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Mauling Mario GaleritoIn Tag Fight At CenterTh# masked Black Monsters, mho heat the Fields brothers, Bobby and Iee, in a rock ’em, sock tag team wrestling match st the Civic Center arena last Monday, may run into rough trouble next Monday night.Slated to tangle with the masked Monsters in a best two of three falls tag fight are popular Mario Galento and Billy Boy Hines.The tag fight is the main event of a three bout card which includes a one fall time limit bout in which Bobby Fields meets tough Guy Taylor, and a match in which Salento Rodrequez fights Mickey Sharp for the Gulf Coast Championship.Last week, Galento and Sharp tangled in one of the roughest bouts ever seen in a I-un ci l ing. The two men had to be pulled a-pari in the third round of the bruising battle, which went into the record books as No Contest .Galento wanted to meet Sharp for the championship next Monday night. But Rodrequez, a deaf mute, was ranked ahead of him is the No 1 contender. Rodrequez whipped Billy Boy Hines in I 30 minute time limit bout here ast week.I stick to the rules of wrestling in I the tag fight. And that would be • right down the alley for Galento and Billy Boy. Both know' how to | fight fire with fire.Galento, beyond question, is j one of the very best pro wrestlers in the rough business. They call i him The Gentle Brute and that's the title of a book about him. This ! book will be available at the ; Civic Center Monday night.Promoter Rocky McQuire brought professional wrestling back to Laurel last week with a promise that he w-ould stage only top flight matches.More than 600 turned out for the return matches and were highly pleased McQuire told the crowd he meant to produce fine matches in laurel every week.The first fight in the Monday night card comes on at 8:15 o’clock Doors to the arena open an hour earlier. Another whopping crowd is anticipated.Scooba LionsEdge TrojanstBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCHALLENGED MONSTERS When he was denied a go at he champion. Galento immedi-itely challenged the Black Mon-1 iters to a tag team fight in the .aurel ring and engager! Billy 3o\ Hines as his partner Although not as expercnced as he veteran Galento. Billy Boy j s a rough and tough battler. He 1 nay he just what the doctor or-lered as a partner for Galento. iho knows all the tricks of the ouch tradeThe Black Monsters may notSecond ranked East Mississippi edged Delta 27-26 Thursday night behind the passing arm of quarterback Billy Buckner.The victory forces No. 1 Pearl River to come up with the big game Saturday night against Jones which has won seven straight conference contests. If the mighty Pearl River is dammed—KMJC and Pearl River will share the Mississippi junior college crown.Northwest plays East Central in the only other conferenceIhvsa
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Fri, Nov 15, 1963
Page 9
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