The Archive · 1937

Eighteen Boxers Ready for Action

To-night is the night as far as the local boxing world is concerned. At 8 p.m. the show will begin in which the champions of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet will climb into the Canidrome ring to meet! the top-flight fighters of the 2nd Brigade, U.S.M.C., for the right to carry off the coveted Walla Walla Cup, won last year at the Drill Hall by the "Leatherneck" in the final bout of a great programme.

It will be a different story this year, according to the Navy, who, With an unusually powerful team of boxers, have announced their expectation of winning seven of the nine bouts. But the confidence of the Bluejackets means little to the Marines who have been training religiously over a long period with the determination to give the sailors what

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they are not looking for and to maintain possession of the handsome silver trophy.

A Terrific Wallop "Little Dempsey" Sabadistó, who packs a terrific wallop for a little man, will defend the Navy blue in the featherweight class. Here is a boy who sets: up a terrific howl if he Amateur Wrestling This Afternoon Lovers of wrestling are given a rare opportunity of witnessing a purely amateur programme, The annual Wrestling Smoker at the Navy Y.M.C.A. will be held this afternoon, from one to five o'clock, between the grapplers of the U.S.S. Augusta and the U.S.S.

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