WRESTLER DISQUALIFIED
— o —Press ' Assaciation
By Teiegrapn-
DUNEDIN, May 12. The profcssional wrestling match between Ivay Bell, 17.0, ^ind Otio Iius§, 17.8, tonight, ended sensationaHy in tne sixth round with the disqualification ox Kuss for strildng the referee, Mr. P. Anderson. Up to that stage both men had given a fast and dever display oi wrestling, Kuss taking a fall in the fiftli round with a fiying scissors followinir two fiying tacklcs. Bell secured an Indian deatlilock towards the end of the sixth round but tho gong savecl Kuss when Bell looked like gaining a subniission fall. As the referee was endeavouring to break the hold oy [)ushing Kuss off, the latter stood up and struek the referee in the face. Kuss was imniediately disqualified and the bout awarded to Bell aniid uproar by the large orowd.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1947, Page 6
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