WRESTLING
KAPLIN-MONTANA BOUT
An attractive contest has been arranged for next Saturday evening at the Town Hall, when the Auckland Wrestling Association has matched two new arrivals. Bull Montana and Abe Kaplin. Neither has wrestled in tho Dominion before, tho former having arrived from America 011 Monday. while Kaplin arrived in Auckland yesterday, after being under contract in Australia. Montana has a largo record of matches, averaging four bouts- a week during tho Inst couple of seasons. He has met somo very prominent exponents and claims a victory over Londos in 1921. Other leading mat-men against whom 110 is said to have performed excellently are Zbysko, Lewis and Sonncnberg. Kaplin has been impressing Australian crowds recently with his fine form and cornea to the Dominion with an undefeated record in the Commonwealth;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21263, 17 August 1932, Page 7
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132WRESTLING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21263, 17 August 1932, Page 7
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