The Pawtucket Times – February 13, 1947
NORTH ATTLEBORO — Roughhouse Jimmy Austerio, from Jersey City will have Abe Yourist, smooth-working former footballer, and expert grappler, as an opponent in the semi-final bout at the North Attleboro Sports Arena Friday night. This bout will lead up to the main event, in which Don Evans of Toronto will endeavor to end the claims about the invincibility of Kilroy, the masked grappler, who has won five straight bouts. Austerio is one of the trickiest grappers in the heavyweight division. Opponents always have to figure that they will get a lot of rough treatment, if they don’t get the jump Yourist, former star end with the Providence Steam Rollers, and once a member of Sam Rushton’s Attleboro Huskies, is no neophyte inside a wrestling arena ring Abe is a fast, hard-hitting, rugged grappler He’ll give Austerio lots of trouble, and may be more that that, while trying for the best of three falls within the 45 minutes time limit allotted the pair. There will be a special bout to open the show at 8:30.
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