Sport: Big Munn

A Titanic column of brawn astounded sportsmen, last January (TIME, Jan. 19), by downing the mighty Ed ("Strangler") Lewis in Kansas City, thus acquiring the world's heavyweight wrestling championship.

Last week he, Wayne ("Big") Munn, then the greatest wrestler in the world, faced Stanislaus Zbyszko, 58-year-old Pole, who weighed 50 pounds less (210) and stood not higher than his shoulder. In days that were, Zbyszko himself had been a champion, but those days were past. Philadelphians gathered to the match with the steadfast mien of people attending a wake. They admired Zbyszko's...

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