CATCH AS CATCH CAN BOUT
VICTORY FOR STRANGLER LEWIS.
NEW MADISON SQUARE ARENA.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
Rec. 8.40 p.m. New York, June 9. In the inaugural programme of. the Madison Square Garden Corporation’s new outdoor arena Strangler Lewis won the so-called catch-as-catch-can world’s heavyweight wrestling championship, throwing Dick Shikat, the German, with a headlock after one hour six minutes. Twenty-five thousand people witnessed the contest.
The arena was built to accommodate 80,000 and will be used for the Jack Sharkey—Max Schmeling heavyweight championship prize fight on June 21.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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