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The Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club has just announced another World's Championship Wrestling Show at the Thornton Township Gym in Harvey for Wednesday, April 11. The definite card for this show is an Australian tag team match with Gypsy Joe and Al Williams vs Ace Freeman and Frankie Hart. This will be the best two out of three falls, with a sixty minute time limit. A half hour time limit bout, two out of three falls, between Walter Falmer and Billy Goelz .These are two of the most out standing wrestlers in the busi ness. Both are scientific and this promises to be a real bout. The wind-up, with a sixty min ute time limit, best two out of three falls, will be one of the most outstanding wrestling matches of this winter season in Chicagoland. Lou Thesz, World’s Heavyweight Champion, is match ed with Lone Eagle. Lone Eagle has for a long time wanted this chance at the title. This bout is sanctioned by the National Wres tling Alliance as a championship bout. Both are sure to please the crowd as no other match could. Fifty per cent of the profit on this show will be given by the Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club to the Little League of Riverdale and Dolton. The Little League organized baseball for young sters eight to thirteen years of age in entering its second year. They have their own ball park in Dolton. Six uniformed teams com prise the Little League. Last year the winning team was beaten by Kankakee for the opportunity of Breving in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. The last wrestling show spon sored by the Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club was an outstanding card. The show of April 11 is even more so. This is the first time 2 championship bout such as the Lou Thesz and Lone Eagle match has ever been presented on the South Side.
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Riverdale Pointer
Riverdale, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 22, 1951
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