"Battle" of the Giants

A large crowd in the Y.M.C.A. Stadium cheered, and jeered, the efforts of two 18-stone "man-mountains" as they "acted" their way through an eight-round heavy-weight professional wrestling bout.

The tussle followed the usual pattern of wrestling these days; a handsome hero, in the form of N.Z. champion Al Hobman, taking terrific punishment from an animalistic brute, European champion Nicolai Zigulinoff, until the last round, when the dazed and battered hero suddenly took a new lease of life, bouncing the unfortunate villain over every inch of the ring to reduce him to a whimpering mess, much to the delight of the excited crowd.

For the record, the bout was a draw, each wrestler taking a fall.

The earlier match resulted in a victory for Mo Sakata, after his opponent, Joe Socalski, was disqualified for consistent fouling and arguing with the referee, 21-stone Irishman Pat Donahu.