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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)

Champion Wrestlers Arrive

Champion Wrestlers Arrive.

At the time of writing, New Zealand is privileged to have two former world wrestling champions—Dean Detton and Vincent Lopez—in the Dominion. Lopez is a big game hunter and an enthusiast with the movie camera. Already he has “shot” several hundred feet of New Zealand scenery. He was particularly pleased with the pictures he secured at the Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting, his “shot” of the steeplechasing being most effective. Lopez is also taking scenic films, which he intends to sell to American film companies. During his travels in various lands, Lopez has secured many interesting and unusual “shots,” and more than one of his travelogues have been shewn in New Zealand. A crack pistol shot, he is hoping to have some challenge matches while in New Zealand.

Dean Detton, the first American wrestler to visit New Zealand for the third time, is also a movie camera enthusiast, but his films are not for sale. He is building up a film library and, in that manner, is certain to retain happy memories of the countries he visits.