WRESTLING.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13638, 24 August 1937, Page 5

WRESTLING.

RUSTY WESCOATTS RECORD. The wrestling match which is to take place at Dannevirke on Thursday night "ill be an unusually interesting one, as “'Rusty’ \\ escoatt, the Hawaiian wrestling and swimming champion whose bouts in the Dominion have given rise to great enthusiasm, "ill meet Matros Kiriliuko. tlie popular and colourful Kuban Cossack AN escoatt., a wrestler whom the local public is most anxious to see. has had. a highly interesting career. He distinguished himself as an all-round athlete, while he was studying at the Honolulu Universitv and lias reaped many honours since ' He made football history when he led a. Hawaiian college team whiich visited the States witl great success, ■utd established a swimming record which has stood over since when fie took several seconds off the record for the long-distance swim across the Golden Gate, the entrance to San Francisco harbour. He has ha<£ about eight years iri professional wrestling Lin Hawaii, which has regular visits from high-class Americans —on the mainland. in the Far East and also in Australia, where he has just completed a highly successful tour. Standing over 6ft in height, and. weighing about 17 stone, he a splendid physical specimen, anct nis mat work is marked by spectacular and rugged tactics. He throws everyhe has into his performances, and is an adept in. the use of the drop-kick, as well a<s the nyuig tackle. . . -ii The* amateur preliminaries wil ne between Levin and Daimevirke, and with the restrictions lifted some Ifectic bouts should he witnessed. The box plans art*, at Mr W. Carson’s, where early reservations are urged.