearms. Reservations may be i 0 made by applying to Collinson and CunJ 0 uinghamo's on Monday and up to 5 p.m. lon Thursday, the night of the match.