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LEGION CARNIVAL MAT SHOW7Two powerful and ponderous ifast, mat men, Leo Waliick, German I Promoters made an excellent . sensation, and Jack Sexton, Tnd-| match when they pitted Waliick r liana plowboy, have beensigned against Sexton. Fans will see twoaOV the mat card to be presented at the American Legion Carnival Thursday night. These two men will meetmatch* one fall.Another match will be arranged for the evening. The. card at the American Legion is beingstaged by the Legior. through Main Street Arena pro motors, Jim Crockett and W.S.. Waddell. Mr. Waddell and Mr. Crockettare cooperating with the local Legion post this week and there will be no match at the Main Street arena Saturday night.powerful as they at it hammer andPopular MatmenLeo Waliick needs no duction to Kingsport fans—theyoungsters, as make them, gotongs in an effort to hold their in a 45-minutc4 prestige in Kingsport. Waliick,who scored heavily with the far.sj on his first appearance here, is anxious to continue his victorious march. The German has just completed a tour of the mid-west where he won a number of bouts. Not once did he bite the canvass and take the count.Another peculiar feature of the match Saturday night, which will favor Sexton, is the fact [ that there will be no ropes. Wal-! lick will not be able to u£e hisj intro-1 ropeGerman Adonis is one of the most popular matmen over to appear here. lie is powerful, fast and a smooth worker. Although this sensational grappler is only 23 years of age, he has maderapid strides toward the Cop oftricks and it also will hamper his speed in bouncing in off the hemps.Efforts arc being- made to secure “Bull7’ Civil, the man who once was selected to take Jack Dempsey’s place in the boxing world, for the third man in the ring. It has been only a fewthe heavyweight wrestling heap.! years since this tough minerIEastern critics pick Waliick as the bes: of the group of younger wrestlers, who now aspire totake the heavyweight wrestling throne.Sexton, also a youngster, is apowerfully built and has almost as perfect a build as the German. Jack possibly is strongerthan the German, but notascame out of Kentucky flailing j all the heavies into submission I with his ham-like fists. He had the- killer instinct, but some how he never could scale the dizzy heights of a world champion boxer. Civil is one of wrestling’s most colorful figures and is the most popular referee ever to crawl through the ropes here..
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Mon, Sep 18, 1933
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