WRESTLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 15

WRESTLING.

ALLEY AND COLEMAN. RETURN MATCH ON MONDAY. Thrills in plenty should be provided at tho Town Hall next Monday night, when the Auckland Ex-Servicemen's Wrestling Union will stage a special challenge match between Mormon Tom Alley and Abe Coleman, tho "Jewish Hercules." Both are matmen of outstanding brilliance. Alloy's masterly scienco, combating tho Jew's phenomenal strength and speed, should make this one of tho most thrilling and spectacular matches ever staged in New Zealand.

An additional attraction will bo the Ray-Lundyn bout. This pair a_ro well known to Auckland fans, having wrestled here some weeks ago, when the decision wont to Ray after a strenuous contest, in which Lundyn was thrown out of the ring, sustaining an injury which seriously affected him in his matches in the South. Ho is now quite recovered, and considers he will reverse tho tables on Ray next Monday. WALKER AND KOTSONAROS. SECOND MATCH TO-NIGHT. The return wrestling match between George Walker, heavy-weight champion of the British Empire, and Ueorgo Kotsonaros, heavy-weight champion of Greece, which is to be staged at the Town Hall this evening, is expected to provide an even more thrilling exhibition than that when tho pair first met. The bout is being staged by the New Zealand Wrestling Association. It will bo remembered that the first meeting of the contestants resulted in a draw after tho contest had gone tho full eight rounds, no fall being gained by either grappler. The Town Hall on that occasion was packed to overflowing, and with the result of to-night's match still very open, another record house is assured. To date this season Walker has enjoyed an unbeaten record, while Kotsonaros has, in his three matches in Auckland, beaten Scotty McDougall and drawn with Walker and Tom Lurich. Walker is again assured of a large following owing to his great popularity, but Kotsonaros, on account of his clean and scientific exhibitions, has also won a host of admirers. A number of amateur preliminaries will precede the main bout.